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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
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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
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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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  • commodities
  • global forest watch
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A 5-Step Plan to Protect and Restore Indonesia's Forests

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • low carbon development
Forest on the Mamberamo River in Papua.
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • low carbon development

RELEASE: New Study Finds More Than a Quarter of Global Tree Cover Loss is Commodity-Driven Deforestation

  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
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When a Tree Falls, Is It Deforestation?

  • forest monitoring
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
Deforestation in Sarawak, Malaysia driven by palm oil. Flickr/Wakx
  • forest monitoring
  • commodities
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
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PODCAST: How an App Saves Chimpanzees in Uganda

  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
Rangers using Forest Watcher.
  • forest monitoring
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
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Places to Watch: 3 Hot Spots for Forest Clearing Right Now

  • Forests
  • global forest watch
Amazon deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
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Using Forest Watcher in the Leuser Ecosystem to record evidence of a new palm oil plantation.
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch

Places to Watch: 3 Forest Regions at Risk Right Now

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
Palm Oil Plantations in Papua, New Guinea
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
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A River Lined with Smoke: Charcoal and Forest Loss in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Forests
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
A woman holding a fuel efficient stove
  • Forests
  • fossil fuels
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch

Global Tree Cover Loss Rose 51 Percent in 2016

  • fires
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
Tree cover loss is on the rise. Flickr/CIFOR
  • fires
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
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Technical Blog: Caveats to the 2016 Tree Cover Loss Data, Explained

  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
Forest at dawn in Minas Gerais.
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch

California’s Wine Country Wildfires Are Among the Worst on Record

  • Forests
  • fires
  • global forest watch
flight deck of the MAFFS 6
  • Forests
  • fires
  • global forest watch
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Forest Watcher Brings Data Straight to Environmental Defenders

  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Rangers checking Forest Watcher. Photo by Lilian Pintea
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

Indigenous Communities Fend Off Invaders in the Peruvian Amazon

  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Settlement seen from the Ucayali River in Peru.
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset