5 Graphics Explain the Climate-Fire Feedback Loop

In 2024, WRI Madagascar developed an approach to bridge the gap between global tree cover loss data and deforestation within Madagascar’s natural forests.

Indigenous Peoples and local communities are among the world’s most effective forest stewards. Yet a new report from WRI and WWF-Australia finds that these lands are disproportionately affected by increasing wildfires.

With emissions from deforestation and other disturbances like fires rising, the world’s forests risk shifting from a carbon sink to a carbon source.