Indigenous Forests Are Some of the Amazon’s Last Carbon Sinks

New data provides a more detailed picture than ever before on the local, regional and global causes of tree cover loss.

The tropics lost a record-shattering amount of primary rainforest in 2024 driven largely by fires, according to new data from UMD and GFW.

New analysis from WRI and UMD shows that while Latin America lost more tree cover than it gained from 2015 to 2023, restoration progress is being made.