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Oct 23, 2024|Forest Insights|12 minutes

Mining Is Increasingly Pushing into Critical Rainforests and Protected Areas

Oct 7, 2024|Users In Action

Voices of Global Forest Watch: Serge Bondo Kayembe, Observatoire de la Gouvernance Forestière

As part of our Voices of Global Forest Watch series, learn about Serge Bondo Kayembe’s work with Observatoire de la Gouvernance Forestière.

Sep 19, 2024|Forest Insights|5 minutes

6 Graphics Explain South America’s Forest Fires

GFW data shows that the number of fire alerts in the Amazon region are 79% higher than average for this time of year.

Aug 19, 2024|Users In Action

Voices of Global Forest Watch: Wendy Pineda, Rainforest Foundation US

As part of our Voices of Global Forest Watch series, learn about Wendy Pineda’s work in Peru with Rainforest Foundation US

Aug 13, 2024|Forest Insights|10 minutes

The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse

The latest data on forest fires confirms: Fires are becoming more widespread, burning nearly twice as much tree cover today as 20 years ago.

Tree cover loss due to fires visualized on the GFW map, 2001-2021

Aug 12, 2024|Data & Tools

Over Two Decades of Fire-Driven Loss in Exceptional Detail

Tree cover loss from fires data offers a higher-resolution look than ever before at trends in fire-driven loss over more than two decades.

Aug 5, 2024|Users In Action

Data is Helping Protect Threatened Forests and Biodiversity in Cameroon’s Mengamé Gorilla Sanctuary

Action for Sustainable Development is using GFW tools to respond to increasing deforestation in Cameroon’s Mengamé Gorilla Sanctuary.

Planet satellite imagery of primary forest removal in Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia on GFW map

Jul 23, 2024|Data & Tools|6 minutes

Looking for the Quickest Signal of Deforestation? Turn to GFW’s Integrated Alerts

GFW’s integrated deforestation alerts layer combines the analytical power of GLAD, GLAD-S2 and RADD deforestation alerts to provide a faster, more confident view of forest disturbances than any one individual system.

Jun 27, 2024|Forest Insights

Canada’s Record-breaking 2023 Wildfires Released Nearly 4 Times More Carbon than Global Aviation

Canada’s 2023 wildfires burned 7.8 Mha of forests, emitting 3 billion tons of carbon, 25% more than from all tropical primary forest loss combined in 2023.

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