Forest degradation affects forest structure, composition and diversity, carbon stocks,
functionality and ecosystem processes. It is known to contribute significantly to global carbon …

Global changes in climate and land use are threatening natural ecosystems, biodiversity,
and the ecosystem services people rely on. This is why it is necessary to track and monitor …

Brazil has a monitoring system to track annual forest conversion in the Amazon and most
recently to monitor the Cerrado biome. However, there is still a gap of annual land use and …

A humid tropical forest disturbance alert using Sentinel-1 radar data is presented for the
Congo Basin. Radar satellite signals can penetrate through clouds, allowing Sentinel-1 to …

Current estimates of forest degradation are associated with large uncertainties. However,
recent advancements in the availability of remote sensing data (eg, the free data policies of …

Anthropogenic and natural forest disturbance cause ecological damage and carbon
emissions. Forest disturbance in the Amazon occurs in the form of deforestation (conversion …

Tropical forest loss currently contributes 5 to 15% of anthropogenic carbon emissions to the
atmosphere. The large uncertainty in emissions estimates is a consequence of many factors …

Roads have a major impact on Amazon deforestation. However, the effects of the rapidly
growing network of illegal or unofficial roads in the Amazon are usually not considered. We …

Widespread in the subtropics and tropics of the Southern Hemisphere, savannas are highly
heterogeneous and seasonal natural vegetation types, which makes change detection …

The Río de la Plata Grasslands (RPG) region is the largest area of the temperate humid and
sub-humid grasslands biome in South America and one of the largest in the world. The …