Geospatial analysis tools supporting the risk assessment of the Regulation on deforestation-free supply chains : a guide to visualize and interact with GFC2020 using the JRC IMPACT: toolbox and other applications

The JRC developed and updates the Global Forest Cover map for the year 2020 (GFC2020) as a support tool for the implementation of the EU Regulation on deforestation-free supply chains (Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, in short EUDR). The report serves stakeholders, foremost operators and traders concerned with the risk assessment as set out in article 10 of this regulation, to assess the requested geospatial information against the GFC2020 map. The report describes basic procedures for data visualization and intersection for three freely available software tools: the JRC IMPACT Toolbox, Quantum GIS and Google Earth Engine. To facilitate the assessment, the JRC developed an extension for the IMPACT Toolbox, tailored to the demands of data viewing and intersection in the context of the EUDR.