Technology-Based Rainforest Protection. Rainforest Alert is a proven, grassroots approach to preventing deforestation on Indigenous peoples’ lands: 52% reduction in forest loss in the first year alone.| Rainforest Foundation US
Never before has the need for global unity in addressing the climate crisis been more urgent. Predictions have been made with near certainty that 2024 will be| Rainforest Foundation US
The Forest Pulse draws on the most recent data and analysis to reveal the latest trends in global forest loss and deforestation. This page is updated annually using annual tree cover loss data. Updates are released each year and cover the previous year’s trends.Data created and updated by Peter Potapov, Svetlana Turubanova and Sasha Tyukavina – University of Maryland’s GLAD lab| gfr.wri.org
Forests managed by Indigenous people in the Amazon are a strong carbon sink, removing a net 340 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere each year, equivalent to the U.K.’s annual fossil fuel emissions. Meanwhile, forests outside of the Amazon’s Indigenous lands are collectively a carbon source, due to significant forest loss.| World Resources Institute
In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, Indigenous communities are showing the world what true climate resilience looks like. The Amazon rainforest is one of| Rainforest Foundation US
This drought is the worst in four decades and is contributing to an alarming number of fires this year raging across multiple regions throughout the Amazon and posing a threat to Indigenous and local communities and some of the world’s most vital ecosystems.| Rainforest Foundation US
Fires ravage the São Marcos Indigenous Territory in Brazil, February 2024.| Rainforest Foundation US
