Abstract Tracking the occurrence of deforestation events is an essential task in tropical dry forest (TDF) conservation efforts. Ideally, deforestation monitoring systems would identify a TDF clearing with near real… Click to show full abstract
Abstract Tracking the occurrence of deforestation events is an essential task in tropical dry forest (TDF) conservation efforts. Ideally, deforestation monitoring systems would identify a TDF clearing with near real time precision and high spatial detail, and alert park managers and environmental practitioners of illegal forest clearings occurring anywhere in a region of interest. Over the past several years there have been significant advances in the design and application of continuous land cover change mapping algorithms with these capabilities, but no studies have implemented such methods over human dominated TDF environments where small–scale deforestation (
               
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