ForestNet: Classifying Drivers of Deforestation in Indonesia using Deep Learning on Satellite Imagery

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2011.05479v1
• Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 00:28:40 GMT
• Title: ForestNet: Classifying Drivers of Deforestation in Indonesia using Deep Learning on Satellite Imagery
• Authors: Jeremy Irvin, Hao Sheng, Neel Ramachandran, Sonja Johnson-Yu, Sharon Zhou, Kyle Story, Rose Rustowicz, Cooper Elsworth, Kemen Austin, Andrew Y. Ng
• Abstract summary: We develop a deep learning model called ForestNet to classify the drivers of primary forest loss in Indonesia. Using satellite imagery, ForestNet identifies the direct drivers of deforestation in forest loss patches of any size.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Characterizing the processes leading to deforestation is critical to the development and implementation of targeted forest conservation and management policies. In this work, we develop a deep learning model called ForestNet to classify the drivers of primary forest loss in Indonesia, a country with one of the highest deforestation rates in the world. Using satellite imagery, ForestNet identifies the direct drivers of deforestation in forest loss patches of any size. We curate a dataset of Landsat 8 satellite images of known forest loss events paired with driver annotations from expert interpreters. We use the dataset to train and validate the models and demonstrate that ForestNet substantially outperforms other standard driver classification approaches. In order to support future research on automated approaches to deforestation driver classification, the dataset curated in this study is publicly available at https://stanfordmlgroup.github.io/projects/forestnet .

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