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Tropical forest loss slowed in 2025 thanks to strong policies and enforcement, but fires threaten to reverse this progress.
New data shows that policy action can help reduce forest loss. What does the data measure and how does it compare to other official data?
While some forests have evolved to adapt to wildfires, more frequent and intense fires are making even resilient forests more vulnerable.
The world’s forests are assets that generate priceless benefits, but if neglected, they can quickly turn into liabilities.
The tropics lost a record-shattering amount of primary rainforest in 2024 driven largely by fires, according to new data from UMD and GFW.
Carbon monitoring data on GFW provides information on where forests are gaining or losing carbon. Read about the latest updates to the model.
A new global alert system on GFW, DIST-ALERT, provides alerts within forests globally as well where other ecosystems are disturbed.
In Congo Basin forests, roads can cause big changes. A new, high-res data set on GFW provides a detailed view of these forest roads.
