Definitions

Key terms and concepts that Satelligence applies to its products and service.

Forest	Satelligence applies the FAO definition of forest. Forest, as defined by the FAO is “land spanning more than 0.5 hectares with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agricultural or urban land use.” For our EUDR compliance service, this coincides with Art. 2 point 4 EUDR.
Deforestation	At Satelligence, we define deforestation as the conversion of forested areas (i.e. any pixel within our three forest classes: primary, disturbed, regrowth) to non-forest land use. For our EUDR compliance service, deforestation is strictly the conversion of forest to agricultural use, whether human-induced or not as per Art. 2 point 3 EUDR.
Degradation	Forest degradation in Art. 2 point 7 EUDR is defined as the structural changes to forest cover, taking the form of the conversion of: (a) primary forests or naturally regenerating forests into plantation forests or into other wooded land; or (b) primary forests into planted forests”. At Satelligence, we have a minimum mapping unit of 0.1ha which is sufficient to capture forest degradation as well as deforestation under EUDR.
Deforestation-free	For our EUDR compliance service and in accordance with Art. 2 point 13 EUDR, deforestation-free means: (a) that the relevant products contain, have been fed with or have been made using, relevant commodities that were produced on land that has not been subject to deforestation after 31 December, 2020; and (b) in the case of relevant products that contain or have been made using wood, that the wood has been harvested from the forest without inducing forest degradation after 31 December, 2020. This definition takes into account “forest degradation” as one aspect of deforestation-free in the case of wood-products.
Negligible risk	Under EUDR, "negligible risk" of deforestation or forest degradation means that, after a thorough assessment of product-specific and general information, and the application of necessary mitigation measures, there is no indication that relevant products placed on the EU market or exported from the EU are non-compliant.
Non-negligible risk	There is non-negligible risk inside the plot or in the immediate surrounding area of a plot within a 500 meter buffer, when any of these four risk factors are present: Presence of forest: whether the plot contains forest or there is forest within 500m of the plot boundary Presence of protected areas: whether the plot is inside a protected area or there are protected areas located within 500m of the plot boundary Presence of indigenous territories: whether the plot is located inside community land or in an area designated as indigenous territory or those areas are within 500m of the plot boundary Prevalence of deforestation: whether there is detected deforestation since EUDR cutoff date within 500m of the plot boundary
Protected Areas	Our dataset on Protected Areas is based on the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Supplemented by additional government datasets for Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Indonesia.
Indigenous Territories	Our dataset on Indigenous Territories is based on the Landmark dataset.
Peatland	Our dataset on Peatland is based on WRI's Global Peatlands layer. Supplemented by additional government sources in Indonesia.
Mangroves	Our dataset on Mangroves is based on WRI's Mangrove forest layer.