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Oct 16, 2019|Data and Research|5 minutes

Triumphs and Challenges of Using Deforestation Alerts in Peru

In 2016, Global Forest Watch (GFW) and the University of Maryland released the world’s most detailed satellite-based deforestation alerts. Since the launch, the GLAD alert system has expanded from just three countries to the entire tropical region and is accessed by hundreds of thousands of users through GFW.   Peru’s Early Warning Alerts After using the GLAD deforestation alerts, […]

Girl Reading News Roundup
Nov 29, 2017|Data and Research|2 minutes

UPDATE: GLAD alerts now available in 6 more northern Amazon countries

The weekly GLAD deforestation alerts from the University of Maryland are now available for an additional six countries in the northern Amazon: Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. View on the Global Forest Watch map. That brings the number of countries with GLAD alerts from 16 to 22. Amazon Central Africa Southeast Asia Brazil Burundi Brunei *Colombia […]

Girl Reading News Roundup
Oct 16, 2017|Data and Research|2 minutes

UPDATE: GLAD deforestation alerts are back

We are happy to report that the weekly GLAD deforestation alerts from the University of Maryland are back online for the Amazon, Central Africa and insular southeast Asia. They’re available for the following countries: Amazon Central Africa Southeast Asia Brazil Burundi Brunei Peru Cameroon Indonesia Central African Republic Malaysia Democratic Republic of the Congo Papua […]

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Dec 01, 2016|Data and Research|2 minutes

Coming Soon: 2015 annual tree cover loss data to be released early 2017 with new upgrades

By Mikaela Weisse and Matt Hansen Every year, the GLAD group at the University of Maryland works to update the annual tree cover loss data on Global Forest Watch. But with the huge volume of satellite imagery input and computing power needed to process it all, this is not yet a smooth process. On top […]

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Aug 30, 2016|Map of the Week|2 minutes

Map of the Week: GLAD Alerts show recent loss in Brazil’s Jamanxim National Park

By Sofia Soto Reyes Parrot in the Amazon, Brazil. Source: Neil Palmer/CIAT for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR/Flickr). License available here. The Amazon Rainforest is home to one-tenth of all plant and animal species on the planet and produces one-fifth of all the oxygen we breathe. Monitoring and protecting such a rich natural resource […]

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Aug 29, 2016|People|3 minutes

PARTNER POST: Introducing the new data GLADiator of forest monitoring in Brazil

By Camellia Williams We don’t normally like to Crowe, but we’re really proud to announce the launch of Brazil’s most advanced forest monitoring tool — GLAD Brazil. Are you not entertained by high-resolution, weekly deforestation updates? Updated weekly and available at a high resolution of 30 meters by 30 meters, the satellite-based GLAD (Global Land Analysis and […]