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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.

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.

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

Despite progress in some countries, the rate of tropical primary forest loss in 2023 remained persistent, according to new data from UMD on GFW.

Aerial footage of palm oil and the forest in Sentabai Village, West Kalimantan, 2017.
Apr 4, 2024|Data & Tools

Global Forest Watch’s 2023 Tree Cover Loss Data Explained

New data shows persistent primary forest loss in 2023. What does the data measure and how does it compare to other official estimates of deforestation?

Suriname forests
Nov 20, 2023|Users In Action

Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are Using Satellite Data to Fight Deforestation

Communities are increasingly using tools like GFW to gather evidence of deforestation and degradation on their lands and take legal action.  

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.

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.