Indonesia - Natural forest
Years available: 2015-2024
Data last updated: 5 Dec 2025
Natural forest area is the total area of remaining forest derived from Gaveau et al.(2022). Gaveau et al. (2022) combine primary forest cover in 2000 (Margono et al., 2014), and the global forest change data developed at the University of Maryland (Hansen et al., 2013). This definition of ‘forest’ excludes young regenerating forests, agroforests, scrublands, tree plantations, agricultural lands, grasslands, and non-vegetated areas (Gaveau et al., 2022).
- Nusantara Atlas (Gaveau et al., 2022; The TreeMap, 2025)
- Gaveau, D. L. A., Locatelli, B., Salim, M. A., Husnayaen, Manurung, T., Descals, A., Angelsen, A., Meijaard, E., & Sheil, D. (2022). Slowing deforestation in Indonesia follows declining oil palm expansion and lower oil prices. PLOS ONE, 17(3), e0266178. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266178
- Gaveau, D. L. A., Santos, L., Locatelli, B., Salim, M. A., Husnayaen, H., Meijaard, E., Heatubun, C., & Sheil, D. (2021). Forest loss in Indonesian New Guinea (2001–2019): Trends, drivers and outlook. Biological Conservation, 261, 109225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109225
- Lang, N., Schindler, K., & Wegner, J. D. (2021). High carbon stock mapping at large scale with optical satellite imagery and spaceborne LIDAR (Version 1). arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2107.07431
- Margono, B. A., Potapov, P. V., Turubanova, S., Stolle, F., & Hansen, M. C. (2014). Primary forest cover loss in Indonesia over 2000–2012. Nature Climate Change, 4(8), 730–735. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2277
To cite this dataset, use the following format
Benedict, J., Chandra, A., Orland, B., Gollnow, F., Mueller, C., Gaveau, D., Salim, A., Biddle, H., Husnayaen, H., Nagara, G., Manurung, T., Putra, S. P., Suavet, C., Yohar, S., Barr, C., & Heilmayr, R. (2025). SEI-PCS Indonesia wood pulp supply chain and sustainability metrics (Version 3.2) [Data set]. Trase. https://doi.org/10.48650/RS65-VQ56
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