Forest proximate people (FPP) 1.0

  • The Forest Proximate People (FPP) dataset estimates the number of people living within 1 and 5 kilometers of forests globally for the year 2019.

  • It uses a 100-meter pixel resolution and provides data on the number of people per hectare within the specified distances.

  • This dataset contributes to indicator #13 of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests Global Core Set of forest-related indicators, focusing on forest-dependent people in extreme poverty.

  • It is available under the CC-BY-4.0 license and can be explored using Google Earth Engine.

  • The data is sourced from FAO and based on research published in One Earth, with a DOI available for further reading.
FAO/SOFO/1/FPP
Dataset Availability
2019-01-01T00:00:00Z–2019-01-01T00:00:00Z
Dataset Provider
Earth Engine Snippet
ee.ImageCollection("FAO/SOFO/1/FPP")
Cadence
1 Year
Tags
agriculture fao forest global plant-productivity population rural-area

Description

The "Forest Proximate People" (FPP) dataset is one of the data layers contributing to the development of indicator #13, "number of forest-dependent people in extreme poverty," of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) Global Core Set of forest-related indicators (GCS). The FPP dataset provides an estimate of the number of people living in or within 1 kilometer of forests (forest-proximate people) for the year 2019 with a pixel size of 100 meters at a global level. Find out more about the dataset.

Bands

Pixel Size
0.0009 meters

Bands

Name Units Pixel Size Description
FPP_1km Number of people/ha meters

Number of people living in or within 1 kilometer of forests.
FPP_5km Number of people/ha meters

Number of people living in or within 5 kilometer of forests.

Terms of Use

Terms of Use

CC-BY-4.0

Citations

Citations:

  • FAO 2022. The State of the World's Forests (SOFO) - Forest pathways for green recovery and building inclusive, resilient and sustainable economies. FAO, Rome. https://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb9360en

  • Newton, P., Castle, S.E., Kinzer, A.T., Miller, D.C., Oldekop, J.A., Linhares-Juvenal, T., Pina, L., Madrid, M., & de Lamo, J. 2022. The number of forest- and tree-proximate people: a new methodology and global estimates, One Earth, 2020 doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2020.08.016,

DOIs

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Code Editor (JavaScript)

var coll = ee.ImageCollection('FAO/SOFO/1/FPP');
var image = coll.first().select('FPP_1km');
Map.setCenter(17.5, 20, 3);
Map.addLayer(
    image, {min: 0, max: 12, palette: ['blue', 'yellow', 'red']},
    'Forest proximate people – 1km cutoff distance');
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The "Forest Proximate People" (FPP) dataset is one of the data layers contributing to the development of indicator #13, "number of forest-dependent people in extreme poverty," of the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) Global Core Set of forest-related indicators (GCS). The FPP dataset provides an estimate of the number of …
FAO/SOFO/1/FPP, agriculture,fao,forest,global,plant-productivity,population,rural-area
2019-01-01T00:00:00Z/2019-01-01T00:00:00Z
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