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Global Forest Watch (GFW)
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Free open-access web platform for forest monitoring operated by the World Resources Institute. Aggregates and distributes the major tropical deforestation alert datasets (GLAD-L, GLAD-S2, RADD, DIST-ALERT, JJ-FAST), the annual Hansen Global Forest Change baseline, and many additional layers including primary forest masks, protected-area boundaries, commodity concession data, and tree-cover-loss attribution. Launched as GFW 2.0 in 2014; over 9 million users to date. Companion enterprise platform GFW Pro provides subscription-based commodity supply chain due diligence; companion mobile app Forest Watcher provides offline field validation.
Global Forest Watch (GFW) is a free, open-access web platform for near-real-time forest monitoring, operated by the World Resources Institute. Launched as GFW 2.0 in 2014, the platform has accumulated over 9 million users.[1]
GFW aggregates and distributes the major tropical deforestation alert datasets (GLAD-L, GLAD-S2, RADD, DIST-ALERT, and JJ-FAST) fused into an integrated 10 m confidence-tiered alert layer.[2] It also provides the annual Hansen Global Forest Change tree-cover-loss baseline (produced by the University of Maryland with Google, USGS, and NASA), primary forest and intact forest landscape masks, biome and tree-cover layers, commodity-driven loss attribution (Curtis et al. 2018 typology), protected area and indigenous lands boundaries, and commodity concession overlays.[3]
The platform supports map-based exploration, time-series charts, area statistics, and downloadable data exports. Two companion tools extend its reach: GFW Pro, a subscription-based enterprise platform for commodity supply-chain due diligence, and Forest Watcher, a mobile app for offline field validation.
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- [1]Global Forest Watch platform homeoperator marketing2026-05-25
- [2]Global Forest Watch integrated deforestation alerts metadataoperator engineering2026-05-25
- [3]Global Forest Watch initiative, World Resources Instituteoperator marketing2026-05-25