Separating natural forests from other tree cover with AI for deforestation-free supply chains

Thanks and appreciation

This research was developed by Google Deepmind and Google Research in collaboration with WRI and IIASA.

We thank our collaborators at Google, the World Resources Institute (WRI)/Global Forest Watch (GFW), and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA): Anton Raychuk, Charlotte Stanton, Dan Morris, Drew Purvis, Elizabeth Goldman, Katelyn Tarrio, Keith Anderson, Maxim Newman, Melanie Ray, Michelle J. Sims, Miroslava Lysev, Nicholas Clinton, Petra Poklukar, Radost Stanimirova, Sarah. Carter, Stephen Fritz, Yuchang Jiang.

Special thanks to the first map reviewers: Andrew Lister (US Forest Service), Astrid Verheijen (JRC), Clement Burgoyne (JRC), Irene Glenn (WRI), Fredrik Achard (JRC), Jonas Friedman (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), Jukka Miettinen (VTT), Karin Saunders (WWF Canada), Louis Raymondin (CIAT), and Martin Herold (CIAT). GFZ Helmholtz Center for Geosciences), Olga Nepomshina (GFZ Helmholtz Center for Geosciences), Peter Potapov (University of Maryland/WRI), Rene Colditz (Joint Research Center), Thibaud Vantallon (International Biodiversity Alliance – CIAT), and Viviana Zales (WRI).

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