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Stay atop the latest forest research and news! The Global Forest Watch blog uses data to illuminate the state of forests worldwide and tells the stories of people dedicated to protecting them. Read about rainforests, deforestation, fires, sustainable agriculture, forest management and other topics critical to the future of forests.

Featured Articles

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Oct 9, 2024|Users In Action

Women are Leading the Way to Protect Some of the World’s Most Important Forests

Serge Bondo OGF
Oct 7, 2024|Users In Action

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

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Sep 30, 2024|Forest Insights|5 minutes

6 Graphics Explain South America’s Forest Fires

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Aug 13, 2024|Forest Insights|10 minutes

The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse

Featured Articles
Featured_Women Rangers of Damaran Baru_Credit HAkA
Oct 9, 2024|Users In Action

Women are Leading the Way to Protect Some of the World’s Most Important Forests

Serge Bondo OGF
Oct 7, 2024|Users In Action

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

forest-fires-bolivia-2024
Sep 30, 2024|Forest Insights|5 minutes

6 Graphics Explain South America’s Forest Fires

forest_fire_borneo
Aug 13, 2024|Forest Insights|10 minutes

The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse

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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

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.

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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.

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Jul 5, 2024|Forest Insights

The Forest Monitoring Story Behind a Cup of Gayo Coffee

To meet the global demand for Arabica coffee, effective monitoring systems are essential to both protect forests and ensure we can continue to enjoy Gayo coffee.

Canada Wildfire July 12 2023
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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Jun 25, 2024|Users In Action|10 minutes

Small Grants, Big Impact: Meet the 2024 Recipients Driving Change with Global Forest Watch

Learn about 11 organizations in 10 countries who will tailor GFW tools and data to confront deforestation within their forests.

Logging in Brittany, France
Jun 18, 2024|Forest Insights

4 Growing Threats to Europe’s Forests: Logging, Bioenergy, Wildfires and Pests

This year’s tree cover loss data shows that Europe’s forests face increasing pressures including logging, wildfires, insect outbreaks and wood harvesting to meet changing energy demands.

2023 Tech Camp organized by RFUS – workshop in Iquitos, Peru. Credit RFUS
Jun 10, 2024|Users In Action|8 minutes

Indigenous Communities in the Peruvian Amazon Protect their Forest Heritage with MapBuilder 

Indigenous leaders in Peru are using MapBuilder to manage deforestation data in their territories and defend their ancestral forests.