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 ...

Saving the trees, we are not. An unprecedented global map of forest changes over the last decade shows that deforestation is still rampant globally. Between 2000 and 2012, the world lost 2.3 ...

A new law aimed at tackling deforestation risks hobbling exports of key commodities to Europe, ... news and insight around the world. ... The Race to Map the World and Protect $110 Billion of Trade.

Google Earth just launched the first high-resolution map of global deforestation. The project was developed in collaboration with the University of Maryland, NASA and USGS by analyzing 654,178 ...

A new global map of deforestation reveals that 888,000 square miles (2.3 million square kilometers) of forest has vanished since 2000. The interactive map (viewable online) is based on satellite ...

The Deforestation Index map evaluates 180 countries where high rates of deforestation occurred between 2005 and 2010. According to the report, forest degradation is responsible for about 20% of ...

Forests around the world are disappearing at an astonishing rate. But now, these trees won't fall without a sound. A new map and website called Global Forest Watch provides the first near-real ...

Malaysia had the world’s highest rate of forest loss between 2000 and 2012, according to a new global forest map developed in partnership with Google.. Malaysia’s total forest loss during the ...

Scientist have created the first high-resolution global map of forest extent, loss and gain, a resource that greatly improves our ability to understand human and naturally-induced forest changes ...

World Forest ID has worked with nonprofits, governments and enforcement agencies to track deforestation, provide scientific evidence for court cases, and keep a check on sanctioned Russian timber ...

GLASGOW, Scotland — Scores of world leaders on Tuesday promised to tackle two major contributors to global warming — deforestation and emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas — using ...

Forests around the world are disappearing at an astonishing rate. But now, these trees won't fall without a sound. A new map and website called Global Forest Watch provides the first near-real ...