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JRC Tropical Moist Forests

Developed by the European Commissions Joint Research Centre (JRC), this dataset maps forest cover change in tropical moist forests (TMF) using 43 years of Landsat time series. At 30m resolution, it depicts TMF extent, disturbances (deforestation and degradation), and post-deforestation recovery (regrowth). The provided dataset only includes some of the layers; see limitations for more details.

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What's in it

Data offered docs-verified: Annual TMF status, 1990-2025 (6 classes) · Deforestation year (first year of deforestation, 0 = never) · Degradation year (first year of degradation, 0 = never) · Transition map, main classes (9 classes, end of 2025) · Transition map, sub-types (39 classes, end of 2025) · Undisturbed / degraded forest (3 classes)
Coverage docs-verified: Pan-tropical land (86 tiles of 10° × 10°) · 1990 to 2025
Resolution docs-verified: Harmonized to ~30 m at the equator (0.000269°)
Formats docs-verified: Cloud-Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) · STAC 1.1 catalog (JSON) · STAC GeoParquet index · Icechunk virtual cube
Access docs-verified: Free and open; public, anonymous HTTPS/S3 access via data.source.coop (no API key). Licence: other, free of charge without restriction of use; attribution required (cite JRC dataset and Science Advances article).

Useful for

Use cases llm-inferred: Deforestation and degradation history for overseas project sites (supply-chain or ESG due diligence) · Pre-development forest cover change baseline for international environmental impact assessments · Land-cover change context for overseas biodiversity or carbon offset screening
Audience llm-inferred: GIS analysts · ecologists · environmental consultants on international projects

Limitations

Constraints docs-verified: Pan-tropical only; no UK coverage · Mirrors six download products only; Intensity and Duration (Earth Engine only) are not mirrored · 10 m Hybrid Transition Map not mirrored (beta, 1990 to 2022) · Tile IDs are nominal; do not compute pixel offsets from the ID, read exact bounds from the raster or STAC footprint · Icechunk cube has one group per tile, not one global array; tile pixel counts vary and are not multiples of 512 · Attribution required; re-packaging must be stated; mirror does not imply EC endorsement

Licence: see product README
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Provenance & evidence

Verified via Source Cooperative API /api/v1/products/epoch (public product, updated 2026-09-11).

Metadata observed 14/10/2026 · research sweep: manual-2026-10-15 (source.coop)