How it works
What happens when you check
- You choose your crop and tap your land.We take a 100 m × 100 m square around your pin.
- We compare that square with satellite data*.Maps of forests, crops and tree loss, from 2020 until today.
- You get a plain answer.No sign of forest cleared after 2020, possible clearing, or can't tell yet. If the maps aren't clear, we say so.
A quick analysis, not a report
This analysis looks at one spot, not your whole plot. It does not look at land titles, permits or how your crop was produced. It is not a report you can hand to a buyer, and not a verdict on your land.
How we get to a full report
- TodayA quick analysis of one spot.
- Coming nextOne spot is a first look, not enough to back up your whole plot. Nyx is building the next steps to get you ready for EU buyers:
- Drawing your plot boundaries, so the check covers your whole plot, not one spot. That gives you an answer you can share with your buyer.
- Checking every plot you farm, so you have a complete picture of your land.
- Putting together the documentation your buyer asks for: dated reports and data files ready to hand over.
Why we need your help
The documentation EU buyers ask for has to follow your crop along the whole chain: from your plot, through everyone who buys, processes and ships it, to the EU. We know which documents the rules ask for, but not how this works in real life: who does what, and how your crop changes hands. Leave your contact and share your experience from your part of the chain, so we build these tools around how it really works.
* Satellite data sources
The answer is based on public maps made by these research institutions and agencies. We thank them for their open data; they are not responsible for our answers.
Forest and tree loss
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre · Global map of forest cover 2020, version 4. Bourgoin et al., 2026
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre · Tropical Moist Forests: undisturbed forest, plantations, deforestation and degradation. Vancutsem et al., 2021
- University of Maryland, GLAD · Global Forest Change (tree cover loss). Hansen et al., 2013
- University of Maryland, GLAD · Primary humid tropical forests. Turubanova et al., 2018
- University of Maryland, GLAD · Landsat and Sentinel-2 forest loss alerts. Hansen et al., 2016; Pickens et al., 2020
- University of Maryland, GLAD · DIST-ALERT global land change. Pickens et al., 2025
- Wageningen University · RADD forest disturbance alerts (Sentinel-1). Reiche et al., 2021
Crop maps
Brazil
- INPE · PRODES deforestation and DETER forest degradation. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
- INPE and Embrapa · TerraClass land use and cover 2020 (Amazon and Cerrado). TerraClass
- MapBiomas · Collection 9 land cover and land use, 2020. Projeto MapBiomas
- Serviço Florestal Brasileiro · Natural forest cover 2020 by biome. Brazilian Forest Service
Colombia
- IDEAM · Forest map 2020 and areas wrongly mapped as forest in the EU forest map. Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales