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Coming Soon: Global Forest Watch 2.0

Global Forest Watch 2.0 is a powerful near real-time forest monitoring system that unites satellite technology, data sharing, and human networks around the world to fight deforestation.

Commission Proposes Plan to Battle Climate Change on the Ground

May 14, 2009
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C. and NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.

A path for financing smart economic development through strong institutions was announced today by a 14-person commission appointed to advise political leaders on climate change.

Poor in Senegal Denied Benefits of Forest Resources

By Jesse Ribot on March 17, 2008

In many developing countries, forestry policies systematically exclude the poor from the wealth of the forests around them. Senegal provides an interesting example of how even good policies can fail to deliver the benefits they are intended to provide.

Unfair Forestry Policies Abet Poverty, Finds New Study

March 13, 2008
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

Unfair government policies fail to benefit poor people who live in the forests of many developing countries. Those same policies fail even to protect forests, according to a new study.