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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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Nov 21, 2024|Users In Action

Voices of Global Forest Watch: Muhammad Ichwan, Indonesia’s Forestry Independent Monitoring Network

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Nov 11, 2024|Forest Insights|8 minutes

How Rethinking ‘What Is a Forest’ Can Result in More Effective Conservation

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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

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Apr 4, 2024|Forest Insights

Tropical Forest Loss Drops Steeply in Brazil and Colombia, but High Rates Persist Overall

Featured Articles
THUMBNAIL_Muhammad_HORIZ-01
Nov 21, 2024|Users In Action

Voices of Global Forest Watch: Muhammad Ichwan, Indonesia’s Forestry Independent Monitoring Network

forest-monitoring-definition-villagers
Nov 11, 2024|Forest Insights|8 minutes

How Rethinking ‘What Is a Forest’ Can Result in More Effective Conservation

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

overview of a river in Pantanal, Brazil
Apr 4, 2024|Forest Insights

Tropical Forest Loss Drops Steeply in Brazil and Colombia, but High Rates Persist Overall

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Oct 23, 2024|Forest Insights|12 minutes

Mining Is Increasingly Pushing into Critical Rainforests and Protected Areas

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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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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.