Global Forest Watch: 5 Stories to Watch

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CRYSTAL DAVIS, DIRECTOR, GLOBAL FOREST WATCH
FRED STOLLE, SENIOR ASSOCIATE, GLOBAL FOREST WATCH
BIG DATA, DEEP INSIGHTS
GL...

WE NOW KNOW MORE ABOUT FORESTS

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
WE NOW KNOW MORE ABOUT FORESTS

BIGGER DATA, BETTER DECISIONS?
Data DecisionsInsights

EXAMPLE: GLOBAL FOREST CHANGE
Forest Area
Loss & Gain
Tree Cover
Loss & Gain

SOURCE: GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES ASSESSMENT 2015
Country statistics
National statistics
5-year intervals
Multiple variables

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
Global map, 30x30 meter pixels
Annual updates
Spatial datasets can be overlaid

FRA “forest” UMD “tree cover”
 
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X 
 X

FRA UMD
Loss Loss
No
Change
Loss
Gain
No
Change
No
Change
Gain

Together, we can draw deeper insights

FIVE STORIES TO WATCH
@globalforests
#WRIatWFC

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
TROPICS
TROPICS

TROPICAL TREE COVER
LOSS ACCELERATES
@globalforests
#WRIatWFC

TROPICAL FOREST LOSS
SOURCE: GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES ASSESSMENT 2015;
HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
FRA reports 8.8 million ...

TROPICAL FOREST LOSS
SOURCE: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA
3-year moving average
Annual tree cover loss

TREE COVER LOSS INCREASING IN TROPICAL
COUNTRIES OUTSIDE BRAZIL AND INDONESIA
Countries Outside Brazil/Indonesia
Brazil
In...

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
MEKONG

THE MEKONG EMERGES
AS A HOTSPOT FOR LOSS

TREE COVER LOSS IN MEKONG AREA (MINUS CHINA)
CAMBODIA. LAOS, MYANMAR, VIETNAM
SOURCE: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA
3-year m...

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
CAMBODIA

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
CAMBODIA TREE COVER LOSS

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA; WORLD BANK. RUBBER PRICES CALCULATED
BY AVG. HISTORICAL MONTHLY DATA OF WORLD COMMODI...

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
MEKONG

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
DEM REP OF CONGO

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF CONGO’S FORESTS
UNDER RISING
PRESSURES

TREE COVER LOSS IN THE DRC
SOURCE: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA
3-year moving average
Annual tree cover loss
~50%

TREE COVER LOSS ANNUAL RATES (%)
SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
(10km)

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA

YANGAMBI BIOSPHERE RESERVE (30KM FROM
KISANGANI, PROVINCE ORIENTALE)

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA

Kisangani
Yangambi
SOURCE: SPOT 5, 2010-03-02, (AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE, IGNFI)

1km
SOURCE: SPOT 5, 2010-03-02, (AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE, IGNFI)

1km
SOURCE: SPOT 5, 2010-03-02, (AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE, IGNFI)

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
DEM REP OF CONGO

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
PERU

ILLEGALITY IN THE
PERUVIAN AMAZON

SOURCE: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA
FRA DEFORESTATION IN PERU

TREE COVER LOSS IN PERU
SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
3-year moving average
Annual tree cover loss

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA

CONVERSION TIMBER IN PERU
SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA; SKYBOX
Skybox image of the Ucayali Plantations

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA

Currently working to
crowdsource a complete
temporal map of all logging
roads in the Congo Basin
•Merged datasets
•Adapted...

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
PERU

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
DRY LANDS

DRY TROPICAL FORESTS
OVERLOOKED BUT UNDER
THREAT

TREE COVER LOSS IN PARAGUAY
SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
3-year moving average
Annual tree cover loss

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA

TROPICS
MEKONG
DEM REP OF CONGOPERU
DRY LANDS
SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
TROPICS
DRY LANDS

SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA

PROMISING
DEVELOPMENTS

FOREST AREA GAIN
SOURCE: GLOBAL FOREST RESOURCES ASSESSMENT 2015
Countries reporting
greatest annual
forest area gain
(201...

PRIVATE SECTOR ACTION

PRIVATE SECTOR ACTION
SOURCE: HANSEN/UMD/GOOGLE/USGS/NASA
RSPO oil palm
concessions
Non-RSPO oil palm
concessions
RSPO cer...

SECURING COMMUNITY FOREST RIGHTS
SOURCE: WRI PUBLICATION “SECURING RIGHTS, COMBATTING CLIMATE CHANGE”

SECURING COMMUNITY FOREST RIGHTS
SOURCE: WRI PUBLICATION “SECURING RIGHTS, COMBATTING CLIMATE CHANGE”

CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

Thank you!
@globalforests
#WRIatWFC
CRYSTAL DAVIS, DIRECTOR, GLOBAL FOREST WATCH
FRED STOLLE, SENIOR ASSOCIATE, GLOBAL FOR...

PANEL DISCUSSION
Leo Bottrill, Moabi
Crystal Davis, World Resources Institute
Patrick Houdry, Airbus
Fred Stolle, World Re...

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