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🌿 Philippines Forest — Satellite Forest Monitoring

📍 Philippines · 7.5°, 125.0° · Zone 50km · Last updated: 2026-09-18

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Moderate Forest

Dense Tropical Forest · 97.9% forest cover

🛰️ Analyzed by ESA Sentinel-2, NASA Landsat, NASA GEDI LiDAR & NASA FIRMS

0.703
🌿 NDVI
97.9%
🌳 Forest Cover
8.8m
📏 Canopy Height (GEDI)
1349
🔥 Fire Pixels/year
+0.334
📈 NDVI Trend 10y
+0.388
🕰️ NDVI Trend 40y
34.8 t/ha
⚖️ Above-ground Biomass
Mature forest (60-120 years)
🌱 Development Stage
⚠️ STABLE — No significant change

📊 Historical Analysis

🌿 NDVI Trend 3 years (Sentinel-2)-0.031
📡 NDVI Trend 10 years (Landsat 8/9)+0.334
🕰️ NDVI Trend 40 years (Landsat 1984)+0.388
📡 Sentinel-1 Radar (VV)-7.999 dB
🔥 Fire Activity (NASA FIRMS)1349 pixels/year

🛰️ Methodology

This analysis uses real satellite data from 6 sources processed by CanopySat Forest Intelligence:

• ESA Sentinel-2 (10m) — NDVI, NDRE, NBR vegetation indices and forest cover classification

• ESA Sentinel-1 (10m) — SAR radar backscatter for forest structure assessment

• NASA Landsat 8/9 (30m) — 10-year historical vegetation trend analysis

• NASA Landsat 4/5 (30m) — 40-year historical trend since 1984

• NASA FIRMS/VIIRS (375m) — Active fire detection and annual fire pixel count

• NASA GEDI LiDAR (25m) — Canopy height measured by laser from the International Space Station

All data processed via Google Earth Engine. Analysis date: 2026-09-18.

🌍 About Philippines Forest

The Philippines is one of the world 18 mega-biodiversity countries, with tropical forests covering significant portions of its islands. CanopySat satellite monitoring shows 97.9% forest cover but a concerning negative 3-year NDVI trend (-0.031), indicating emerging deforestation pressure that requires urgent monitoring.

📍 Methodological Note

This analysis covers a 50km sample zone representative of this forest region — not the entire forest. Data comes from real satellites (ESA Sentinel-2, NASA Landsat, NASA GEDI LiDAR) and is updated periodically.

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