🌍Datasets
Global Nature Watch draws on a trusted set of geospatial datasets from world-leading researchers to provide timely and actionable insights on land use, forest change and nature-based solutions. These datasets include deforestation alerts, historical tree cover loss, land cover maps and more.
We are committed to transparency in how data is sourced and used. Most of the data powering Global Nature Watch originates from or is also available on Land & Carbon Lab and Global Forest Watch, where you can explore the full range of methodologies, data providers and technical documentation. All data made accessible through Global Nature Watch has been peer reviewed.
Global Nature Watch provides access to the following datasets (with more to be added soon!):
🌳 Ecosystem Monitoring
Tree Cover Loss
2001-2024, annual, 30m resolution, global | Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA
*data can be filtered by % canopy cover, Primary Forests, Forest Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Tree Cover Gain
2000-2020, 5-year intervals, 30m resolution, global | Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA
*data can be filtered by % canopy cover, Primary Forests, Forest Carbon Removals
Tree Cover
2000 baseline, 30m resolution, global | Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA
*data can be filtered by % canopy cover, Primary Forests, Forest Carbon Stocks
Tree Cover Loss by Dominant Driver
2001-2024, ~1km resolution | Source: WRI/Google DeepMind
*data can be filtered by % canopy cover, Primary Forests, Forest Greenhouse Gas Emissions
SBTN Natural Lands Map
2020, 30m resolution | Source: SBTN/LCL/WWF/Systemiq
⛰️ Land Cover Change Monitoring
Global All Ecosystem Disturbance Alerts (DIST-ALERT)
2023-present, updated weekly, 30m resolution, global | Source: UMD
*alerts can be filtered by any one of the following datasets at a time: drivers (LDACS), SNTB Natural Lands Map, Global Natural/Semi-Natural Grassland Extent (2022), Global Land Cover (2024)
Land Disturbance Alert Classification System (LDACS)
2024-present, updated quarterly, 30m resolution | Source: WRI/UMD
Global Land Cover
2015-2024, annual, 30m resolution | Source: UMD
*analysis of land cover change is only available for 2015 to 2024 (not annually), and land cover analysis is only available for 2024
🏭 GHG Monitoring
Forest Greenhouse Gas Net Flux
2001-2024, annual, 30m resolution | Source: Harris et al. 2021
🚜 Agricultural Monitoring
Global Natural/Semi-Natural Grassland Extent
2000-2024, annual, 30m resolution | Source: LCL/OpenGeoHub/LAPIG/IIASA/iDiv
*data only available up to 2022
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