Global Forest Watch

📢 We are thrilled to announce the recipients of the 2024 #SmallGrantsFund! 🌳 These dedicated individuals and organizations are leading the way in forest conservation and management. This year, we are proud to support 11 grantees with projects in 10 countries who will tailor Global Forest Watch tools and data to confront deforestation within their forests. We are also celebrating the 10th year of our Small Grants Fund! Over the past decade, the Small Grants Fund has supported over 100 projects across 30 countries, helping local organizations monitor over 850 million hectares of forests. 🌳🌴 Join us in celebrating this year's recipients and learn more about their work here ➡️ https://gfw.global/3RsezNt #forestchampions #deforestation #climateaction #protectforests #community #forestmonitoring #GFW10 #GenerationRestoration #forRainforests #WorldRainforestDay

Meet two GFW #SmallGrantsFund recipients strengthening governmental and administrative forest monitoring capacity in Myanmar and Cameroon.    By working local officials and providing training on GFW tools, Forest Trends Association and AJESH are aiding forest conversation management and governance.     Learn more about all our 2024 #SmallGrantsFund grantees ➡️ https://gfw.global/3RsezNt   #protectforests #trees #forest #communityled #forestconversation #forestgovernance 

How can GFW Pro’s data and tools be used to support EUDR due diligence obligations? Here’s a visual example of how the platform’s Integrated Deforestation Alerts can be used together with the Science Based Targets Network’s Natural Lands Map for more accurate detection of forest change on a cocoa-producing landscape. Read more here 👉 https://gfw.global/3x9q3P3 #gfwpro #sustainability #supplyChain #deforestation #cocoaIndustry #eudr #climate     

Join our team! We are looking to #hire a Data Communications Manager to help turn our data and research into actionable insights and content tailored for data users, decisionmakers and practitioners. Click here to learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/3RyXDon

These GFW 2024 #SmallGrantsFund recipients are harnessing the power of community involvement! 💪🌳 IBC Perú, Saamaka Oto and IBIF Bolivian Institute of Forest Investigation are dedicated to providing their communities with trainings on how to use GFW for forest monitoring and surveillance. By fostering widespread participation, they aim to develop community patrols that safeguard forests and generate actionable reports to influence legal and policy decisions. Learn more about the impactful work of all our 2024 grantees ➡️ https://gfw.global/3RsezNt #protectforests #trees #forest #communityled #ForestGuardians

2023 forest loss data analysis reveals that progress towards halting deforestation is possible, but it needs to happen everywhere. 🌎 Take a look at some of the top takeaways from 2023 #TreeCoverLoss data. 👇  https://gfw.global/4cI4CnR #climate #wildfires #forests

📣New analysis shows that Canada’s 2023 wildfires had a massive effect on greenhouse gas emissions🔥🌲 Researchers from WRI’s Global Forest Watch find that wildfires burned roughly 7.8 million hectares of forests. This amount of tree cover loss produced nearly 4x the carbon emissions of the global aviation sector in 2022✈️ Learn More▶️ https://bit.ly/4bkZqof #wildfires #canada #TreeCoverLoss #deforestation #forests

Meet three GFW 2024 #SmallGrantsFund recipients leveraging technology to automate forest monitoring. 💻📱    By integrating cutting-edge technology - such as AI, deep learning models and automatic reporting systems - with GFW tools, Fundación para la Conservación de los Andes Tropicales (FCAT), Fundación Jardín Botánico de Medellín and Yayasan IAR Indonesia are developing robust monitoring and communication systems unique to their own regions. These innovations aim to accelerate responses to #deforestation activities.    🎉 Join us in celebrating all our 2024 #SmallGrantsFund recipients, and read our new blog about the 11 grantees 👉 https://gfw.global/3RsezNt   #protectforests #trees #forest #AI #deforestation #communityled #techforgood 

A quick team huddle before another day at Oslo Tropical Forest Forum (OTFF) 2024🌱 OTFF is a global conference that gathers ministers, policy makers, multilateral institutions, civil society, indigenous peoples, and the private sector to advance actions for protecting tropical forests. Tune in or watch the recordings to hear from more World Resources Institute experts, including Wanjira Mathai, Edward Davey and Craig Hanson, at #OTFF2024 here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eTQ__9Mz Photo left to right: Tomi Haryadi Mikaela Weisse Achille DJEAGOU TCHOFFO Edward Davey Wanjira Mathai Yulia StangeAlejandra María Laina Agudelo

John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy, cited Global Forest Watch’s #TreeCoverLoss data during his remarks at the Oslo Tropical Forest Forum #OTFF. Have you explored the 2023 data on GFW yet? Our new analysis reveals that progress towards halting #deforestation is possible, but it needs to happen everywhere. You can read the top takeaways from the 2023 data on World Resources Institute's Global Forest Review 👉 https://gfw.global/4cI4CnR __ #RainforestProtection #NICFI #TropicalForests #ClimateAction #Sustainability #IndigenousPeoples #ForestStewardship #rainforest #climate #biodiversity #COP16 #Indigenouspeoples #GlobalForestReview Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NICFI - Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative