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Watching for Illegal Fishing with Eyes on the Seas

Julia John 14 Mar 2016

Want to end illegal fishing? Make all ships trackable, say researchers

Mongabay.com 11 Mar 2016

Market-based conservation programs slow deforestation in Chile, study finds

Peter Mellgard 29 Feb 2016

Geospatial data for the people, by the people

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 6 Feb 2016
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Amazon deforestation jumps in Brazil, but remains historically low

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Nov 2015
Boat loaded with wood on the Tambopata River, Peru

Perimeter Defense: Four Technologies for Detecting and Preventing Illegal Logging

Arpitha Kodiveri, Jonathan Mason, Meaghan Parker, Loretta Cheung 5 Nov 2015
Two Global Forest Watch images showing near-term (left) and long-term (right) change in forest cover inside PT. Tualang Raya's concession.

Palm oil company caught destroying primary forest in endangered ecosystem

Rhett Ayers Butler 12 Oct 2015

NASA photo shows New Guinea going up in flames

Rhett Ayers Butler 7 Oct 2015
Map of historic deforestation in the Amazon rainforest since 1970

Deforestation declines in the Amazon rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Oct 2015

Using art and technology to save the Amazon

Nika Levikov 21 Sep 2015
Rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia. Malaysia has reported a steep increase in forest cover to FAO, a result of changing how it classifies forest cover.

U.N. data suggests slowdown in forest loss

Rhett Ayers Butler 8 Sep 2015
Pittsfield State Forest in Massachusetts. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

How many trees are cut down every year?

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Sep 2015

Global forest loss reached 46 million acres in 2014

Rhett Ayers Butler 2 Sep 2015
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A Butler

Brazil’s deforestation alert system reports surge in Amazon forest clearing

Rhett Ayers Butler 1 Sep 2015

Amazon paradox: drop in large-scale deforestation makes enforcement more difficult

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Aug 2015

Controversy emerges over alleged deforestation policy breach by APRIL supplier

Rhett Ayers Butler 23 Jun 2015

Palm oil giants to investigate company found razing Papuan rainforest

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Jun 2015

Has Amazon deforestation reached a 7-year high in Brazil?

Rhett Ayers Butler 18 Jun 2015

Gold miners invade Amazonian indigenous reserve

Rhett Ayers Butler 16 Jun 2015

90% of Amazon deforestation occurs outside protected areas

Rhett Ayers Butler 13 Jun 2015

What’s the current deforestation rate in the Amazon rainforest?

Rhett Ayers Butler 15 May 2015

Using freely available tools to monitor forest cover in critical chimpanzee habitat

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 6 May 2015

Land redistribution in Zimbabwe threatens wildlife and human populations

Brittany Stewart 29 Apr 2015

Predicting deforestation before it happens

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Apr 2015

Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon continues to accelerate

Rhett Ayers Butler 27 Apr 2015

Platform provides near-real time analysis of deforestation in non-Brazilian Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 9 Apr 2015

Who’s to blame for forest loss in Borneo timber concession?

Rhett Ayers Butler 6 Apr 2015

APRIL suspends contractor after environmentalists expose ongoing deforestation

Rhett Ayers Butler 28 Mar 2015

APRIL violates sustainability policy by clearing peat forest after Jan cut-off

Rhett Ayers Butler 26 Mar 2015

Seeing the trees but not the forest (commentary)

Kenneth G. Macdicken 20 Mar 2015

Brazil confirms rising deforestation in the Amazon

Rhett Ayers Butler 14 Mar 2015

Rainforest loss increased in the 2000s, concludes new analysis

Rhett Ayers Butler 25 Feb 2015

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