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WHAT IS GLOBAL FOREST WATCH?

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HOW DO PEOPLE USE GLOBAL FOREST WATCH?

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Since its launch in 2014, over 4 million people have visited Global Forest Watch from every single country in the world.

HOW DOES GFW CREATE CHANGE?

It's hard to manage what you can't measure. Global Forest Watch makes the best available data about forests available online for free, creating unprecedented transparency about what is happening in forests worldwide. Better information supports smarter decisions about how to manage and protect forests for current and future generations, and greater transparency helps the public hold governments and companies accountable for how their decisions impact forests. GFW data is accessed daily by governments, companies, civil society organizations, journalists, and everyday people who care about their local forests.

Impacts

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The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust used GFW's annual tree cover loss data as evidence of catastrophic recent forest loss in Menabe-Antimena reserve in Madagascar. The tree cover loss data helped convince the Ministry of Environment to increase patrols to monitor the protected area and remove the people that were illegally clearing the land.
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Congresswoman Yap of the House of Representative of the Philipines cited Global Forest Watch data on Mangrove loss to support arguments for the National Mangrove Forests Conservation and Rehabilitation Act, which prohibits further damage or destruction of mangrove forests. The Act was passed by the House of Representatives in June, 2015.
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The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust used GFW's annual tree cover loss data as evidence of catastrophic recent forest loss in Menabe-Antimena reserve in Madagascar. The tree cover loss data helped convince the Ministry of Environment to increase patrols to monitor the protected area and remove the people that were illegally clearing the land.

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History

1997

1997

The World Resources Institute (WRI) established Global Forest Watch in 1997 as part of the Forest Frontiers Initiative. It started as a network of NGOs producing up-to-date reports about the state of forests in four pilot countries: Cameroon, Canada, Gabon, and Indonesia.

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