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    Forests
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    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    January 14, 2025

    4 Graphics Explain Los Angeles’ Rare and Devastating January Fires

    • fires
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • data visualization
    People take photos of a wildfire blazing over the L.A. hills.
    • fires
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • data visualization
    Forests
    Insights
    November 11, 2024

    How Rethinking ‘What Is a Forest’ Can Result in More Effective Conservation

    • global forest watch
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • international climate policy
    Villagers walking the edge of a forest
    • global forest watch
    • deforestation
    • forest monitoring
    • international climate policy
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 23, 2024

    Mining Is Increasingly Pushing into Critical Rainforests and Protected Areas

    • deforestation
    • data
    • Forests
    • data visualization
    • Energy
    Hydraulic gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon.
    • deforestation
    • data
    • Forests
    • data visualization
    • Energy
    Forests
    Insights
    September 19, 2024

    6 Graphics Explain South America’s Forest Fires

    • Forests
    • fires
    • data visualization
    Smoke in La Paz, Bolivia from nearby forest fires
    • Forests
    • fires
    • data visualization
    Forests
    Insights
    June 27, 2024

    Canada's Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfires Released Nearly 4 Times More Carbon than Global Aviation

    • Forests
    • fires
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    Smoke from forest fires in Sparwood, British Columbia, Canada in 2023
    • Forests
    • fires
    • GHG emissions
    • climate change
    Forests
    Insights
    April 4, 2024

    Forest Pulse: The Latest on the World’s Forests

    • global forest watch
    • data visualization
    • COP16
    forest fires palangkaraya central kalimantan indonesia.jpg
    • global forest watch
    • data visualization
    • COP16
    Forests
    Research
    April 4, 2024

    Global Forest Review

    GFR Malaysia Kalimantan border tropical forest homepage 0.jpg
    Forests
    Insights
    February 29, 2024

    Complex Supply Chains Are Still a Major Barrier to Ending Deforestation

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • data
    • agriculture
    • forest products
    • corporate sustainability
    • commodities
    Plantation worker watching as a truck unloads freshly harvested oil palm branches.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • data
    • agriculture
    • forest products
    • corporate sustainability
    • commodities
    Forests
    Africa
    Outcomes
    February 13, 2024

    Research, Technology and Policy Combine to Protect Madagascar’s Forests

    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Forests
    • conservation
    • deforestation
    Group conducting forest research in Madagascar.
    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Forests
    • conservation
    • deforestation
    Forests
    Insights
    December 22, 2023

    Outside the Spotlight, Forests and Nature Saw Important Wins at COP28

    • Forests
    • COP28
    • International Climate Action
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • COP29
    A man on a boat in a river surrounded by lush green forest, casting a large fishing net.
    • Forests
    • COP28
    • International Climate Action
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • COP29
    Forests
    Europe
    Insights
    November 21, 2023

    Timber Harvesting and Climate Change Are Depleting Europe's Mature Forests

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • forest products
    A bulldozer harvests timber in a tall, lush pine forest.
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • forest products
    Forests
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    November 20, 2023

    Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are Using Satellite Data to Fight Deforestation

    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • COP16
    Man building a canopy blind in a tropical forest
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • COP16
    Forests
    Update
    June 6, 2023

    Higher-Res Data Set Now Shows Trees Inside and Outside Forests Across the Tropics

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    aerial view of car on rainforest road
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Update
    June 6, 2023

    Des ensembles de données de plus haute résolution montrent désormais les arbres à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur des forêts à travers les Tropiques.

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    aerial view of car on rainforest road
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Update
    June 6, 2023

    Un conjunto nuevo de datos de mayor resolución muestra ahora los árboles dentro y fuera de los bosques tropicales

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    aerial view of car on rainforest road
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • global forest watch
    Forests
    Insights
    May 22, 2023

    How Companies Can Use Voluntary Carbon Markets to Help Protect Tropical Forests

    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Finance
    Houses sit among a misty tropical forest.
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Finance
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    January 17, 2023

    Promotion of Charcoal Alternative May Help Fight Deforestation in Virunga National Park

    • Forests
    • forest products
    • forest monitoring
    Clouds settle over the mountains in Virunga National Park in DRC.
    • Forests
    • forest products
    • forest monitoring
    Food
    Insights
    December 20, 2022

    The World Is Growing More Crops — but Not for Food

    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • data visualization
    Rice paddies
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • data visualization

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