- Dataset Availability
- 2000-01-01T01:00:00Z–2019-12-31T16:45:00Z
- Dataset Provider
- Geography Department, Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Earth Engine Snippet
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FeatureCollection
ee.FeatureCollection("HU_BERLIN/EPFD/V2/points") -
FeatureView
ui.Map.FeatureViewLayer("HU_BERLIN/EPFD/V2/points_FeatureView") - Tags
Description
European primary forest data harmonizes 48 different, mostly field-based datasets of primary forests, and contains 18,411 individual patches (41.1 Mha) spread across 33 countries. It includes includes mainly old-growth, late-successional forests, but also some early seral stages and young forests that originated after natural disturbances and natural regeneration, without subsequent management.
For more information, including a complete list of authors and their affiliations, please see the dataset documentation This dataset is a point-based, where each point represents the approximate center of a primary forest.
Table Schema
Table Schema
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BIOGEOGRAP | STRING | Biogeographical region is defined by the European Environmental Agency, one of: Alpine, Arctic, Atlantic, Black Sea, Boreal, Continental, Macaronesia, Mediterranean, Pannonian, or Steppic. |
| CONTACT_PE | STRING | Contact person |
| DOMINANT_1 | STRING | Species (latin name) of the dominant tree species of the overstorey |
| DOMINANT_2 | STRING | Species (latin name) of the second dominant tree species of the overstorey (if any) |
| DOMINANT_T | STRING | Species (latin name) of the third dominant tree species of the overstorey (if any) |
| FOREST_NAM | STRING | Name of the forest stand (if applicable, otherwise can be name of the wider area) |
| FOREST_SHA | DOUBLE | Actual share of the polygon covered by forest, assuming that primary forests in high naturalness classes, and having a large extent, may encompass land temporarily or permanently not covered by forest. |
| FOREST_TYP | INT | Main forest type according to the forest categories defined by the European Environmental Agency, based on the map of Potential Vegetation type for Europe. Possible values:
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| FOREST_T_1 | INT | Second main forest type according to the forest categories defined by the European Environmental Agency, based on the map of Potential Vegetation types for Europe |
| ID_Dataset | STRING | ID of the data set |
| LAST_DISTU | STRING | LAST_DISTURBANCE1_TYPE, type of the last disturbance event. Possible values:
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| LAST_DIS_1 | INT | LAST_DISTURBANCE1_YEAR, year when disturbance event 1 happened |
| LAST_DIS_2 | INT | LAST_DISTURBANCE1_INTENSITY, intensity of disturbance event 1. Possible values:
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| LAST_DIS_3 | STRING | LAST_DISTURBANCE2_TYPE, type of the penultimate disturbance event Possible values:
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| LAST_DIS_4 | INT | LAST_DISTURBANCE2_YEAR, year when disturbance event 2 happened |
| LAST_DIS_5 | INT | LAST_DISTURBANCE2_INTENSITY, intensity of disturbance event 2. Possible values:
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| LOCATION | STRING | Municipality, Protected Area, or Region in which the primary forest remnant is located |
| NATURALNES | INT | Naturalness level of the primary forest remnant: Possible values:
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| Notes | STRING | Optional additional remarks to the forest points/polygon |
| OBJECTID | STRING | Object ID |
| PROTECTION | INT | Legal protection status of the forest stand as derived from the World Database of Protected. The original IUCN classification was simplified to three classes:
In case more updated/precise information was available from our data contributors, these were given priority. Possible values:
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| RELEVANT_L | STRING | Any relevant sources of information describing the forest remnant (including journal articles, local reports and websites) |
| Source | STRING | Directly attributable source/ownership attribution of the forest remnant data |
| THREATS_1 | INT | Threat (if any) that is most likely to endanger the primary forest remnant. Possible values:
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| THREATS_2 | INT | Threat (if any) that is most likely to endanger the primary forest remnant. |
| DATA_AVAIL | STRING | Data availability |
| FOREST_EXT | DOUBLE | The total extent of the primary forest patch in hectares. This field is only relevant when a polygon feature IS NOT available for the forest patch. |
| FOREST_E_1 | INT | The order of magnitude of the extent of a primary forest remnant patch. This field is only relevant when a polygon feature IS NOT available for the forest patch and no precise measurement of the total extent of the forest remnant is available. Possible values:
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| PUBLICATIO | STRING | Publication |
Terms of Use
Terms of Use
European primary forest datasets are provided under the CC BY 4.0 license, which allows for most commmercial, noncommercial, and academic uses. See provider terms of use.
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Code Editor (JavaScript)
var dataset = ee.FeatureCollection('HU_BERLIN/EPFD/V2/points');
Map.setCenter(13.64, 50.11, 4);
var styleParams = {
fillColor: '0F7209',
color: '000000',
width: 1.0,
};
dataset = dataset.style(styleParams);
Map.addLayer(dataset, {}, 'European Primary Forest Points');