NSW Forest Canopy Loss and Recovery from 1998 to 2019

1998 to 2019 spatial layers describing forest canopy loss and recovery in New South Wales Regional Forest Agreement areas. The data is based on Landsat-derived 25m resolution grids from the National Carbon Accounting System. It was processed by the Natural Resources Commission to investigate disturbance drivers and recovery times.

Use Cases

• Mapping forest disturbance events based on the described canopy loss and recovery layers.
• Analyzing landscape trends in forest loss based on the year-over-year change outputs.
• Estimating recovery time for forest patches based on the described 20% canopy cover threshold.
• Investigating the likely drivers of forest change based on the Multiple Lines of Evidence approach.

Strengths

• Data spans 21 years from 1998 to 2019.
• Spatial resolution is 25 meters, derived from Landsat imagery.
• Uses a Multiple Lines of Evidence approach to attribute disturbances.

Limitations

• Dataset is superseded by a newer version covering 1998 to 2020.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 Landsat-derived base grids using a Multiple Lines of Evidence approach.

Time Range

1998 to 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-10 18:40:38.710557; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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