[PyncGyncliacy]

The Global Forest Disturbance Alert System (GloF-DAS) provides data on forest disturbance globally on a quarterly basis.

Reliable maps of global forest cover change are frequently years out-of-date. Consequently, there is a pressing need to develop techniques for monitoring and verifying land cover change and forest disturbances in a timely, low-cost, and accurate manner. Satellite remote sensing from instruments such as NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) offers a consistent and cost-effective method for mapping forest cover change. MODIS data are obtained freely with global daily cover products. Deforestation tracker

You can select time period and location on the map.

[eocavrWM]

I've just been browsing this and cross-referencing it with the Northern Australia Fire Information (NAFI) site, because Dec 2011 shows changes to the cover around Mt Bartle Frere (Wooroonooran* NP). There hasn't been fire or timber getting in that area**, but I wonder if that recorded change is associated with the dry season? (Although they do say they take seasonal changes into account. Hmmm.)

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* Yes, it took a few goes.

** That I know about. I will have to ask.

[PyncGyncliacy]

I've just been browsing this and cross-referencing it with the Northern Australia Fire Information (NAFI) site, because Dec 2011 shows changes to the cover around Mt Bartle Frere (Wooroonooran* NP). There hasn't been fire or timber getting in that area**, but I wonder if that recorded change is associated with the dry season? (Although they do say they take seasonal changes into account. Hmmm.)

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* Yes, it took a few goes.

** That I know about. I will have to ask.

I figured someone here would know a lot more about this than I do. I was looking around North East Gippsland (Orbost) in Victoria which is a major logging area and should have been north of the 2009 bushfires. I know that country better than I know Queensland. I thought the south coast of NSW near Eden might also appear but it doesn't. Or at least not in December 2011. I'm guessing this might be a work-in-progress.

[sniskelsowwef]

Similarly Lower SE of SA I think.

It will be a great resource.

[eocavrWM]

I'm guessing this might be a work-in-progress.

Indeed. I'm definitely bookmarking it for reference.


Edited to add: And thanks to Ilago for posting it.