Forest type (natural, planted, plantation)

Whether a forest is natural, naturally regenerating, planted, a plantation or tree crops, mapped at 10 m for 2020.

Request

curl -X POST https://mcp.terra-lab.ai/v1/tools/get_forest_type \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TERRALAB_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"area":{"place":"Morcenx, France","radius_m":3000}}'

import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://mcp.terra-lab.ai/v1/tools/get_forest_type",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['TERRALAB_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "area": {
            "place": "Morcenx, France",
            "radius_m": 3000,
        },
    },
    timeout=120,
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json()["structuredContent"])

const response = await fetch('https://mcp.terra-lab.ai/v1/tools/get_forest_type', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.TERRALAB_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "area": {
      "place": "Morcenx, France",
      "radius_m": 3000
    }
  }),
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.structuredContent);

Other valid request bodies:

{"area":{"bbox":[-60.2,-2.6,-60.1,-2.5]}}

Parameters

A JSON object in the request body; in an MCP client, the arguments of the tool call.

Response

structuredContent holds the result, content the same result as text for a model, and isError is true when the tool refused the request or failed; then structuredContent.code, message and hint say what to change.

{
  "structuredContent": {
    "sources": [{ "name": "...", "licence": "...", "url": "..." }],
    "downloads": [{ "label": "...", "format": "...", "url": "...", "name": "..." }]
  },
  "content": [{ "type": "text", "text": "..." }],
  "isError": false
}

Every result lists its sources with their licence. File results come as downloads: each link builds its file when opened.

Errors

A missing key answers 401, an empty balance 402, too many calls 429. A call that fails or finds nothing is not counted. See Errors and rate limits.

Description for agents

The text the server gives an agent to decide when to call this tool:

Use this when the user asks whether a forest is natural, primary, naturally regenerating, planted, a plantation or tree crops (oil palm, cocoa, coffee, rubber, orchards, agroforestry), for example for EUDR due diligence (deforestation-free sourcing, 2020 cut-off), certification, a carbon or biodiversity project or a land purchase. The area is a bbox, a place, or a place with a radius (default 1,000 m), at most about 300 km². Reads Forest Typology (ForTy) 2020 v1 by Google DeepMind, a 10 m global map, and returns the share of each class in percent and hectares (primary forest, naturally regenerating forest, planted forest, plantation forest, tree crops and agroforestry, other land), the dominant class, a map, and a GeoTIFF of the class raster clipped to the area that opens in QGIS. Caveat: 2020 baseline; planted vs naturally regenerating is the least reliable class. Not for forest loss after 2020, tree height or species. Never use the user's current location unless they type it. Download links build their file when opened; no file is saved. Never pass these links to open_gis_file.