Description
Getting the best data
The Forest Carbon Ratings provide information relevant to the forest and carbon dynamics within a region, down to a second administrative level scale. The product is sold as a bundle of a report in PDF format and the ratings and data insights in CSV format. The product is designed for use by public and private industry for forest governance, evaluation for use of forests as stores of carbon for net zero commitments, REDD+, carbon related finance and general forest governance.
Five different ratings give an insight into the forest and carbon dynamics on a second administrative level scale:
- Long-Term Forest Loss: Denotes the long-term (20 year) historical trend of forest change as a proportion of the baseline forest observed within the area of interest.
- Short-Term Forest Loss: Denotes the forest change within the past year as a proportion of the baseline forest observed within the area of interest.
- Deforestation Risk: Denotes the relative risk of forest assets within the area of interest being lost to deforestation.
- Forest Carbon at Risk: Denotes the relative risk to carbon stored in forests that are at high or very high risk of loss due to deforestation.
- Carbon Sequestration Potential: Denotes the potential for carbon to be sequestered through restoration or reforestation efforts on suitable land.
