Land transformation, 20 year average, during Cycle

The amount of land used by this Cycle, that changed use to the current land cover in the last 20 years, divided by 20. The previous land cover is specified in the previousLandCover field, and the current land cover in the landCover field.

Also known as: Land conversion; deforestation

Term type: Resource Use
Units: m2 / year

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