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EUDR enforcement confirmed · Planet Labs equatorial expansion · Community monitoring closes the carbon gap

This week: the EU holds firm on deforestation regulation timelines, Planet Labs extends daily 3m coverage, and a new paper from São Paulo shows community monitors beating satellite-only approaches by 34%.

PAMGuard blast detection · Verra stacked credits · ESA Sentinel-2 next generation clears review

Blast fishing detection gets a machine learning upgrade, Verra clarifies how to stack carbon and biodiversity credits, and the next Sentinel-2 generation is cleared for Q3 launch.

Modern Slavery Act guidance updated · Indigenous monitoring at parity with expert audits · ISEAL tech framework

The UK updates its MSA guidance for agricultural supply chains, a landmark paper shows indigenous monitors matching professional auditors within 3%, and ISEAL sets out a framework for technology integration.

SST anomalies predict IUU fishing · Worker reporting outpaces audits · SAR and optical fusion for biomass

Sea surface temperatures as an early warning system for illegal fishing, why worker-reported data finds violations 4x faster than scheduled audits, and a new approach to biomass estimation in cloudy regions.