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Forest Cover Change & Loss

Forest loss and gain, deforestation, degradation and land cover change, nationally and for every county.

Open Forest Cover Change & Loss

Change Detection

Change is detected by comparing SLEEK maps of two years (2002–2006, 2006–2010, 2010–2014, 2014–2018). Each pixel is labelled as unchanged or with its new land use, and each change is assigned to a REDD+ activity. A conditional probability network combines the class probabilities of several years so that genuine change is separated from spectral noise.

Source: Ministry of Environment and Forestry, The National Forest Reference Level for REDD+ Implementation, December 2019 (Kenya’s FRL submission to the UNFCCC). Chapter 3.1.2 and Annex 1.