Dec 2024 stats on deforestation in the Congo
Just some boring monitoring, not much research done here because we are depressed
Democratic Republic of the Congo
A total of 152160 GLAD deforestation and 47877 VIIRS fire alerts were reported in the month of December 2024. This is a high level of deforestation and fire compared to previous years.
1,600 alerts were in protected areas.
17,000 alerts were in intact forest.
75,000 alerts were in primary forest.
6,300 alerts were in peatlands.
65 fire alerts were in intact forest.
2,800 alerts were in primary forest.
NO fire alerts in protected areas.
Republic of the Congo
A total of 14849 GLAD deforestation and 836 VIIRS fire alerts were reported in the month of December 2024. This is high compared to the same time last year.
4,800 deforestation alerts were in protected areas.
1,700 deforestation alerts were in intact forest.
8,600 deforestation alerts were in primary forest
1,500 deforestation alerts were in peatlands.
NO fire alerts in protected areas.
2 fire alerts in intact forest.
191 fire alerts in primary forest.
Statistics obtained from Global Forest Watch
Here are some peer-reviewed articles on deforestation in the DRC that I was too depressed to read.