Global forest dataset incongruence creates high uncertainties for conservation, climate, and development policy

2025/12/29 by Sarah Castle, Sarah E. Castle, Peter Newton +3 · 1 voice
Environmental Science · #Remote Sensing in Agriculture #Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications #Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

paper · doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101558

Citations

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Discussions

• I knew global remote-sensing products—especially forest maps—could differ, but I didn’t realize just how much. 🌍🌲🛰️ When comparing 10 different global forest cover datasets, they overlapped in onl [bsky, 7 points, 0 comments]