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The prominent role assumed by Brazil in the global environmental agenda in recent years has prompted the creation of legal provisions and the formulation of environmental policies and instruments aimed at improved and sustainable territorial governance. Within this context, the Brazilian government implemented in 2016, with the support of the Forest Investment Program (FIP), the first systematic and official monitoring initiative focused on the detection of vegetation suppression (since 2000) in the Cerrado, the second largest biome in Brazil and a global biodiversity hotspot. In this study, we assess, based on sampling procedures and field work, the quality of the PRODES Cerrado data, which is being generated according to the well-known and consolidated PRODES Amazônia methodology. Our sample-based validation indicated an overall accuracy of 93.17 ± 0.89% (in line with the four fieldworks findings) and …