Tree Cover Is Still Declining Overall in Latin America, but New Data Shows Where It’s Coming Back

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.

Climate change is making forest fires worse, and vice-versa — creating a vicious “climate-fire feedback loop.”