Day 4 - Hexagons - Forest loss in Estonia

4.Hexagons: Forest loss in #Estonia from 2001 to 2019 based on #GLobalForestChange data. The analysis was done for 3km hexagons. Forest loss was summed for each hexagon and proportion of loss was estimated in relation to the forest cover.

Data: Hansen, M. C., P. V. Potapov, R. Moore, M. Hancher, S. A. Turubanova, A. Tyukavina, D. Thau, S. V. Stehman, S. J. Goetz, T. R. Loveland, A. Kommareddy, A. Egorov, L. Chini, C. O. Justice, and J. R. G. Townshend. 2013. “High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change.” Science 342 (15 November): 850–53. Data available on-line from: http://earthenginepartners.appspot.com/science-2013-global-forest.

Tools: QGIS

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