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
Assam floods: Climate change is turning the monsoon deluge into an annual disaster. But are we learning its lessons?
Unfortunately, once the waters abate and news of the devastation and suffering vanish from the headlines, the floods become a mere statistical footnote. But as the global temperature rises, devastating floods that used to occur one every ten years, a... [1383 chars]
Deforestation hits record low in Brazilian Amazon
SAO PAOLO — Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon last year plunged to its lowest level in a decade, according to official data released Friday, the latest decline under Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government.
The world’s largest tropical rainforest ... [1146 chars]
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation rate approaches a historic low
SAO PAULO - Amazon deforestation in Brazil has plunged 37 per cent from a year ago, putting the country on track for what could be its lowest official amount of forest lost since satellite measurements began nearly four decades ago.
Forest destructio... [2036 chars]
In 1990, Guatemala launched an ambitious mahogany restoration program in Petén to combat deforestation. Years later, it produced Central America's largest natural forest and transformed the province i
Synopsis
Guatemala's 1990 mahogany restoration program changed the future of the country's forests. Instead of losing more rainforest, the Maya Biosphere Reserve became Central America's largest tropical forest through sustainable forestry and commun... [9694 chars]
Brazil’s Amazon deforestation rate approaches historic low
Amazon deforestation in Brazil has plunged 37% from a year ago, putting the country on track for what could be its lowest official amount of forest lost since satellite measurements began nearly four decades ago.
Forest destruction fell to 1,110 squa... [2015 chars]
10 iconic animals in India protected under the highest wildlife laws
India ranks amongst the top most bio-diverse nations in the world, being home to several thousand animal species that include magnificent big cats, giant herbivorous mammals, and rare birds along with other exotic animals. Yet many of these species a... [5618 chars]
Brazil police probe chemical spraying to clear Amazon land for pasture
Police in Brazil on Tuesday launched an operation against a group suspected of using chemicals to clear a large area of the Amazon rainforest and then turning the land into commercial pasture, officials said. The action is linked to alleged damage to... [1846 chars]
Colombia: Forest loss was slightly up in ’25
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia's government said nationwide deforestation increased slightly in 2025 but that it had still surpassed its four-year target to reduce forest loss under President Gustavo Petro, with pressure on the Amazon remaining largely... [3818 chars]
Colombia's 2025 forest loss hits two-decade low, government says
BOGOTA, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Colombia recorded its lowest deforestation levels in two decades between 2022 and 2025, with forest loss in 2025 falling to 119,483 hectares (295,249 acres), the Environment Ministry and the country's Institute of Hydrolog... [354 chars]
News API sources: NewsCatcher & GNews