News

To enhance SDG research, open up commercial satellite image archives

A call for action published in PNAS! In this opinion piece Philippe, Patrick, and an international team of experts on remote sensing in smallholder agricultural systems argue for improved access to commercial very-high-resolution satellite images.

Philippe Rufin, Patrick Meyfroidt

Feb 13, 2025

To enhance SDG research, open up commercial satellite image archives

Preprint, direct and indirect deforestation in Ghana driven by cocoa, mining, plantations, settlements, and food crops and logging

New study preprint led by Cécile Renier, investigating the complex land use dynamics in the tropical moist forests of Ghana, looking at direct and indirect deforestation over 2000-2019.

Cécile Renier, Patrick Meyfroidt

Feb 3, 2025

Preprint, direct and indirect deforestation in Ghana driven by cocoa, mining, plantations, settlements, and food crops and logging

Global Land Programme Open Science Meeting - Part 2

The Land Systems 4 Sustainability Lab engaged in a vivid discussion on the scientific publishing industry and pathways for creating a community-based, not-for-profit, Open Access journal for Land System Science!

Philippe Rufin, Patrick Meyfroidt

Nov 16, 2024

Global Land Programme Open Science Meeting - Part 2

Global Land Programme Open Science Meeting - Part 1

Several team members (Andrea, Erasmus, Philippe, Patrick, and Ana from Eric Lambin’s neighboring lab) participated to the 2024 conference of the Global Land Programme. Some news and highlights here!

Nov 15, 2024