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
A $12,000 EV Makes Indonesia’s Biofuel Bet Obsolete
The world’s biggest program of deforestation is being made superfluous before it’s really begun. Thank electric cars.
In Indonesia, President Prabowo Subianto is planning to convert 20 million hectares of forest into plantations to grow food and biof... [309 chars]
Rajasthan's Aravalli Crisis: A Call for Environmental Justice
Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra has recently criticized the BJP government for its alleged role in the destruction of the Aravalli Range. According to Dotasra, the government's developmental model overlooks the importance of greener... [610 chars]
Reviving African Woodlands: A $1 Billion Carbon Market Venture
Global energy trader Trafigura is leading a $1 billion initiative to restore African woodlands through carbon removal projects. The announcement was made by Hannah Hauman, Head of Carbon Trading at Trafigura, who explained that the projects will cove... [713 chars]
Changing land use can increase threat of animal‑to‑human disease spread
Changes to land use can directly heighten the risk of diseases spreading from animals to humans, new University of Stirling–led research has shown. The study, led by Dr. Adam Fell of the University's Faculty of Natural Sciences, shows that deforestat... [4018 chars]
Deforestation is drying out the Amazon rainforest faster than previously thought
Deforestation is having a more devastating effect on the Amazon rainforest than earlier data suggested. While cutting down large swaths of trees destroys vital habitats, it also harms the region's ability to generate its own rainfall. According to a ... [2337 chars]
Budget 2026: Employment and exports take centre stage in industry expectations - Survey
New Delhi:
Prior to the Union Budget 2026-27, a recent FICCI survey says that the budget should keep job creation and giving a boost to exports as its top priority areas, especially in the backdrop of increasing uncertainties in global trade. The maj... [2036 chars]
Nepal's green success story has a hidden social gap, research shows
In recent years, Nepal has been heralded as a global leader in community-based forest conservation. By handing over nearly a third of its nationally owned forest to local villagers in the 1980s, the country reversed years of deforestation and effecti... [5111 chars]
To reach net-zero, reverse current policy and protect the largest trees in the Amazon, say scientists
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2015, countries around the world committed to striving towards net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the middle of the 21st century. But achieving this goal is difficult, even for countries boasting e... [4629 chars]
Afghanistan's Struggle Against Nature: Disasters Worsen Humanitarian Crisis
Heavy snow and rainfall over three days have led to over 60 fatalities and more than 100 injuries in Afghanistan. The country's disaster management authority is racing to access isolated villages and reopen roads.
Spokesperson Yousaf Hammad confirmed... [418 chars]
Unchecked felling threatens mangrove ecosystems in Thrissur's Kodungallur
Kodungallur: Once a thriving haven for birds and fish, the mangrove forests across the Kodungallur constituency are now under serious threat, with large-scale cutting and destruction taking a heavy toll on these fragile ecosystems.
Many of the mangro... [2527 chars]
News API sources: NewsCatcher & GNews