Sub-Saharan West Africa Land Cover Change

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In recent decades, Sub-Saharan West Africa has seen rapid and ongoing land cover change fueled by population growth and subsequent agricultural expansion and intensification. These changes have led to negative impacts including a decrease in land productivity, loss of local biodiversity, and a general degradation of ecosystem services, resulting in debate over whether policies to discourage this type of transformation should be introduced. However, moderate resolution satellite data and traditional remote sensing methods are insufficient at resolving...