Articles | Volume 15, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3991-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-3991-2023
Data description paper
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08 Sep 2023
Data description paper |  | 08 Sep 2023

High-resolution global map of closed-canopy coconut palm

Adrià Descals, Serge Wich, Zoltan Szantoi, Matthew J. Struebig, Rona Dennis, Zoe Hatton, Thina Ariffin, Nabillah Unus, David L. A. Gaveau, and Erik Meijaard

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The spatial extent of coconut palm is understudied despite its increasing demand and associated impacts. We present the first global coconut palm layer at 20 m resolution. The layer was produced using deep learning and remotely sensed data. The global coconut area estimate is 12.31 Mha for dense coconut palm, but the estimate is 3 times larger when sparse coconut palm is considered. This means that coconut production can likely increase on the lands currently allocated to coconut palm.
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