Land use: share of agriculture land, food production index, landcover transitions
Data source provider
MODIS Aqua and Terra satellites
Use cases
Climate-related disclosures, Exposure quantification, Financial stability monitoring, Investment and lending decisions, Macro-economic modelling, Scenario analysis, Stress testing
Data group
Biodiversity and forestry indicators
Metric Type
Physical vulnerability
Methodology/ Standard / Classification/ Taxonomy / Reference
MODIS
Unit (e.g. CO2)
Primary land cover scheme identifies 17 classes defined by the IGBP, including 11 natural vegetation classes, three human-altered classes, and three non-vegetated classes.
Dimension (e.g. Sector, Customer)
By Country
Time horizon
Backward-looking
Frequency
Semiannual
Time series
2001-2022
Accessibility
Public
Observation on data availability/gaps
Current research foci include mapping land use, land cover, and land cover change at regional and global scales, monitoring and modeling dynamics in vegetation phenology and related ecosystem processes, and using remote sensing to characterize the properties, geography, and dynamics of global land use and human dominated ecosystems