Modelled Forest Classes for Public Land, Including Old-Growth Areas

A geospatial dataset from the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action identifies modelled forest categories on public land, including areas likely to contain old-growth forest. The layer was created through analysis of authoritative forest disturbance datasets. It was last updated on 2026-04-09 and is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map and monitor potential old-growth forest areas based on modelled categories.
• Analyze forest disturbance patterns on public land using the modelled classification.
• Inform conservation and land-use planning decisions based on forest category layers.
• Validate or supplement field surveys with modelled forest class data.

Strengths

• Data is derived from authoritative forest disturbance datasets.
• Includes a specific modelled category for old-growth forest areas.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Offered in multiple geospatial formats including SHP, GDB, and TAB.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and spatial scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Analysis of readily available authoritative forest disturbance datasets.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 00:11:37.449380; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Public land (specific region not stated).