Historic Forest Canopy Cover Extent in NSW Regional Forest Agreements Areas, 1995-2019

Spatial layers describe Forest Canopy Extent likelihood from 1995 to 2019 in New South Wales Regional Forest Agreements areas. The data is derived from 25-meter resolution Landsat-based grids from the National Carbon Accounting System and processed using land use masking and fuzzy-logic certainty analysis. This dataset is superseded by a newer state-wide version covering 1995 to 2020.

Use Cases

• Modeling forest loss or gain over time based on the 25-year time series.
• Assessing the impact of land use policies on canopy coverage based on the processed Landsat data.
• Monitoring ecosystem health indicators based on the fuzzy-logic derived canopy extent likelihood.

Strengths

• Covers a 25-year time range from 1995 to 2019.
• Based on Landsat-derived grids with a spatial resolution of 25 meters.
• Processed through a described methodology involving land use exclusion and fuzzy-logic analysis.

Limitations

• Dataset is superseded by a newer version covering 1995 to 2020.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery, based on ABARES National Forest and Sparse Woody Vegetation Data grids.

Collection Method

Processed from base Landsat grids through land use/vegetation exclusion masking and fuzzy-logic certainty analysis.

Time Range

1995 to 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-13 13:21:13.363367; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New South Wales Regional Forest Agreements Areas along the eastern coast of Australia.