Global Forest Watch provides the best available data and user-driven tools for monitoring forests. It's free and easy-to-use. Led by @WorldResources.Global Forest Watch offers free, real-time data, technology and tools for monitoring the world’s forests, enabling better protection against illegal deforestation and unsustainable practices.

Core values

- **Addressing Deforestation**: GFW provides real-time data and tools to monitor and manage forests, helping to reduce deforestation rates, particularly in protected areas and logging concessions[1][3][5].
- **Empowering Stakeholders**: The platform empowers a wide range of stakeholders, including local communities, policymakers, civil society organizations, and companies, to take action against deforestation and promote sustainable forest management[1][3][5].
- **Supporting Conservation and Policy**: GFW helps in strengthening community land rights, alerting authorities to illegal activities, and supporting policy decisions with data-driven insights[1][4][5].
- **Global Reach and Impact**: Over four million people worldwide use GFW, and it has supported projects in 30 countries, monitoring over 840 million hectares of forests and training over 6,000 people[4].
- **Promoting Transparency and Accountability**: The platform enhances transparency and accountability in forest management, which is crucial for holding governments and companies responsible for their impact on forests[3][5].