Land Cover Change and Conversions: Methodology and Results for OECD and G20 Countries

Ivan Haščič and Alexander Mackie
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No 2018/04, OECD Green Growth Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: Changes in the biophysical characteristics of natural habitats – that can be measured with data on land cover – are the best proxy to monitor pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity. This paper presents a suite of indicators that track land cover change over time in a globally consistent manner. The indicators, including an OECD Green Growth headline indicator, represent the Organisation's most recent effort to monitor pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity, using state-of-the-art data and techniques. Results are presented for OECD and G20 countries over 1992-2015 using global multi-period datasets.

Keywords: biodiversity; Earth observation; ecosystems; habitat loss; land cover; remote sensing; satellite data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q2 Q24 Q28 Q57 Q58 R11 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-05-24
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