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Private: Tell Us Your GFW Story!
In Riau, Indonesia a dedicated community of women overlaid GFW data atop village maps to definitively link corporate activities in nearby forests to the air and water pollution they were suffering from. Using this evidence, they were able to place pressure on the companies and the government. In the Brazilian state of Amapá, one police […]
Private: GFW Seeks Applicants for 2019 Small Grants Fund and Tech Fellowship
By Jessica Webb Global Forest Watch is pleased to announce our call for applications for the 2019 Small Grants Fund and Tech Fellowship. The objective of these programs is to increase GFW’s impact by supporting organizations and individuals from eligible countries in tackling some of the world’s most pressing forest threats using big data and […]
PARTNER POST: Deep Learning Could Predict Deforestation Before It Happens: Orbital Insight and Global Forest Watch Partner
Each passing Earth Day brings a stronger sense of urgency to protect our planet as we race toward exhausting its finite resources, like land, food, and water. However, each year also brings new promise for solving this challenge as government, civil society, and industry make greater commitments to a sustainable future. That’s why today, Orbital […]
View, Analyze, and Download Global Forest Watch Data Easier Than Ever With New Features
By Benjamin Jones, Asa Strong and Alyssa Westerman The Global Forest Watch team is excited to announce another round of upgrades that will improve your experience on the Global Forest Watch platform. Over the past year, GFW has expanded to include more forest and land-use data and advance functionality. To better accommodate new data, showcase existing […]
Global Forest Watch and Earth Journalism Network Announce Partnership
The World Resource Institute (WRI) and Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN) are pleased to announce a partnership to integrate EJN’s database of geo-tagged stories from its GeoJournalism sites, including InfoAmazonia in South America and Ekuatorial in Indonesia, into the cutting-edge Global Forest Watch platform. Utilizing the JEO platform and its “story API,” Global Forest Watch now automatically integrates stories from journalists closest to […]
Global Forest Watch has a new look!
By Crystal Davis, Alyssa Barrett and Sarah Alix Mann Global Forest Watch is changing how people see forests. GFW launched nearly one year ago, captivating the world with interactive maps showing the startling disappearance of forests over time. Now anyone with an internet connection can use GFW to monitor forests in near-real-time. But GFW is not just […]