Arun Pratihast

Arun Pratihast is a Researcher in the department of Earth Observation and Environmental Informatics at Wageningen University & Research. His work centers on leveraging technology for environmental conservation, with projects spanning forest monitoring, deforestation analysis, and sustainable land-use practices. He leads multiple initiatives, including active projects on high-tech solutions for natural resource conservation (2023–2025) and forest monitoring (2024).

Research Interests: Pratihast's expertise includes:

• Earth observation and remote sensing applications
• Deforestation dynamics in agricultural systems
• Data quality frameworks for environmental monitoring
• Sustainable resource management in low-tech environments

His recent publications focus on policy-driven environmental challenges, such as cocoa farming impacts on deforestation in Cameroon, blending field studies with geospatial analysis. He also contributes to open-source datasets like WorldCereal for global crop mapping.

Projects & Outreach: Key leadership roles include:

• High-tech solutions for natural resource conservation (2023–2025)
• Community-based REDD+ monitoring systems in Peru (2015–2016)
• Lectures on harmonized reference data for crop mapping (2024)