More valuable still, the researchers were able to create a more precise map of where the most intensive deforestation was occurring. Roughly 55 percent came from Brazil and Indonesia.

Brazil has managed to cut deforestation in half since 2000. But that's been offset by increasing forest loss in other countries. Accessibility statement Skip to main content ...

There's no question that deforestation is a problem, as it affects everything from climate through to biodiversity. But gauging the severity of deforestation isn't easy -- simply measuring lost ...

2021 Amazon deforestation map shows devastating impact of ranching, agriculture. Maxwell Radwin. 21 Mar 2022 Bolivia. Comments Share article. Share this article.

New Web App Uses Google Maps to Track Deforestation as it Happens Environment. Design Technology Other Gadgets. 02/24/2014. under Environment, News, Other Gadgets, ...

Monitoring deforestation with satellites, maps and data. Satellite monitoring for deforestation can be used in many ways, from sending deforestation alerts to authorities, to tracking the growth of ...

There’s no single culprit responsible for deforestation: around the world, forest cover is lost because of fires, disease, logging, clear-cutting, and myriad other factors. And the environmental ...

New maps of global forest loss find that while Brazil is decreasing its rate of deforestation, many other nations are rapidly losing forest cover Sarah Zielinski November 14, 2013 ...

Their new maps and visualizations allow scientists and land-use planners to ... Agriculture and deforestation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A synthesis ... Washington, D .C.: Central ...

Deforestation, drought and fires battered Amazon rainforest in 2024 Fishermen push a boat in the Aleixo Lake amid a drought in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, Sept. 24, 2024.

A 2019 study found that palm oil deforestation in Indonesia peaked in 2009, when palm oil was responsible for nearly 40% of the country’s deforestation; it then dropped to less than 15% in 2016.

The Deforestation Index map evaluates 180 countries where high rates of deforestation occurred between 2005 and 2010. According to the report, ...