The Dutch Colonial Environmental History Network

Datasets

Here you can find the links to the different HYDE datasets

HYDE 3.2 (2017)

  • Spatial resolution 5 arc min (~85 km2 at equator). Period covered 10 000 BCE  – CE 2020. Incl. irrigated areas, rice, intensive pasture, extensive rangelands.
  • FAOdata from 1961-2015

HYDE 3.3 (2023)

  • Spatial resolution 5 arc min (~85 km2 at equator). Period covered 10 000 BCE  – CE 2023. Includes radiocarbon archaeological data (onset of agriculture) for Eurasia & ArchaeoGlobe estimates for the rest of the world.
  • FAOdata from 1961-2017
  • Use of different remote sensing imagery (MODIS) and statistics (MapBiomas) for Brazil for the 1985-2020 period (MapBiomas_c8), Indonesia for the 2000 – 2020 period (MB 2.0).
  • Including an historical Baseline, Lower and Upper scenario
  • Extension of the database to year 2023

HYDE 3.4(2024)

  • Spatial resolution 5 arc min (~85 km2 at equator). Period covered 10 000 BCE  – CE 2024. Includes radiocarbon archaeological data (onset of agriculture) for Eurasia & ArchaeoGlobe estimates for the rest of the world.
  • Use of different remote sensing imagery (MODIS) and statistics (MapBiomas) for Brazil for the 1985-2022 period (MapBiomas_c8), Indonesia for the 2000 – 2022 period (MB 2.0), China for the 1900- 2019 period.
  • FAOdata from 1961-2021
  • Extension of the database to year 2024

HYDE 3.5 (2025)

  • Spatial resolution 5 arc min (~85 km2 at equator). Period covered 10 000 BCE  – CE 2025. Includes radiocarbon archaeological data (onset of agriculture) for Eurasia & ArchaeoGlobe estimates for the rest of the world.
  • Use of different remote sensing imagery (MODIS) and statistics (MapBiomas) for Brazil for the 1985-2023 period (MapBiomas_c9), Indonesia for the 2000 – 2023 period (MB 3.0), China for the 1900- 2019 period.
  • New FAOSTAT data for 1961 – 2022.
  • Extension of the database to year 2025

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