Global Deforestation
This section is intended to collect data on the current status of global deforestation. This is accomplished through the utilization of APIs, databases, news sources, MapBuilders, and academic journals.
Global forest loss map
Credits: University of Maryland, department of geographical sciences.
Results from time-series analysis of Landsat images characterizing forest extent and change.
Trees are defined as vegetation taller than 5m in height and are expressed as a percentage per output grid cell as ‘2000 Percent Tree Cover’. ‘Forest Cover Loss’ is defined as a stand-replacement disturbance, or a change from a forest to non-forest state, during the period 2000–2019. ‘Forest Cover Gain’ is defined as the inverse of loss, or a non-forest to forest change entirely within the period 2000–2012. ‘Forest Loss Year’ is a disaggregation of total ‘Forest Loss’ to annual time scales.
Reference 2000 and 2019 imagery are median observations from a set of quality assessment-passed growing season observations.
News List
VOLTAGE: The race to avert a homemade European energy crisis
In today's edition: Petrol car ban, capacity markets, deforestation
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Focusing on COP30 | LONGi Releases Its First TNFD Report, Aims for “Net Zero Loss” of Biodiversity and “Zero Deforestation” by 2050
In 2025, LONGi has become a TNFD Adopter. The report strictly adheres to the LEAP (Locate, Evaluate, Assess, Prepare) analytical framework recommended by the TNFD to identify, assess, and manage various nature-related risks and opportunities. It clea... [5667 chars]
Improved mapping system ends farm mislabeling, protecting coffee and cacao trade
A new system could overhaul maps that misclassify hundreds of thousands of smallholder coffee and cacao farmers as working in forests. Without better maps, deforestation regulations could ripple through markets from remote farms to a caffe mocha near... [6960 chars]
Living in the ‘Trumpocene’ era | Letter
We are living in the Anthropocene era. Instead of meteors and volcanoes changing the climate of the planet, mankind is the agent of change. Increasing greenhouse gas, deforestation, ocean acidification, overpopulation — all of these are features of w... [1029 chars]
Railway project in the Amazon raises questions over Brazil's efforts to stop deforestation
As Brazil seeks to boost its environmental credentials by hosting the United Nations’ climate summit, a proposal to build a railway through the Amazon has threatened to tarnish that image amid protests by Indigenous groups and environmentalists.
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EU countries back German push to delay, reopen deforestation rules
EU countries have backed a proposal to stop the clock on deforestation rules for an additional year and to include a clause that would allow the legislation to be reopened for further changes by April next year.
The move paves the way for a major rew... [1793 chars]
Coffee Board launches app, to design sustainability certification scheme
Chikkamagaluru: In order to give a global identity to Indian coffee and to help growers and exporters meet the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) norms, the Coffee Board is designing the Indian Coffee Board Sustainability Certification Sc... [1463 chars]
Railway project in the Amazon raises questions over Brazil’s efforts to stop deforestation
SAO PAULO (AP) — As Brazil seeks to boost its environmental credentials by hosting the United Nations’ climate summit, a proposal to build a railway through the Amazon has threatened to tarnish that image amid protests by Indigenous groups and enviro... [6101 chars]
Year Delay to Deforestation Law
European Union nations are pushing for a one-year delay to a landmark law to curb deforestation across the world, while seeking to soften requirements that have raised concerns about its bureaucratic burden and impact on trade.
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Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’
At face value, the amount of forest in Australia is officially increasing, and has been since 2008.
But if an old-growth tree is felled in a forest and seedlings grow elsewhere, is the official account ecologically sound? Not according to new analysi... [3649 chars]
News API sources: NewsCatcher & GNews