Data Usage Policy

Data Origins

Our pipeline integrates multi-source geospatial data including Hansen Global Forest Change, Global Forest Watch Integrated Alerts, Sentinel-2 (Copernicus), and SRTM Topographic data. These primary datasets remain the property of their respective creators and are used here under their respective public licenses.

Research Outputs

Derived risk maps, warning zones, and model coefficients are products of the research project "An Interpretable Machine Learning Pipeline for Deforestation Risk Prediction in Vietnam at 1 km Resolution."

Licensing & Citation

The derived geospatial outputs provided for download on this platform are available for academic, non-commercial research use. Users of these datasets are required to provide appropriate citation of the primary manuscript:

Pham, D.L.; Nguyen, D.A.; Do, N.Q.; Tran, D.A.; Dam, A.T. An Interpretable Machine Learning Pipeline for Deforestation Risk Prediction in Vietnam at 1 km Resolution. Remote Sensing, accepted, awaiting publication.

No Operational Guarantee

These outputs are provided "as-is" for research and prioritization. They are not intended for real-time operational enforcement and should be verified against local ground-truth data before any field intervention.

Last updated: April 30, 2026