1. Global Forest Watch

2. Growth of the Internet and other technologies New partnerships between businesses and environmental groups Citizens’ Groups

3. Frontier Forests 8,000 Years Ago

4. Frontier Forests Today

5. Low or no threat Medium or high threat Non frontier forests Unassessed for threat North American Frontiers

6. www.globalforestwatch.org A First Look at Logging in Gabon Canada’s Forests at a Crossroads: An Assessment in the Year 2000 An Overview of Logging in Cameroon

7. Central Africa Forests

8. No Data Central Africa Concessions

10. Cameroon in 1959

11. Cameroon in 1971

12. Cameroon in 1995

13. Today, 80% of Cameroon’s Unprotected Forests are in Logging Areas or Concessions Cameroon in 1999

14. Global Forest Watch promotes transparency and accountability.

15. Gabon Added Concessions Logging Concessions Logging concessions mapped by GFW Logging concessions mapped from other sources Land Cover Dense moist forest Secondary forest/rural complex Nonforest Water

17. Largest Timber Companies in Canada

18. Canada’s Original Forest Cover

19. Canada’s Converted Forests

20. Canada’s Fragmented and Cleared Forests

21. Ecological Limitations to Forestry in Canada Ecological Limitations No or slight ModerateSevereNonforest No data _____________________ Approximate commercial forest zone Protected areas (as recognized by World Wildlife Fund) Water

22. Global Forest Watch promotes accountability.

23. Of the logging concessions active in 1997–98... Logging Concessions in Cameroon

24. 20 licenses allocated under the old system were operating illegally... Cameroon Illegal Licenses

25. … and the legality of the allocation of 23 concessions under the new system is in question Cameroon Illegal Licenses

26. Global Forest Watch Finding Central and East Provinces, Cameroon 1 in 5 Cases Stopped by an “Influential Person” 13 — “intervention of an influential person” 11 — no proof 39 — other reasons

27. British Columbia Fines (in $CDN)

28. Canada First Nations Treaties & Settlements

29. www.globalforestwatch.org

34. Tracking Wood in Quebec’s Primary Forests

35. Who’s Using Global Forest Watch’s Information? y Non-governmental organizations y Governments y Wood products industries y Technology groups

36. Where Global Forest Watch Is

37. Where Global Forest Watch Is Going

38. How Global Forest Watch Will Make a Difference y Early Warning Monitoring y Disseminate information y Combine people and technology

39. The forests are on-line. www.globalforestwatch.org