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Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-1331-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-1331-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
Data description article
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19 Feb 2026
Data description article |  | 19 Feb 2026

GFC2020: a global map of forest land use for year 2020 to support the EU Deforestation Regulation

Clément Bourgoin, Astrid Verhegghen, Silvia Carboni, Iban Ameztoy, Lucas Degreve, Steffen Fritz, Martin Herold, Nandika Tsendbazar, Myroslava Lesiv, Frédéric Achard, and René Colditz

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In the context of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), forest maps can support operators in the assessment of the risk of deforestation after year 2020. Here we present the Global Forest Cover map of year 2020, derived from the combination of most recent publicly available land cover and land use datasets. The map is a globally-consistent representation of the presence/absence of forests based on EUDR definitions, but its use is not mandatory, not exclusive and not legally binding.
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