Global trends analysis of the main vegetation types throughout the past four decades

In each category, a trend analysis has been carried out at both global and continental levels. The objective was to highlight the changes within each category, throughout the past thirty-four years. Results show that Agriculture Areas are increasing worldwide, with a huge upsurge observed since 2011 coinciding with a remarkable decrease in Boreal Forests. Changes in vegetation's classes, between 1982 and 2015, were more pronounceable in continents such as Asia, America and Africa; Europe and Oceania showed limited variations throughout this same period. Following these results, regional policies should be reformed and mitigation plans should be established in order to maintain a sustainable development of the global vegetation lands. The GVTC could be implemented with higher spatial resolution imageries for more local-based assessments.