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Stay atop the latest forest research and news! The Global Forest Watch blog uses data to illuminate the state of forests worldwide and tells the stories of people dedicated to protecting them. Read about rainforests, deforestation, fires, sustainable agriculture, forest management and other topics critical to the future of forests.

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Oct 15, 2025|Users In Action|8 minutes

Growing Impact for the Small Grants Fund: Meet the 2025-2026 Recipients

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Oct 9, 2025|Forest Insights

From Global to Local: Tailoring Forest Monitoring in Madagascar with Global Forest Watch Data

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Sep 24, 2025|Forest Insights|9 minutes

As Extreme Wildfires Threaten Forests, Indigenous Leadership Offers Solutions

Large forest fire to open area for agriculture and cattle ranching in the Amazon rainforest. Credit: Paralaxis / Alamy Stock Photo
May 21, 2025|Forest Insights|14 minutes

Fires Drove Record-breaking Tropical Forest Loss in 2024

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Credit: Alphome Community Farms
Oct 15, 2025|Users In Action|8 minutes

Growing Impact for the Small Grants Fund: Meet the 2025-2026 Recipients

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Oct 9, 2025|Forest Insights

From Global to Local: Tailoring Forest Monitoring in Madagascar with Global Forest Watch Data

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Sep 24, 2025|Forest Insights|9 minutes

As Extreme Wildfires Threaten Forests, Indigenous Leadership Offers Solutions

Large forest fire to open area for agriculture and cattle ranching in the Amazon rainforest. Credit: Paralaxis / Alamy Stock Photo
May 21, 2025|Forest Insights|14 minutes

Fires Drove Record-breaking Tropical Forest Loss in 2024

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Sep 9, 2025|Users In Action|6 minutes

Forest Carbon Data Helps Communities Benefit Financially from their Forests

Rainforest Foundation US has collaborated with Indigenous communities to apply GFW’s forest carbon data to help them access climate finance.

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Aug 1, 2025|Forest Insights|5 minutes

5 Graphics Explain the Climate-Fire Feedback Loop

Climate change is making forest fires worse, and vice-versa — creating a vicious “climate-fire feedback loop.”

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Jul 24, 2025|Forest Insights|10 minutes

World’s Forest Carbon Sink Shrank to its Lowest Point in at Least 2 Decades, Due to Fires and Persistent Deforestation

With emissions from deforestation and other disturbances like fires rising, the world’s forests risk shifting from a carbon sink to a carbon source.

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Jul 21, 2025|Forest Insights|10 minutes

The Latest Data Confirms: Forest Fires Are Getting Worse

The latest data on forest fires confirms: Fires are becoming more widespread, burning nearly twice as much tree cover today as 20 years ago.

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Jul 18, 2025|Forest Insights|10 minutes

Organized Crime in The Amazon: A Growing Threat to the World’s Greatest Tropical Rainforest

Nature crime has long been an overlooked but growing driver of deforestation in the Amazon.

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Jun 30, 2025|Data & Tools|4 minutes

A New Satellite Data App Supports Better Monitoring of European Forests

A new European Forest App supports better monitoring of European forests by providing tailored information and insights in an easy-to-use platform.

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Jun 24, 2025|Forest Insights|8 minutes

Protecting Naturally Regrowing Forests Is a Crucial — and Overlooked — Climate Solution

New research shows that naturally regenerating “secondary forests” could be especially powerful for fighting climate change.

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Jun 12, 2025|Forest Insights|9 minutes

New Data Shows What’s Driving Forest Loss Around the World

New data provides a more detailed picture than ever before on the local, regional and global causes of tree cover loss.

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May 21, 2025|Data & Tools|9 minutes

What’s New With GFW’s Forest Carbon Monitoring

Carbon monitoring data on GFW provides information on where forests are gaining or losing carbon. We updated the model in 2023 and 2024.