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Mapping ~17 million individual fields across Mozambique allowed new insights into the spatial distribution of agriculture, field size and linkages between agriculture and forest cover change.

A new paper by Trase emphasizes the need for governments, companies and civil society to combine different perspectives and metrics to avoid blind spots in deforestation monitoring.

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Unilateral value chain policies have recently (re-)emerged as a key strategy of international land use governance. These policies are part of a broader trend towards trade-based environmental policies, from corporate due diligence to sustainability certification and trade moratoria, that has been critiqued for reinforcing inequities in global trade.

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.