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New data provides a more detailed picture than ever before on the local, regional and global causes of tree cover loss.

We asked four experts how this year’s El Niño may differ from past events.

Tropical forest loss slowed in 2025 thanks to strong policies and enforcement, but fires threaten to reverse this progress.

While some forests have evolved to adapt to wildfires, more frequent and intense fires are making even resilient forests more vulnerable.

Indigenous Peoples and local communities are among the world’s most effective forest stewards. Yet a new report from WRI and WWF-Australia finds that these lands are disproportionately affected by increasing wildfires.

Climate change is making forest fires worse, and vice-versa — creating a vicious “climate-fire feedback loop.”