Editing Tree cover loss rate (section)

== Monitoring and Measurement ==
Tree cover loss is monitored using satellite remote sensing technologies that provide high-resolution, repeatable observations of forest cover changes over time. Institutions such as Global Forest Watch utilize data from sensors like Landsat and MODIS to detect annual changes in tree canopy extent. Scientific methods involve classification algorithms that distinguish tree cover from other land cover types and identify areas of canopy reduction. The resulting datasets enable quantification of tree cover loss at global, national, and subnational scales with annual temporal resolution. These measurements support assessments conducted by organizations including the Food and Agriculture Organization ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_and_Agriculture_Organization FAO]) and inform reports such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change IPCC]) assessments on land use and forestry.

Within the SIGNAL system, this phenomenon is treated as a defined environmental signal whose boundaries and measurement conventions are described below.