Forest change and land cover data for Malaysia

Name: Forest change and land cover data for Malaysia
Creator: Global Forest Watch
License: Varies by dataset

Published by Global Forest Watch (GFW) · International

Open APIAPI docsDashboardLanding page

Also known as: Global Forest Watch Malaysia · Malaysia deforestation data · Malaysia tree cover loss

Forest and land-use data for Malaysia — tree cover loss and gain, land cover, fire alerts and forest carbon — published through Global Forest Watch with a country dashboard and a data API.

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4 ways in — all links open the publisher's own site.

Malaysia country dashboard Dashboard

https://www.globalforestwatch.org/dashboards/country/MYS/
GFW data API - dataset list API
API key required

https://data-api.globalforestwatch.org/datasets

Responds without a key for the catalogue; queries to individual datasets require a free API key.
GFW data API OpenAPI specification API docs

https://data-api.globalforestwatch.org/openapi.json
Global Forest Watch Landing page

https://www.globalforestwatch.org/

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Verified 2026-10-04. The site, the Malaysia dashboard, the dataset list and the OpenAPI specification all respond. Licence not asserted as verified.

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Access

Open

The dashboard is freely browsable; the data API requires a free account key.

Licence

Varies by dataset

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Publisher

Global Forest Watch

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