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This infographic allows you to navigate the process for a community seeking formal land rights in Indonesia, versus for a company securing an oil palm concession.
Cambodia
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by Rachael Petersen, Elizabeth Dow Goldman, Mikaela Weisse and Dmitry Aksenov - January 25, 2016New data on Global Forest Watch shows that in some of the world's most heavily forested nations, more than 90 percent of tree cover loss is happening in natural forests rather than plantations. That's a problem since natural forests, especially those in the tropics, provide much greater climate, biodiversity and water benefits over planted lands.
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The world lost more than 18 million hectares (45 million acres) of tree cover in 2014, an area twice the size of Portugal, according to new data from the University of Maryland (UMD) and Google released by Global Forest Watch.
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by Rachael Petersen, Nigel Sizer, Matt Hansen, Peter Potapov and David Thau - September 02, 2015Los bosques tropicales del mundo están en problemas serios, así lo confirman los nuevos análisis satelitales de la Universidad de Maryland y Google, publicados hoy en Global Forest Watch.
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by Rachael Petersen, Nigel Sizer, Matt Hansen, Peter Potapov and David Thau - September 02, 2015Les forêts tropicales du monde sont menacées, confirme des nouvelles données satellites de l'Université du Maryland et Google et publiées aujourd'hui sur Global Forest Watch.
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by Rachael Petersen, Nigel Sizer, Matt Hansen, Peter Potapov and David Thau - September 02, 2015The world lost 18 million hectares (45 million acres) of trees in 2014, more than half of it in the tropics.