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Implementation of policies to reduce forest loss challenges the Earth observation community to improve forest monitoring. An important avenue for progress is the use of new satellite missions and the combining of optical and synthetic aperture radar sensor data.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Global Forest Observation Initiative (GFOI) research and development programme and the sponsor of Global Observations of Forest Cover and Land Dynamics (GOFC-GOLD). The work of J.R. and M.H. was funded by the European Commission Horizon 2020 BACI project (grant agreement 640176).

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  1. Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, Wageningen, 6708 PB, The Netherlands
    Johannes Reiche, Jan Verbesselt & Martin Herold
  2. School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, High Street, Kensington, 2052, New South Wales, Australia
    Richard Lucas & Anthea L. Mitchell
  3. Earth System Science Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, Wageningen, 6708 PB, The Netherlands
    Dirk H. Hoekman
  4. Norut Northern Research Institute, PO Box 6434, Tromsø Science Park, Tromsø, 9294, Norway
    Jörg Haarpaintner
  5. Woods Hole Research Center, 149 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, 02540, Massachusetts, USA
    Josef M. Kellndorfer
  6. soloEO-Japan, TTT Mid-Tower 5006, Kachidoki 6-3-2, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0054, Japan
    Ake Rosenqvist
  7. CSIRO Digital Productivity, 108 North Road, Acton, 2601, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
    Eric A. Lehmann
  8. Department of Earth and Environment, Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University, 675 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, 02215, Massachusetts, USA
    Curtis E. Woodcock
  9. ESA-ESRIN, Via Galileo, Galilei, Frascati, Italy
    Frank Martin Seifert

Authors

  1. Johannes Reiche
  2. Richard Lucas
  3. Anthea L. Mitchell
  4. Jan Verbesselt
  5. Dirk H. Hoekman
  6. Jörg Haarpaintner
  7. Josef M. Kellndorfer
  8. Ake Rosenqvist
  9. Eric A. Lehmann
  10. Curtis E. Woodcock
  11. Frank Martin Seifert
  12. Martin Herold

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Correspondence toMartin Herold.

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Reiche, J., Lucas, R., Mitchell, A. et al. Combining satellite data for better tropical forest monitoring.Nature Clim Change 6, 120–122 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2919

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