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Just 7 Commodities Replaced an Area of Forest Twice the Size of Germany Between 2001 and 2015

  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
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Forests Absorb Twice As Much Carbon As They Emit Each Year

  • GHG emissions
  • Forests
  • COP26
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
  • GHG emissions
  • Forests
  • COP26
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
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Young Forests Capture Carbon Quicker than Previously Thought

  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • restoration
  • Climate
A small sapling growing out of a piece of wood.
  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • restoration
  • Climate
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Is Destruction the Inevitable Fate of Our Forests?

  • fires
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
Forest fires in Kalimantan, Indonesia
  • fires
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
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We Lost a Football Pitch of Primary Rainforest Every 6 Seconds in 2019

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • mapping
Large logs sit on a truck bed in a forest concession in Ghana.
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • mapping

ADVISORY: Embargoed Press Call on Global Forest Watch 2019 Tree Cover Loss Data

  • fires
  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • global forest watch
  • fires
  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • global forest watch
News

RELEASE: WRI and Cargill Partner on Tools and Best Practices to Advance Sustainable Agriculture

  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • global forest watch
  • agriculture
  • Freshwater
  • Aqueduct
  • global forest watch
  • agriculture
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Agriculture Drove Recent Record-Breaking Tree Cover Loss

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
Cornfield in Thailand
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch

Will Mexico’s Growing Avocado Industry Harm Its Forests?

  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
Avocado
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • agriculture
  • Forests
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4 Things to Know About Australia’s Wildfires and Their Impacts on Forests

  • Forests
  • fires
  • drought
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
Australia fires
  • Forests
  • fires
  • drought
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
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10 Big Changes for Forests Over the Last Decade

  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • restoration
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Sustainable Development Goal 15
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • restoration
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
News

RELEASE: Palm Oil Industry to Jointly Develop Radar Monitoring Technology to Detect Deforestation

  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
  • commodities
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
  • commodities
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Brazil fires
  • Forests
  • fires
  • forest monitoring