This year's SGF recipients will bring GFW tools and data to more people who can take action against deforestation.

Global Forest Watch (GFW) is excited to announce the 2019 Tech Fellows and Small Grants Fund recipients. Both these programs provide funding to individuals and organizations using GFW tools to monitor and protect forests. The Tech Fellowship gives individuals the technical skills to implement a forest monitoring project and share their knowledge with others in […]

Global Forest Link is an innovative online platform that brings Global Forest Watch (GFW) tools and data into middle and high school classrooms. Managed by two former grantees of GFW’s Small Grants Fund (SGF), Global Forest Link empowers students to explore local forests through firsthand experiences, hone their digital communications skills and engage in a […]

By Patrick Nease and Octavia Payne A dusty road to Sungai Berbari village. Photo by Women Research Institute. A group of women from Sungai Berbari, a village in Riau, Indonesia, blockade a road that leads to a nearby oil palm plantation. They’re protesting the companies that operate the plantation because they failed to water the […]

By Patrick Nease and Jessica Webb Global Forest Watch (GFW) is thrilled to announce this year’s recipients of the Small Grants Fund! Nine new projects join 36 previous recipients from around the world in integrating GFW tools and data into their work to improve forest outcomes. The focus of this year’s Small Grants Fund—now in […]

By Mike Senior, Bella Sosa and Sophie Higman, Proforest In Honduras, smallholders supply about 50 percent of all oil palm fruit bunches to mills. Although a critical source of income and rural livelihoods, such smallholdings can drive deforestation and have other adverse environmental and social impacts, such as pollution and poor labour standards. In a […]

For this installment of GFW User Profiles, we spoke with Sita Aripurnami and Edriana Noerdin, founding members of Women Research Institute, a Small Grants Fund recipients from Jakarta, Indonesia. Sita Aripurnami and Edriana Noerdin. How did you become interested in forests? We are interested in how development impacts the community, women in particular, and how […]

By Liz Cole The Small Grants Fund empowers civil society groups to improve forest monitoring using Global Forest Watch, and each year brings a new round of exciting, innovative projects. Let’s take a look at what the 2015 recipients achieved! Click here to launch the StoryMap. BANNER PHOTO: Photo by FUNDEPS.

By Liz Cole and Jessica Webb Global Forest Watch is proud to introduce this year’s 11 Small Grants Fund recipients. These organizations will join the distinguished cadre of 25 past grantees in using Global Forest Watch tools, data and knowledge to improve forest management, transparency and accountability around the world. Launched in 2013, the Small […]