By Colton Naval and Sarah Ruiz In a small village in Riau, Indonesia, community leaders have detected a fire. According to active fires alerts on Global Forest Watch (GFW) Fires, there is one burning on a nearby peatland. With the current wind patterns, the village could soon be shrouded in a thick, toxic smog. But […]The post Women Research Institute Blazes Path Towards Fire Safety in Riau Communities appeared first on Global Forest Watch Blog....

By Sarah Ruiz and Andika Putraditama Indonesia brought its deforestation rate down for the second year in a row in 2018 after experiencing record highs. This downward trend was a bright spot for the worlds forests: Tropical forests around the world lost 12 million hectares of trees in 2018 alone, an area of land the […]The post Will the Start of Forest Fires Season Hamper Indonesias Progress in Reducing Deforestation appeared first on Global Forest Watch Blog....

By Valeria L�pez Portillo and Mauricio Mondrag�n Despite efforts to reduce deforestation, tree cover loss in the tropics has increased during the last decade. Conversion of forests for agriculture and logging continue to propel large-scale deforestation. Data from Global Forest Watch (GFW) shows more than 24.7 million hectares of tree cover were lost around the […]The post GFW Technology Offers Options to Combat Mexico’s High Rate of Tree Cover Loss appeared first on Global Forest Wa...

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By Crystal Davis Global Forest Watch (GFW) held its inaugural Summit last week in Washington, DC. Nearly 400 people attended, traveling from over 30 countries like Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Indonesia, China, Cameroon and Kenya to participate. The GFW Summit was an escalation of our traditional partnership meetings that began in 2014 with the launch of […]The post GFW Summit Draws Together International Forest Community appeared first on Global Forest Watch Blog....

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By Colton Naval and Jessica Webb Global Forest Watch (GFW) is excited to announce the 2019 Tech Fellows and Small Grants Fund recipients. Both these programs provide funding to individuals and organizations using GFW tools to monitor and protect forests. The Tech Fellowship gives individuals the technical skills to implement a forest monitoring project and share their knowledge […]The post Announcing GFW’s 2019 Tech Fellows and Small-Grant Recipients appeared first on ...

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By Luiz Amaral and Jane Lloyd Imagine you are a sustainability officer for a candy company that uses palm oil in its chocolate bars. How do you determine if the oil you are buying has contributed to deforestation The above graphic represents one potential path palm oil can take from farm to product. Its a […]The post A New Tool Can Help Root Out Deforestation From Complex Supply Chains appeared first on Global Forest Watch Blog....

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By Inge Snip Sophie Gogibedashvili decided she wanted to be a forester during a hike in her second year of university. In the middle of Georgias Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park she was overwhelmed with emotion. The forest was talking to me, Sophie recalls. She is still touched by the memory even now, in her office at […]The post This 23-year Old Woman is Innovating Forestry in Her Home Country appeared first on Global Forest Watch Blog....

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