Towards better understanding of sand harvesting and sustainability in Rwanda: an accessible deep learning approach with very high resolution imagery on a county scale

Ke Huang1,2, Rasmus Fensholt2, Niels Strange1, Martin Brandt2, Maurice Mugabowindekwe2, Joy Zhou3, Nakiya Noorbhai3, Bernard Musana4, Jean de Dieu Nzabonimpa5 and Mette Bendixen3, (1)University of Copenhagen, Department of Food and Resource Economics, København K, Denmark, (2)University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, København K, Denmark, (3)McGill University, Department of Geography, Montreal, QC, Canada, (4)Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board, Kigali, Rwanda, (5)Institute of Applied Sciences Ruhengeri, Ruhengeri, Rwanda