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By Liz Goldman and Giuseppe Molinario When forest degradation and destruction meet local communities who are simply feeding themselves or making their livelihoods, the case for forest preservation gets complicated. In Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the Congo Basin, this pattern of clearing and regrowth for subsistence -- dubbed shifting cultivation -- is thought to have driven […] The post Commodity Driven Tree Cover Loss in Congo May Be 10 Times Higher Than Previous Estimates appear...

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By Sarah Ruiz Tropical rainforests are one of the worlds most complex ecosystems. These hot and humid forests harbor millions of species--10 percent of the worlds known species can be found in the Amazon alone--which together form a unique structure that rises in stories from the forest floor to the tops of the tallest trees. […] The post How Rainforests are Formed, and How They are Being Destroyed appeared first on Global Forest Watch Blog . ...

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By Liz Goldman Plagued by illegal gold mining, Venezuelas Yapacana National park-- an area dedicated to protecting the countrys primary forests-- became a hot spot of forest loss in 2018. In an age of climate destabilization and the largest mass extinction in 66 million years, primary forests like Yapacana are strongholds of carbon storage and […] The post Detecting “Hot Spots” Along Frontiers of Forest Loss appeared first on Global Forest Watch Blog . ...

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By Nancy Harris, Thailynn Munroe, Liz Goldman, Christy Slay and Forrest Follet Global tree cover loss reached record highs in 2016 and 2017. In 2018, roughly one soccer field of tree cover was lost every second. What drove this loss Global data on the drivers of tree cover loss, developed by WRI and The Sustainability […] The post Agriculture Drove Recent Record-Breaking Tree Cover Loss appeared first on Global Forest Watch Blog . ...

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By Sarah Ruiz The Chuckegg Creek wildfire sparked in the province of Alberta, Canada on May 12, 2019. Over the next three months, the blaze burned across 280,000 hectares, forcing more than 10,000 people to evacuate their homes. On the Global Forest Watch(GFW) Fires platform, bright red fire alerts were visible blossoming out across the […] The post Intense Boreal Forest Fires a Climate Concern appeared first on Global Forest Watch Blog . ...

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Por Mauricio Mondrag�n y Valeria L�pez Portillo Las experiencias de producci�n de aguacate en Michoac�n son una advertencia para otros estados de la Rep�blica, como Jalisco. Read in English here. El aguacate mexicano ha tenido una década de creciente popularidad. Con una producci�n de casi 2.2 millones de toneladas en 2018, México es el principal […] The post �Crecer� la Industria Aguacatera a Expensas de los Bosques Mexicanos appeared first on Global Forest Watch Blog ....

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By Mauricio Mondrag�n y Valeria L�pez-Portillo As the avocado industry continues to grow in Mexico, particularly in Michoac�n and Jalisco, deforestation, water stress and social challenges compound. Demand for avocados has exploded in the last decade, and Mexican production of green-gold has expanded to meet it. National production has grown 8% annually since 2009; the […] The post Will Mexicos Growing Avocado Industry Harm Its Forests appeared first on Global Forest Watch Blog . ...

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