HRL Tree Cover and Forests

High Resolution Layer Tree Cover and Forests is composed of three separate products: Tree Cover Density offers information on the percentage of tree cover in a given area and is considered one of best publicly available European tree cover maps. Dominant Leaf Type allows users to identify and track changes in the dominant leaf type (i.e., broadleaf, coniferous) of all European tree cover while Forest Type uses the Food and Agriculture Organization’s definition of forests to filter out trees in agricutlural and urban context from the Dominant Leaf Type product. Together, these products are essential for forest management, land use monitoring, and climate change mitigation. The products were initially on a 3-year update cycle, producing reference year 2012 and 2015. From reference year 2018 and onwards the products are produced annually, except Forest Types and change layers which will remain on a 3-year update cycle. High Resolution Layer Tree Cover and Forest product is part of the European Union’s Copernicus Land Monitoring Service.

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Alternate Identifier: EO:EEA:DAT:HRL:TCF

Publication Date: 2025-01-21

Title: HRL Tree Cover and Forests

Abstract: High Resolution Layer Tree Cover and Forests is composed of three separate products: Tree Cover Density offers information on the percentage of tree cover in a given area and is considered one of best publicly available European tree cover maps. Dominant Leaf Type allows users to identify and track changes in the dominant leaf type (i.e., broadleaf, coniferous) of all European tree cover while Forest Type uses the Food and Agriculture Organization’s definition of forests to filter out trees in agricutlural and urban context from the Dominant Leaf Type product. Together, these products are essential for forest management, land use monitoring, and climate change mitigation. The products were initially on a 3-year update cycle, producing reference year 2012 and 2015. From reference year 2018 and onwards the products are produced annually, except Forest Types and change layers which will remain on a 3-year update cycle. High Resolution Layer Tree Cover and Forest product is part of the European Union’s Copernicus Land Monitoring Service.

Dataset Language: eng

Metadata Provider: SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics - Olivier Martin (Data Manager)

Dataset Contact: European Environment Agency

Keywords (Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.)

EEA39
United Kingdom
EEA38 (from 2020)

Keywords (EEA topics)

Biodiversity
Forests and forestry
Agriculture and food
Land use

Keywords (GEMET)

tree
land use
land cover
land
forest
landscape alteration
forest management
leaf

Keywords (GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0)

Land cover

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European

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Bounding Box

West Bounding Coordinate: 55.2087

East Bounding Coordinate: 55.8416

North Bounding Coordinate: -20.8656

South Bounding Coordinate: -21.3949

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Range of Dates

Begin Date: 2011-01-01

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Resource License

License Name: no limitations to public access

URL: https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/metadata-codelist/LimitationsOnPublicAccess/noLimitations

Distribution

Online

A brief description of the the content of online URL.: Land Monitoring Service

URL: https://land.copernicus.eu/en/products/high-resolution-layer-forests-and-tree-cover

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