Dataset linking to the publication "An assessment of data sources, data quality and changes in national forest monitoring capacities in the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005–2020"

This dataset links to the study “An assessment of data sources, data quality and changes in national forest monitoring capacities in the Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005–2020”. This study is published in the journal “Environmental Research Letters” which can be found at https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abd81b.  The dataset contains two files, one csv file, and one shape file. The two files contain the same data to meet the different users' needs. The dataset contains variables for assessing national forest monitoring data sources i.e., RS and/or NFI. Separate indicators namely 'Use of RS', and 'Use of NFI' were used to analyze the two data sources (RS and NFI). The description of each variable for these two indicators contained in the dataset is given in the Table below.

Indicators and Scores in the above Table for showing the use of RS and NFI data for forest monitoring in Figure 1 (1a, 1b, and 2a, 2b) are related in the following way.

The capacity changes from 2005 to 2020 in Figure 1 (1c & 2c) are related in the following way.