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In this research, we present the details of the National Forest Conservation Program (PNCB\u2014Programa Nacional de Conservaci\u00f3n de Bosques para la Mitigaci\u00f3n del Cambio Clim\u00e1tico), Peru, from a satellite-based alert perspective. We examined the community\u2019s involvement in forest monitoring and investigated the usability of 1853 CBM data in conjunction with 445 satellite-based alerts. The results confirm that Peru\u2019s PCNB contributed significantly to the REDD+ scheme, and that the CBM data provided rich information on the process and drivers of forest change. We also identified some of the challenges faced in the existing system, such as delays in satellite-based alert transfer to communities, sustaining community participation, data quality and integration, data flow, and standardization. Furthermore, we found that mobile devices responding to alerts provided better and faster data on land-use, and a better response rate, and facilitated a more targeted approach to monitoring. We recommend expanding training efforts and equipping more communities with mobile devices, to facilitate a more standardized approach to forest monitoring. 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