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Satellite imagery reveals widespread coconut plantations on Pacific atolls

An Aloha Organic research reading guide · Coconut ecology & knowledge.

2024 · Coconut ecology & knowledge

Satellite imagery reveals widespread coconut plantations on Pacific atolls

Michael W Burnett, Rory French, Breonna Jones, Alexander Fischer, Alexandra Holland, Irina Roybal, Timothy White, Sebastian Steibl, Leander D L Anderegg, Hillary Young, Nick D Holmes, Alexander Wegmann

Wider context · Other organisms, crops or coconut knowledge

What the paper covers

Maps coconut canopy on 235 Pacific atolls using satellite imagery and examines plantation legacies.

Read it in context

Maps coconut vegetation, not CRB infestations or property condition.

The original publication

Open license permits attributed reuse.

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Sources & reading notes

Reviewed October 22, 2026. Aloha Organic summaries draw on the sources below.