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
In 2005, conservationists tackled Atlantic Forest loss after more than 80% of its woodland had vanished. 13 years later, jaguars in Upper Paraná rose 160% to 105 animals
Synopsis
In 2005, severe deforestation destroyed over 80 percent of South America’s Atlantic Forest, pushing local jaguars toward extinction. Conservationists across Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay responded by restoring wildlife corridors, curbing p... [6357 chars]
He began studying the Amazon in the 1970s; 50 years later, Philip Fearnside’s research has calculated the costs of losing the Amazon on account of deforestation, dams and highways
Philip Fearnside’s research has calculated the costs of losing the Amazon on account of deforestation, dams and highways
The Amazon rainforest has been described in terms of its enormous size, biodiversity and importance to the global climate. But fo... [5643 chars]
Northeast faces new vector threat as diseases spread to new areas: Health panel
Sikkim recorded the highest incidence among Northeast states, with 374 dengue cases in 2024. Using the state’s revised population estimate, the dengue incidence was 57.9 per lakh.
NEW DELHI: Climate change, deforestation, unplanned urbanisation and p... [2848 chars]
Experts blame deforestation, unchecked construction for Islamabad’s flash floods
ISLAMABAD - Heavy rain on the morning of September 1 triggered widespread flash flooding across Islamabad and Rawalpindi, submerging roads, disrupting traffic and prompting the closure of educational institutions, as urban planning experts placed ... [2111 chars]
Clean electricity supplied 40% of new energy demand in 2025. Faster deployment and sectoral breakthroughs can cut emissions permanently, says annual Energy Transition Monitor
A progress paradox: Clean electricity is growing more than twice the speed of overall energy supply, but emissions are not yet falling as overall demand for both fossil and clean energy is simultaneously expanding - driven by data centres, higher coo... [7148 chars]
Scientist warns 'perfect storm' could wipe out humanity in end of the world event
A scientist has warned that a "perfect storm" of conditions — including climate change, deforestation and habitat destruction — could lead to a mass extinction event threatening humanity
The sun sits at the heart of our Solar System - a flawless sphe... [3587 chars]
Declining Onchocerca volvulus transmission despite limited ivermectin delivery in the Kakoi–Koda focus, Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo: An epidemiological, entomological and landscape evidenc
3.1.2 Longitudinal trends in O. volvulus infection indicators.
Across data sources, indicators of O. volvulus infection declined between early observations (REMO 2003; skin‐snip screening data in 2010–2011) and more recent surveys (in 2015–2023). To ... [12472 chars]
As forests fragment, arboreal bridges offer Indonesia's orangutans a lifeline
JAKARTA: Manmade arboreal bridges are emerging as a conservation tool to reconnect fragmented habitats for orangutans, as the critically endangered great apes face growing threats from infrastructure development, deforestation and climate change.
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‘Indian coffee sector gearing to meet EUDR norms’
Indian coffee stakeholders are gearing up to meet the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) norms, said Coffee Board CEO & Secretary Kurma Rao M.
“We have a ready kind of plan in place to comply with the EUDR norms. Our preparedness is mainl... [2881 chars]
Takeaways from the AP-Reporter Brasil story on the US and others turning to Brazil for rare earths
SAO PAULO (AP) — The world is increasingly turning to Brazil to explore for rare earth minerals that are crucial for technology and renewable energy. The country's large reserves are second only to China and have attracted investors, many of them wit... [363 chars]
News API sources: NewsCatcher & GNews