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Forest Cover Change in Myanmar 2002-2014

This dataset indicates the forest cover change in Myanmar between 2002 to 2014. Land cover classes: Intact Forest (>80% canopy cover); Degraded Forest (10%-80% canopy cover); New Degraded Forest; Non-Forest (<10% canopy cover); New Non-Forest; Plantations; New Plantations; Water; Snow or Ice.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Dataset topic category
  • Deforestation drivers
  • Forest cover reporting
  • SDG15 Life on Land
Language
  • English
Use limitations There is no use limitations known.
Dataset reference date January 1, 2002
Temporal extent's end date January 1, 2014
GeoNames
  • Myanmar
West bounding coordinates 92.1749725341797
East bounding coordinates 101.173858642578
South bounding coordinates 9.79071617126465
North bounding coordinates 28.5384674072266
Spatial Reference System WGS 84 (EPSG:4326) (CRS:84)
Positional Accuracy There is no information about positional accuracy.
Process Step This is the original data from the publisher. The steps about producing this forest cover change can be found here: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0176364
Responsible party Peter Leimgruber. Department: Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. Institution: Smithsonian Institution. Email: leimgruberp@si.ed
Attributes Value,Red,Green,Brown,Label 5,36,106,36,255,intact forest 1,83,166,24,255,degraded forest 23,168,240,119,255,new degraded forest 4,255,255,210,255,non-forest 12,255,255,210,255,non-forest 2,232,48,183,255,new non-forest 22,232,48,183,255,new non-forest 11,214,180,231,255,plantations 21,128,3,191,255,new plantations 3,51,141,255,255,water 15,51,141,255,255,water 25,0,0,182,255,new water 6,230,244,255,255,ice snow
License Other (Open)
Copyright No
Keywords forest cover change,သစ်တောဖုံးလွှမ်းမှု၏အပြောင်းအလဲ
Date uploaded October 12, 2020, 22:44 (UTC)
Date modified May 11, 2021, 05:20 (UTC)