<p>Total tropical primary forest loss in 2023 totaled 3.7 million hectares, the equivalent of losing almost 10 football (soccer) fields of forest per minute. <a href="https://gfw.global/3TPufvy" rel="noopener" target="_blank">View on the Global Forest Review.</a></p>


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<p>By <a href="http://www.wri.org/profile/thomas-maschler" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thomas Maschler</a> and <a href="http://www.wri.org/profile/asa-strong" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Asa Strong</a> </p>
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<p> Open data enables communities and decisions makers around the world to engage in important societal and environmental issues. It increases transparency and informs actions that often affect livelihoods. But simply making data ‘open’ doesn’t guarantee change. To drive action and empower people to make better decisions, the data must be packaged with the right tools.  <a href="https://www.globalforestwatch.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Global Forest Watch</a> (GFW) makes it easy for anyone with internet access to view and analyze the most up-to-date global and national forest data to make better decisions about forests. Park rangers can track where forests were cut down <a href="http://content.globalforestwatch.org/data/how-did-the-worlds-forests-change-last-week-new-alerts-show-us.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">as recently as a week ago</a>, auditors can <a href="http://content.globalforestwatch.org/data/new-platform-reveals-how-much-carbon-is-locked-in-tropical-forests-and-how-much-is-lost.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">calculate countries’ carbon emissions</a> from forest conversion and companies can <a href="http://content.globalforestwatch.org/supplychain/companies-can-now-spot-deforestation-in-their-palm-oil-supply-chains-before-it-happens.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">find and address points in their supply chains</a> that contribute to deforestation.  Imagine how a tool like Global Forest Watch can involve even more communities and stakeholders if it was customized with data that’s important to their local cause and environment. A new tool called <a href="http://developers.globalforestwatch.org/map-builder/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Map Builder</a> lets users do just that—combine GFW’s geospatial analysis features with their own data to create highly-customized tools to monitor forests in their own backyard. </p>
<h3>Congo Basin countries improve decision-making with Forest Atlases</h3>
<p> Congo Basin countries have already pioneered this work with the Congo Basin <a href="http://www.wri.org/our-work/project/congo-basin-forest-atlases" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Forest Atlases</a>. These country-specific platforms were built by WRI in partnership with the forest ministries of <a href="http://cmr.forest-atlas.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cameroon</a>, <a href="http://caf.forest-atlas.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Central African Republic</a>, <a href="http://cog.forest-atlas.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Congo</a>, <a href="http://cod.forest-atlas.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Democratic Republic of Congo</a>, <a href="http://gnq.forest-atlas.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Equatorial Guinea</a> and <a href="http://gab.forest-atlas.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gabon</a>. The Atlases provide one easy-to-access portal where forest managers can visualize, analyze and even download official data, including forest concessions, protected areas and mining permits, to make better-informed decisions about national forest estates. One-stop access to these previously scattered data has helped ministries streamline and improve their processes for designating protected areas, establishing community forests and allotting land for commodity production. For example: </p>
<ul>
<li>The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development used their Forest Atlas to evaluate forest concession contracts for renewal, and ultimately suspended 91 permits covering 12.7 million hectares (31.4 million acres) for violating legal requirements.</li>
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<li>Cameroon’s Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF) used their Atlas to pinpoint potential illegal logging activity by overlaying maps of logging roads with logging and mining permit boundaries to reveal activity that extended beyond what was legally permitted.</li>
</ul>
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<li>More recently, MINFOF established a <a href="http://cmr.forest-atlas.org/map/?x=13.27&y=5.73&z=11&l=fr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">community and council forest</a> in central Cameroon based on forest loss detected using data and <a href="http://content.globalforestwatch.org/2015/04/global-forest-watch-spotlight-unexpected-loss-in-mbitom-cameroon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recommendations</a> from GFW.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Scaling transparency beyond the Congo</h3>
<p> Map Builder allows anyone, not just governments, to create their own customized monitoring platform. Users can: </p>
<ol>
<li>Use powerful GIS tools to run complex analyses such as land cover composition and above ground biomass as well as changes such as forest cover loss and gain and bushfires. Users can apply these features to their own data or data available on Global Forest Watch (via the <a href="http://data.globalforestwatch.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Data Portal</a>).</li>
</ol>
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<li value="2">Share analysis results using a static link or export them in any format, including CSV, JPG or PDF.</li>
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<li value="3">Browse through tabular data attached to each geographic feature on the map. For example, every conservation area and logging and mining permit on the DRC Forest Atlas has data on when and how they were created and how and by whom they are managed.</li>
</ol>
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<li value="4">Customize and apply branding across different apps to create one comprehensive and cohesive atlas. Choose between more than 6 different languages for the interface including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesian, and Mandarin.</li>
</ol>
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<li value="5">Deploy Map Builder in ArcGIS online using an organizational or <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/marketing-analytics/arcgisonline/features/free-personal-account" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">free public account</a>. Users can even deploy it securely behind their own firewall using <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisserver/extensions/portal-for-arcgis" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ArcGIS Portal for Server</a>. It is published under <span style="text-decoration: underline;">MIT license</span> and any organizations can create their own forest monitoring platform with custom data, at any geographic scale free of charge.</li>
</ol>
<p> The Congo Basin Forest Atlases built off the Global Forest Watch platform to promote radical transparency in national forest sectors. Now, Map Builder is taking the next step by making it easier for anyone in the world to create their own monitoring platform at any scale. So what’s the wait? Get started building your own Forest Atlas today!  &nbsp;  <strong>LEARN MORE </strong>by <a href="bit.ly/MapBuilderWebinar" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">joining the webinar</a> or visiting the GFW <a href="https://www.globalforestwatch.org/howto/tags/map-builder/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How-To page</a>.  </p>
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By <a href="http://www.wri.org/profile/thomas-maschler" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thomas Maschler</a> and <a href="http://www.wri.org/profile/asa-strong" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Asa Strong</a> <div class="textboxright">  <img alt="" src="https://content.globalforestwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/GFW-laptopMapBuilder.png" width="100%" /> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFTW7UEGojc&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;list=PLh91mManXhdkhqW_Cl6mCPRjUko_EgYfF" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">WATCH OUR WEBINAR</a></strong> to learn how to use GFW Map Builder</p>  </div> Open data enables communities and decisions makers around the world to engage in important societal and environmental issues. It increases transparency and informs actions that often affect livelihoods. But simply making data 'open' doesn't guarantee change. To drive action and empower people to make better decisions, the data must be packaged with the right tools.  <a href="https://www.globalforestwatch.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Global Forest Watch</a> (GFW) makes it easy for anyone with internet access to view and analyze the most up-to-date global and national forest data to make better decisions about forests. Park rangers can track where forests were cut down <a href="http://content.globalforestwatch.org/data/how-did-the-worlds-forests-change-last-week-new-alerts-show-us.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">as recently as a week ago</a>, auditors can <a href="http://content.globalforestwatch.org/data/new-platform-reveals-how-much-carbon-is-locked-in-tropical-forests-and-how-much-is-lost.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">calculate countries’ carbon emissions</a> from forest conversion and companies can <a href="http://content.globalforestwatch.org/supplychain/companies-can-now-spot-deforestation-in-their-palm-oil-supply-chains-before-it-happens.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">find and address points in their supply chains</a> that contribute to deforestation.  Imagine how a tool like Global Forest Watch can involve even more communities and stakeholders if it was customized with data that’s important to their local cause and environment. A new tool called <a href="http://developers.globalforestwatch.org/map-builder/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Map Builder</a> lets users do just that—combine GFW’s geospatial analysis features with their own data to create highly-customized tools to monitor forests in their own backyard. <h3>Congo Basin countries improve decision-making with Forest Atlases</h3> Congo Basin countries have already pioneered this work with the Congo Basin <a href="http://www.wri.org/our-work/project/congo-basin-forest-atlases" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Forest Atlases</a>. These country-specific platforms were built by WRI in partnership with the forest ministries of <a href="http://cmr.forest-atlas.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cameroon</a>, <a href="http://caf.forest-atlas.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Central African Republic</a>, <a href="http://cog.forest-atlas.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Congo</a>, <a href="http://cod.forest-atlas.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Democratic Republic of Congo</a>, <a href="http://gnq.forest-atlas.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Equatorial Guinea</a> and <a href="http://gab.forest-atlas.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gabon</a>. The Atlases provide one easy-to-access portal where forest managers can visualize, analyze and even download official data, including forest concessions, protected areas and mining permits, to make better-informed decisions about national forest estates. One-stop access to these previously scattered data has helped ministries streamline and improve their processes for designating protected areas, establishing community forests and allotting land for commodity production. For example: <ul> 	<li>The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development used their Forest Atlas to evaluate forest concession contracts for renewal, and ultimately suspended 91 permits covering 12.7 million hectares (31.4 million acres) for violating legal requirements.</li> </ul> <ul> 	<li>Cameroon’s Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF) used their Atlas to pinpoint potential illegal logging activity by overlaying maps of logging roads with logging and mining permit boundaries to reveal activity that extended beyond what was legally permitted.</li> </ul> <ul> 	<li>More recently, MINFOF established a <a href="http://cmr.forest-atlas.org/map/?x=13.27&amp;y=5.73&amp;z=11&amp;l=fr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">community and council forest</a> in central Cameroon based on forest loss detected using data and <a href="http://content.globalforestwatch.org/2015/04/global-forest-watch-spotlight-unexpected-loss-in-mbitom-cameroon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recommendations</a> from GFW.</li> </ul> <h3>Scaling transparency beyond the Congo</h3> Map Builder allows anyone, not just governments, to create their own customized monitoring platform. Users can: <ol> 	<li>Use powerful GIS tools to run complex analyses such as land cover composition and above ground biomass as well as changes such as forest cover loss and gain and bushfires. Users can apply these features to their own data or data available on Global Forest Watch (via the <a href="http://data.globalforestwatch.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open Data Portal</a>).</li> </ol> <ol> 	<li value="2">Share analysis results using a static link or export them in any format, including CSV, JPG or PDF.</li> </ol> <ol> 	<li value="3">Browse through tabular data attached to each geographic feature on the map. For example, every conservation area and logging and mining permit on the DRC Forest Atlas has data on when and how they were created and how and by whom they are managed.</li> </ol> <div class="imagecenter"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-4155" style="”padding-bottom: 10px;" alt="alt text" src="https://content.globalforestwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ForestAtlas.png" width="100%" /></div> <ol> 	<li value="4">Customize and apply branding across different apps to create one comprehensive and cohesive atlas. Choose between more than 6 different languages for the interface including English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Bahasa Indonesian, and Mandarin.</li> </ol> <ol> 	<li value="5">Deploy Map Builder in ArcGIS online using an organizational or <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/marketing-analytics/arcgisonline/features/free-personal-account" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">free public account</a>. Users can even deploy it securely behind their own firewall using <a href="http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisserver/extensions/portal-for-arcgis" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ArcGIS Portal for Server</a>. It is published under <span style="text-decoration: underline;">MIT license</span> and any organizations can create their own forest monitoring platform with custom data, at any geographic scale free of charge.</li> </ol> The Congo Basin Forest Atlases built off the Global Forest Watch platform to promote radical transparency in national forest sectors. Now, Map Builder is taking the next step by making it easier for anyone in the world to create their own monitoring platform at any scale. So what's the wait? Get started building your own Forest Atlas today!  &nbsp;  <strong>LEARN MORE </strong>by <a href="bit.ly/MapBuilderWebinar" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">joining the webinar</a> or visiting the GFW <a href="https://www.globalforestwatch.org/howto/tags/map-builder/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How-To page</a>.  <style type="text/css"></style>

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