Threats to precious tropical forest are rising - from record fires in 2024 to expanding extractive industries and aid cuts. RFUK’s tech tools, like ForestEye, enable local and Indigenous communities to respond to these threats and protect their forest home.
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Tropical forests face mounting threats, from record-breaking fires in 2024 – nearly double the rate of 2023 - to expanding extractive industries and shrinking foreign aid budgets. These pressures are accelerating deforestation and climate change, endangering biodiversity and undermining Indigenous rights. Proven, community-led and tech-enabled solutions exist and must be scaled up to protect these vital ecosystems.
RFUK’s ForestEye is a new tool providing high-resolution, near-real-time deforestation data to support local monitors. Integrated with our existing community forest monitoring tool ForestLink, it helps communities detect threats, track changes, gather evidence and protect forests more effectively. Easy to use, it works even in isolated areas with poor connectivity and is currently being successfully piloted by frontline forest defenders in the Peruvian Amazon.
