SBTN Natural Lands Map

This interactive map from the Science Based Targets Network can help you understand the scale and location of human-caused land degradation through pollution, urban expansion, agriculture, and extractive industry. This detailed map - created via remote sensing data - conservatively estimates non-natural lands. The map has two filter options: the first shows the world divided into natural and non-natural land area, and the second shows the natural areas based on classification (e.g. forests, wetland forests, short vegetation). This information provides a baseline that companies can use to estimate conversion of natural lands from a 2020 baseline with their current production unit or sourcing area data. It also allows companies to set 'no conversion of natural ecosystem' targets under SBTN. However, it does not offer conversion monitoring over time, nor does it intend to define ecosystems or assess their quality. This tool will be most useful to sustainability and supply chain practitioners seeking to measure value chain related impact on natural lands and set goals around nature.