Global Forest Watch: Monitoring to Reduce Deforestation

In this Smart Forests Radio episode, we invite Kaitlyn Thayer and Gabrielle Nusbaum from the World Resources Institute (WRI) to speak about Global Forest Watch, an open-source platform for near real-time global forest monitoring. The platform is used by a wide array of different actors, including protected area managers, Indigenous communities, governments, corporations and journalists, to monitor and act on deforestation events. Kaitlyn and Gabrielle discuss how the GFW team continuously develops tools and collaborates with multiple stakeholders to produce credible data. The conversation also touches on the challenges of publishing data amid ongoing political changes.

Interviewers: Yuti Ariani Fatimah and Jennifer Gabrys

Producer: Harry Murdoch

For more on Global Forest Watch, head to the Smart Forests Atlas.

Image: Global Forest Watch, https://www.globalforestwatch.org