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Leveraging the Power of the Crowd to Identify Illegal Land and Forest Fires in Indonesia

  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • maps
Forest fire in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by CIFOR/Flickr.
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Indonesia forest fires
  • maps

Counting Trees to Save the Woods: Using Big Data to Map Deforestation

  • Climate
  • climate
  • climate change
  • climate data
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • maps
What can other big data initiatives seeking to combat climate change learn from Global Forest Watch? Photo credit: CIAT/Flickr
  • Climate
  • climate
  • climate change
  • climate data
  • deforestation
  • forest restoration
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • maps

New Palm Oil Production Maps Mark a Milestone in Transparency

  • deforestation
  • forests
  • maps
  • palm oil
  • transparency
Most palm oil comes from Indonesia and Malaysia. Photo credit: Achmad Rabin Taim/Wikimedia Commons
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • maps
  • palm oil
  • transparency

Cultivating Accountability in REDD+

  • Brazil
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • REDD
While the struggle to protect the Tripa peat forest will likely continue, it illustrates a positive message for Indonesia’s forests. Photo credit: CIFOR/Flickr
  • Brazil
  • degraded land
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • REDD

9 Maps that Explain the World's Forests

  • deforestation
  • forests
  • maps
  • palm oil
Global Forest Watch is an online forest monitoring system created by the World Resources Institute and more than 40 partners. Photo credit: Marco Simola/CIFOR
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • maps
  • palm oil

Global Forest Watch—Join the Movement

  • Africa
  • Brazil
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Indonesia
  • Africa
  • Brazil
  • deforestation
  • forests
  • Indonesia

New High-Resolution Forest Maps Reveal World Loses 50 Soccer Fields of Trees Per Minute

  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • maps
  • monitoring
  • forests
  • Global Forest Watch (GFW)
  • maps
  • monitoring

Forests and REDD+ in COP17 Durban

  • Brazil
  • COP
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • international climate policy
  • REDD
  • UNFCCC
Deforestation in Para, Brazil. The situations in Brazil and Indonesia should lend a sense of urgency and purpose to the climate negotiations in Durban, South Africa. Photo Credit: Leoffreitas/Flickr
  • Brazil
  • COP
  • forests
  • governance
  • Indonesia
  • international climate policy
  • REDD
  • UNFCCC