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Announcing GFW’s 2019 Tech Fellows and Small-Grant Recipients
By Colton Naval and Jessica Webb Global Forest Watch (GFW) is excited to announce the 2019 Tech Fellows and Small Grants Fund recipients. Both these programs provide funding to individuals and...
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GFW Technology Offers Options to Combat Mexico’s High Rate of Tree Cover Loss
By Valeria López Portillo and Mauricio Mondragón Despite efforts to reduce deforestation, tree cover loss in the tropics has increased during the last decade. Conversion of forests for agriculture and...
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Indonesia is Reducing Deforestation, but Problem Areas Remain
By Arief Wijaya, Nirarta Smadhi and Reidinar Juliane Compared to other tropical countries, Indonesia has made strong progress in reducing deforestation in recent years. The Indonesian government...
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This blog is part of Global Forest Watch’s Global Insights series. Although many parts of the world are experiencing forest loss, the factors motivating these losses differ between countries and...
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Intense Forest Fires Season Threatens to Disrupt Indonesia’s Progress in...
By Sakinah Ummu Haniy, Hidayah Hamzah and Mirzha Hanifa Indonesia’s forest fires have made headlines globally over the past few weeks. This year’s forest fires have affected millions of people....
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10 Big Changes for Forests Over the Last Decade
The last decade was pivotal for the world’s forests. The 2010s saw the rise of unprecedented new commitments — from governments and the private sector alike — to bring deforestation to heel. The UN...
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4 Species That Went Extinct This Century Because of Forest Loss
By Sarah Ruiz Scientists have a better understanding of the number of stars and galaxies in the universe than the number of species currently on earth. A little more than 1.7 million species have been...
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Agriculture Drove Recent Record-Breaking Tree Cover Loss
By Nancy Harris, Thailynn Munroe, Liz Goldman, Christy Slay and Forrest Follet Global tree cover loss reached record highs in 2016 and 2017. In 2018, roughly one soccer field of tree cover was lost...
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Detecting “Hot Spots” Along Frontiers of Forest Loss
By Liz Goldman Plagued by illegal gold mining, Venezuela’s Yapacana National park— an area dedicated to protecting the country’s primary forests— became a hot spot of forest loss in 2018. In an age of...
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How Rainforests are Formed, and How They are Being Destroyed
By Sarah Ruiz Tropical rainforests are one of the world’s most complex ecosystems. These hot and humid forests harbor millions of species—10 percent of the world’s known species can be found in the...
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