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Global Forest Watch Fires Story Map – An Inside Look

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Christina Nordling | Environment, Nonprofit/NGO, Story Map

Global Forest Watch (GFW) recently launched a new story map highlighting the functionality behind GFW Fires, an online platform for monitoring and responding to fires in Southeast Asia. The story map walks users through the platform and explains its growing role in the fight against land and forest fires. Created using ArcGIS Online and the Map Journal Builder, the story… Read More

GFW Commodities – Tools for Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Megan Gottfried | Environment, Nonprofit/NGO

A new initiative from the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) aims to shed light on how individual oil palm concessions affect forest information that can empower companies to manage their forests and supply chains more sustainably. Global Forest Watch-Commodities (GFW-Commodities), a new platform produced by Blue Raster combines the RSPO’s… Read More