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Some of the world’s most vulnerable forests have benefitted from UNEP support. In Vietnam, shrimp farmers got help from UN-REDD in designing an organic farming model that helps to protect fragile mangrove forests.
- Six Countries, One Forest, One Future
An ambitious new conservation programme brings six nations...
- Rebuilding the Ozone Layer
The world’s natural sun shield, which protects humans,...
- Why The Global Fight to Tackle Food Waste Has Only Just Begun
The Food Waste Index Report has shown that household food...
- How The World is Helping to Safeguard Its Oceans and Seas
As carbon dioxide emissions rise, the world’s seas are...
- From Chile to China
In May 2022, global leaders are meeting in Abidjan, Côte...
- From Agreement to Action
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework – adopted...
- Six Countries, One Forest, One Future
1 dzień temu · Why Europe and America's dying forests could be good news Germany's forests are rapidly declining, but a more resilient and diverse ecosystem is emerging. Nature and Environment 06/14/2024 June 14 ...
‘Forest loss’ or ‘tree loss’ captures two fundamental impacts on forest cover: deforestation and forest degradation. Deforestation is the complete removal of trees for the conversion of forest to another land use such as agriculture, mining, or towns and cities.
19 lis 2021 · Indonesia: Palm oil plantations. Indonesia has been among the world's top five countries for forest loss for the past two decades. According to data from Global Forest Watch, the country lost...
24 paź 2023 · Widespread and increasing deforestation and degradation in the planet's three largest tropical forest basins—the Amazon, Congo, and the forests of Asia-Pacific—could deliver a global climate catastrophe.
11 paź 2022 · Losing established forests through deforestation means losing the trees’ anchors in the soil — their roots — which are key to stopping erosion. Erosion can put surviving plants in greater danger of fire as the forest becomes drier and more open instead of moist and protected.
Explore the state of forests worldwide by analyzing tree cover change on GFW’s interactive global forest map using satellite data. Learn about deforestation rates and other land use practices, forest fires, forest communities, biodiversity and much more.
