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Want to Help the US Economy? Rethink the Trillion Trees Act

  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • coronavirus
  • climate policy
  • restoration
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
Planting trees with Nature Conservancy
  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • coronavirus
  • climate policy
  • restoration
  • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands

When Improving America’s Infrastructure, Don’t Forget Forests

  • Freshwater
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality
  • water risk
Watershed
  • Freshwater
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality
  • water risk

5 Images Explain Why the Alberta Forest Fires Are So Hard to Stop

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • mapping
forest fire in Alberta, Canada
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • global forest watch
  • mapping

Zooming In: The Real Reasons for Tree Cover Loss and Gain in Minnesota’s Oak Savanna

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • restoration
Oak trees in Minnesota.
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • restoration

3 Trends in US Wildfires

  • fires
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
Fire northwest of Fairbanks, AK. Photo by USFS/Flickr
  • fires
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping

STATEMENT: Global Forest Watch Wins UN Big Data Climate Challenge Prize

  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • data
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • data
  • deforestation
  • mapping

Tar Sands Threaten World’s Largest Boreal Forest

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
Canada’s boreal forests feature mountain ranges; forested plains, bogs, and peatlands; coniferous and mixed forests; and millions of waterways. Photo credit: Ken Owen, Flickr
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
News

RELEASE: Global Forest Watch: Dynamic New Platform to Protect Forests Worldwide

  • global forest watch
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • global forest watch
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • mapping
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • land rights
Cabot Trail in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Photo credit: Nicolas Raymond, Flickr
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • protected areas

Forest Cover Loss to Development By County in the Southern United States (2001-2006)

  • Forests
  • mapping
  • development
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • development
  • deforestation

Forests for Water

Watersheds of the Southern United States

  • natural infrastructure
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • wetlands
  • Water Quality
  • natural infrastructure
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • wetlands
  • Water Quality

Forests and Water: Green Infrastructure Can Be Less Expensive Than Gray Infrastructure

  • natural infrastructure
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • wetlands
  • natural infrastructure
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • wetlands

The South's Last Wild Forests Face Human Pressures

  • natural infrastructure
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • protected areas
  • deforestation
  • natural infrastructure
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • protected areas
  • deforestation

Southern Forests: Protected Areas at Risk Due to Suburban Sprawl

  • Forests
  • mapping
  • development
  • protected areas
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • development
  • protected areas
  • deforestation

Appalachian Forests Impacted by Coal Surface Mining (c. 2005)

  • Forests
  • mapping
  • deforestation
  • fossil fuels
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • deforestation
  • fossil fuels
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset