Forests
Tree-cover loss
Hansen / Global Forest Watch: where tree cover was lost, including clearing, fire, and harvest: not only “deforestation.”
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Mangrove extent
Global Mangrove Watch version 3 extent for 2020: tidal forest shoreline, not inland Hansen loss and not WDPA parks.
Map: Fix Planet from Global Mangrove Watch version 3, 2020 extent. Colour is the share of about 25 m pixels classed as mangrove, counted on a 0.02° grid. CC BY 4.0. Boundaries: Natural Earth.
The map is Global Mangrove Watch version 3 extent for 2020: the share of mangrove pixels on a 0.02° grid (Bunting et al., CC BY 4.0). Later versions, including the v4.1 annual series from 1985 through 2025, are published by JAXA and on Zenodo. This plate is the 2020 v3 extent, not that later time series. The public platform shows habitat extent, net change, and alerts.
How to read it
Darker green is a higher share of mangrove pixels in 2020. It is tidal forest in the GMW classifier, not a coral reef, not a salt marsh, and not a protected area. Do not mix this extent with Hansen tree-cover totals.
Caveats
Mangrove maps struggle at muddy edges, aquaculture ponds, and sparse fringes. Annual change is not the same as legal deforestation. Carbon and species layers are separate products on the same platform. Accuracy varies by country and turbidity. Restoration plantings may lag in the classifier. Treat alerts as screening, then check local imagery.
Sources
- Zenodo: Global Mangrove Watch v3, 2020
- Global Mangrove Watch: map platform
- JAXA EORC: Global Mangrove Watch dataset (v4.1)
- Zenodo: Global Mangrove Watch timeseries v4.1.12
- Mangrove Alliance: GMW 4.1 launch note
License
The map is Global Mangrove Watch version 3, 2020 extent (CC BY 4.0; Bunting et al.). Later GMW versions exist; this plate is v3 for 2020. Open globalmangrovewatch.org for the living platform.
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Protected areas
WDPA / Protected Planet: parks, reserves, and other protected polygons: coverage on paper, not always protection on the ground.
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Forests
Intact Forest Landscapes
Intact Forest Landscapes in 2020: wilderness-scale forest mosaics from the IFL Mapping Team, not Hansen annual loss pixels and not park boundaries.
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Primary humid tropical forests
UMD GLAD 30 m map of primary humid tropical forest extent for 2001 (Turubanova et al.), a primary baseline, not annual Hansen loss and not IFL wilderness size rules.
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Forest Landscape Integrity Index
Grantham et al. continuous integrity score for the world’s forests (~2019), anthropogenic modification and connectivity, not Hansen loss alone and not WDPA coverage.
Read the card →Source: Grantham et al. 2020: Nature Communications (FLII paper)