Tree cover loss weighted by permanency

Not all tree cover loss is the same. Depending on what drives tree cover loss, forests have different likelihoods of regrowing in the short to medium term. With some drivers, such as urbanization and commodity driven deforestation, deforestation is typically permanent. With others, such as wildfires and forestry operations, tree cover typically starts recovering almost immediately after being lost. This indicator quantifies “lasting” tree cover loss by partially discounting losses that are likely to be transient and/or more difficult for governments to control (e.g., losses due to wildfires).