Tropical deforestation across 135 countries is attributed to agricultural and forestry commodity production and traced through global trade from 2005 to 2018. The data is derived using a land-balance model and two trade models to estimate deforestation embodied in production, exports, imports, and consumption. This dataset is an update of Pendrill et al. (2020) by Florence Pendrill of Chalmers University of Technology.
Use Cases
- Analyze country-level deforestation footprints based on commodity consumption data.
- Model supply chain linkages between production and consumption using the described trade models.
- Track temporal trends in deforestation risk for specific agricultural commodities from 2005-2018.
- Assess the impact of trade policies on tropical deforestation based on embodied deforestation estimates.
Strengths
- Covers a 14-year time period from 2005 to 2018.
- Models deforestation for 135 tropical countries.
- Traces commodities using two distinct trade models: a physical trade model and a multi-regional input-output model.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Florence Pendrill, Chalmers University of Technology
- Collection Method
- Derived using a land-balance model to attribute deforestation to commodity expansion, traced via trade models.
- Time Range
- 2005-2018
- Geography
- 135 countries in the tropics