Global data on the drivers of tree cover loss, developed by WRI and The Sustainability Consortium and updated this week on Global Forest Watch, shows that agriculture is the main culprit.
Blog Posts: tree cover loss
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by , and - While Indonesia is one of few countries actually reducing its deforestation, key provinces are still losing primary forests and peat.
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by and - Primary or old-growth rainforests store more carbon than other kinds of forests and provide homes for jaguars, orangutans, gorillas and other important species. So the fact that the world lost 3.6 million hectares of these forests in 2018 is a huge problem.
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by , and - If tropical deforestation were a country, it would rank third in global emissions behind China and the United States. Tree cover loss is on the rise, but channeling climate mitigation finance towards forests could change the course of the world's climate.
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by , , and - Indonesia must build on recent reductions in tree cover loss and protections for peatlands. To get there, they'll need more international support, innovative schemes such as peatland restoration and continued monitoring.
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by and - The tropics lost 15.8 million hectares of tree cover in 2017, an area the size of Bangladesh. That’s the equivalent of losing 40 football fields of trees every minute for an entire year!
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by and - La pérdida de cobertura arbórea mundial, ascendió a un récord de 29,7 millones de hectáreas (73,4 millones de acres) en 2016, según datos nuevos de la Universidad de Maryland lanzados hoy en Global Forest Watch. Dicha pérdida, es 51% mayor que el año pasado, ascendiendo a un área que se aproxima al tamaño de Nueva Zelanda.
Los incendios forestales, parecen ser la causa principal del salto este año, incluso la degradación...
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by and - New data on global tree cover loss shows that Brazil experienced a major spike in tree cover loss in 2016.
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by and - Tree cover with the surface area of New Zealand was lost in 2016 after a wave of fires that signal the need for better forest management worldwide.
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by , , , , and - The 2015 data on tree cover loss has been added to Global Forest Watch. Here's what we learned.
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