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
Living in the ‘Trumpocene’ era | Letter
We are living in the Anthropocene era. Instead of meteors and volcanoes changing the climate of the planet, mankind is the agent of change. Increasing greenhouse gas, deforestation, ocean acidification, overpopulation — all of these are features of w... [1029 chars]
Railway project in the Amazon raises questions over Brazil's efforts to stop deforestation
As Brazil seeks to boost its environmental credentials by hosting the United Nations’ climate summit, a proposal to build a railway through the Amazon has threatened to tarnish that image amid protests by Indigenous groups and environmentalists.
The ... [5547 chars]
EU countries back German push to delay, reopen deforestation rules
EU countries have backed a proposal to stop the clock on deforestation rules for an additional year and to include a clause that would allow the legislation to be reopened for further changes by April next year.
The move paves the way for a major rew... [1793 chars]
Coffee Board launches app, to design sustainability certification scheme
Chikkamagaluru: In order to give a global identity to Indian coffee and to help growers and exporters meet the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) norms, the Coffee Board is designing the Indian Coffee Board Sustainability Certification Sc... [1463 chars]
Railway project in the Amazon raises questions over Brazil’s efforts to stop deforestation
SAO PAULO (AP) — As Brazil seeks to boost its environmental credentials by hosting the United Nations’ climate summit, a proposal to build a railway through the Amazon has threatened to tarnish that image amid protests by Indigenous groups and enviro... [6101 chars]
Year Delay to Deforestation Law
European Union nations are pushing for a one-year delay to a landmark law to curb deforestation across the world, while seeking to soften requirements that have raised concerns about its bureaucratic burden and impact on trade.
Representatives of mem... [314 chars]
Researchers say real impact of deforestation being hidden in Australia’s official figures by ‘sleight of hand’
At face value, the amount of forest in Australia is officially increasing, and has been since 2008.
But if an old-growth tree is felled in a forest and seedlings grow elsewhere, is the official account ecologically sound? Not according to new analysi... [3649 chars]
A fight for survival – the reality of life in the Amazon in the shadow of Cop30
Arriving at the Cop30 climate conference in Belém, the gateway city to the Amazon, each of the 50,000 delegates is given a reusable metal water bottle printed with the cartoon of a flame-haired, spear-wielding figure known as “Curupira”.
Curupira is ... [8147 chars]
WWF, Greenpeace demand roadmap on deforestation at UN COP30
They said COP30, being held in the heart of the Amazon, should “live up to its full potential” and deliver for communities and nature.
By PTI
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Greenpeace on Tuesday, November 18, urged countries at the UN COP30 Climat... [2639 chars]
WWF And Greenpeace Urge COP30 To Deliver Concrete 2030 Roadmap To Halt And Reverse Deforestation
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Greenpeace on Tuesday urged countries at the UN COP30 Climate Summit to agree on a roadmap to end and reverse deforestation by 2030.
At a joint press conference, WWF International Director General Kirsten Schuijt and... [1636 chars]
News API sources: NewsCatcher & GNews