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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
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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
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Wood Is Not the Climate-friendly Building Material Some Claim it to Be

  • Food
  • land use
  • Climate
  • commodities
  • Buildings
unloading log truck at lumber processing mill
  • Food
  • land use
  • Climate
  • commodities
  • Buildings
Update
aerial view of car on rainforest road
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • global forest watch
Update

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
Update
aerial view of car on rainforest road
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • global forest watch

STATEMENT: Landmark European Union Deforestation Regulation is Formally Adopted, Will Enter into Force 

  • deforestation
  • Forest Legality
  • forest monitoring
  • forest products
  • deforestation
  • Forest Legality
  • forest monitoring
  • forest products
Update
Clouds settle over the mountains in Virunga National Park in DRC.
  • Forests
  • forest products
  • forest monitoring
Update

New Methodology Helps Cities Lighten Their Tread on Tropical Forests

  • Forests
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • forest monitoring
Vigelandsparken in Oslo, Norway
  • Forests
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • forest monitoring
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The World’s Last Intact Forests Are Becoming Increasingly Fragmented

  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • forest monitoring
A car makes its way down a road that winds through woods
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • forest monitoring
Initiatives
Workshop participants on laptops.
A road leading into the woods with a welcome sign
  • Forests
  • forest monitoring
  • fires
Update

New Mapbuilder Tool Offers Improved Custom Geospatial Monitoring

  • forest monitoring
  • global forest watch
  • mapping
  • Forests
A family checks a map as they walk through a path in the woods
  • forest monitoring
  • global forest watch
  • mapping
  • Forests
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8 Ways Cities Can Access Sustainable Wood

  • forest products
  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
Stacked wood planks ready for construction use
  • forest products
  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
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36 Countries Are Gaining More Trees than They’re Losing

  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • restoration
Saplings in Ireland
  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • restoration
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6 Ways the G20 Can Maximize the Role of Forests in Climate Action

  • G20
  • forest monitoring
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
Leaders at the G20 summit in Rome 2021
  • G20
  • forest monitoring
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
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Why Preserving Forest Integrity Is As Vital As Preventing Deforestation

  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
Aerial view of mist, cloud and fog hanging over a lush tropical rainforest after a storm
  • deforestation
  • forest monitoring
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
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How a New EU Regulation Can Reduce Deforestation Globally

  • deforestation
  • regulation
  • Forests
  • commodities
Aerial footage of palm oil and the forest in Sentabai Village, West Kalimantan, 2017.
  • deforestation
  • regulation
  • Forests
  • commodities
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset