2023-05-04T13:11:58.897418

2024-10-04T16:27:31.974734

Scale varies by country

82 countries

Periodic as new data become available

global

Harris, N., E. Goldman and S. Gibbes. “Spatial Database of Planted Trees (SDPT) Version 1.0.” Accessed through Global Forest Watch on [date]. www.globalforestwatch.org.

Planted trees

Harris, N., E. Goldman and S. Gibbes. 2019. “Spatial Database of Planted Trees (SDPT) Version 1.0.” Washington, DC: World Resources Institute.

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English

The Spatial Database of Planted Trees (SDPT) was compiled by Global Forest Watch using data obtained from national governments, non-governmental organizations and independent researchers. Data were compiled for 82 countries around the world, with most country maps originating from supervised classification or manual polygon delineation of Landsat, SPOT or RapidEye satellite imagery. <br><br>The category of “planted trees” in the SDPT includes forest plantations of native or introduced species, established through deliberate human planting or seeding. Sometimes called “tree farms,” these forests infuse the global economy with a constant stream of lumber for construction, pulp for paper and fuelwood for energy. The data set also includes agricultural tree crops like oil palm plantations, avocado farms, apple orchards and even Christmas tree farms. The SDPT makes it possible to identify planted forests and tree crops as being separate from natural forests and enables changes in these planted areas to be monitored independently from changes in global natural forest cover.<br><br>The SDPT contains 173 million hectares of planted forest and 50 million hectares of agricultural trees, or approximately 82% of the world’s total planted forest area in 2015 (FAO 2015). The SDPT was compiled through a procedure that included cleaning and processing each individual data set before creating a harmonized attribute table. <br><br>For more detailed information, please refer to the [Technical Note](https://www.wri.org/publication/planted-trees).<br>Data is available for download in all countries except China and Papua New Guinea. <br><br>If you are aware of any additional plantations data, please let us know by filling out [this](https://goo.gl/forms/HH8vULcR1oWo6uci2) form.

Identifies planted forests and tree crops for select countries.

This dataset is a compilation of planted trees data from a variety of countries and sources. As a result, there are definitional and temporal inconsistencies within the database, as well as an absence of a uniform accuracy assessment and incomplete spatial coverage, notably in Canada, Russia and countries in Africa.

Land Cover

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