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
Brazil plants 840,000 trees to restore 607 hectares of Atlantic Forest and reconnect wildlife habitats after 20 years of conservation
PC: REGUA/ World Land Trust (WLT)
Brazil’s Atlantic Forest has lost much of its original cover after centuries of exploitation and deforestation. A conservation partnership between World Land Trust (WLT) and Brazilian NGO Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaç... [3949 chars]
Why is hazardous haze spreading across Southeast Asia this year?
Months of persistent wildfires in Indonesia have triggered a sharp rise in respiratory illnesses and spread dangerous haze across several Southeast Asian nations, with Singapore and Malaysia among the worst affected over the past week.
The pollution ... [5083 chars]
stunt or solution for reforestation? : Short Wave : NPR
In 2022, parachutist Luigi Cani dropped 100 million seeds over the Amazon rainforest while skydiving. He did it to raise awareness about deforestation and help regrow the forest. But there has been little scientific follow up to see whether it worked... [829 chars]
Jharkhand explores REDD+ road map to secure climate finance
The proposal was discussed at a high-level meeting chaired by principal chief conservator of forests Sanjiv Kumar on Wednesday
Ranchi: Jharkhand has begun exploring a state-specific road map under the global REDD+ framework to access results-based cl... [1584 chars]
Global deforestation slowed in 2025 but surged in Congo basin: Study
Deforestation slowed worldwide last year, but the improvement is unlikely to last as the situation deteriorates in Central Africa and an exceptionally strong El Niño weather pattern intensifies, a new study said on Wednesday.
Seven million hectares (... [3705 chars]
Global deforestation slowed in 2025 but surged in Congo basin: study
PARIS (FRANCE) - Deforestation slowed worldwide last year, but the improvement is unlikely to last as the situation deteriorates in Central Africa and an exceptionally strong El Nino weather pattern intensifies, a new study said on Wednesday.
Seven m... [3690 chars]
Big bank rejects push to end financing of land clearing
Efforts to get Australia's largest bank to stop financing forest-clearing activities have failed but activists have managed to put deforestation on the corporate agenda.
Commonwealth Bank shareholders on Wednesday soundly rejected the first of two re... [2653 chars]
Mortgages, deforestation in focus at big bank meeting
Australia's biggest mortgage lender, Commonwealth Bank, is holding its annual general meeting. Photo: Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS
Shareholders in Australia's largest bank will vote on its approach to deforestation and hope for good news on its mortgage le... [4891 chars]
Billionaire Johan Eliasch bought 400,000 acres of Amazon rainforest, almost the size of Greater London. He worried about deforestation and wildlife loss; what he achieved is truly remarkable
Synopsis
Johan Eliasch generated buzz by securing ownership of 400,000 acres of the Amazon rainforest to combat logging threats. However, his move raised concerns about the fate of roughly 1,000 workers employed in the logging industry. Detractors qu... [6205 chars]
News API sources: NewsCatcher & GNews