Intact forest landscapes are some of the most important ecosystems in the world. But they decreased by 12% between 2000 and 2020.

New data on GFW provides an updated look at tree cover height, tree cover gain, and net change in tree cover worldwide.

New tree cover loss from fires data offers a higher-resolution look than ever before at trends in fire-driven loss over the last 21 years.

2021 tree cover loss data reveals that the tropics lost 11.1 million hectares of tree cover in 2021 — including 3.75 million hectares within tropical primary rainforests, equivalent to a rate of 10 football pitches a minute.

What does the data measure, what is different this year and how does it compare to other data sets? GFW’s 2021 data update explained.

Forest integrity – the health of remaining forests – is just as vital as preventing deforestation, but less than half of remaining forests have high integrity.

A new integrated deforestation alerts layer combines the analytical power of GLAD, GLAD-S2 and RADD deforestation alerts to provide a faster, more confident view of forest disturbances than any one individual system.

The combination of new data on soy production with annual tree cover loss shows sustainable soy production will require a holistic approach

A recent study shows that indigenous forest monitors equipped with satellite data saw a 52% reduction in deforestation in the first year.

There’s a new deforestation alert system in town, and it’s monitoring forest loss across the Amazon Basin in greater detail than ever before.

As satellite data has improved over time, tree cover loss detection has improved with it. Here’s what that means for analyzing forest trends

Data on forest loss in 2020 shows that this next year will be pivotal to protecting forests and mitigating climate change.