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Feb 01, 2019|People|2 minutes

Private: Tell Us Your GFW Story!

In Riau, Indonesia a dedicated community of women overlaid GFW data atop village maps to definitively link corporate activities in nearby forests to the air and water pollution they were suffering from. Using this evidence, they were able to place pressure on the companies and the government. In the Brazilian state of Amapá, one police […]

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Nov 17, 2015|People|3 minutes

PARTNER POST: Who watches the (Global Forest) Watchmen

By Jamie Gibson and Alicia Arenzana Since its launch in February 2014, Global Forest Watch has beamed the latest data on global forests straight to the world’s desktops, tablets and phones. It’s vastly raised our awareness of where trees are being lost and the accelerating rate of deforestation in some areas, like Cambodia, Sierra Leone and Madagascar. The interactive map at […]