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 2026: Rain falls in Nagaland, ruin lands in Assam. Can it be fixed?
The most unjust thing about the 2026 Assam floods is a matter of geography.
The rain that drowned Sivasagar, Charaideo and Jorhat did not fall on them. It fell on the hills of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, on slopes stripped of trees and torn open ... [22490 chars]
Indonesia Battles Widespread Forest Fires Amid Intensifying El Nino
Indonesia is upping its battle against forest and land fires across six key provinces by deploying cloud-seeding aircraft to artificially induce rain as a strategy to mitigate the spreading haze, officials revealed. The nation faces an extended and h... [1468 chars]
Assam Floods 2026: The rain was ordinary, so why did Upper Assam drown?
For more than 25 years, Sivasagar had forgotten what a flood felt like. The old Ahom capital, with its tanks and temples and tea gardens, sat on ground the water had spared for a generation. Then, on a July night in 2026, the water came back, and it ... [13442 chars]
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 vanishes 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,... [1532 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]
News API sources: NewsCatcher & GNews