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This dataset provides spatial estimates of vegetation height across the Pacific region derived from Sentinel-2 imagery. It enables quarterly analysis of forest structure, biomass, and ecosystem condition. The dataset supports applications in land management, carbon monitoring, and biodiversity assessment.

Lineage:
Derived from Sentinel-2 imagery using modelling approaches to estimate vegetation canopy height.

Processing level:
Modelled

Dataset type:
Modelled surface

#### Properties :

Global efforts to deliver internationally agreed goals to reduce carbon emissions, halt biodiversity loss, and retain essential ecosystem services have been poorly integrated. These goals rely in part on preserving natural (e.g., native, largely unmodified) and semi-natural (e.g., low intensity or sustainable human use) forests, woodlands, and grasslands. To show how to unify these goals, we empirically derived spatially explicit, quantitative, area-based targets for the retention of natural and semi-natural (e.g., native) terrestrial vegetation worldwide.