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Near Real-Time Active Fire Data from NASA on WWF-SIGHT

We just added a new layer to WWF-SIGHT showing active fires around the World for the last 24, 48 hours. This data comes fromt the Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), which distributes...

Population Density of the World for 2015, and 2020...

We have just added on WWF-SIGHT a set of data layers showing estimates of human population density, based on...

Global Solar Power Potential Data Added to WWF-SIGHT

We have just added the Global Solar Atlas on to WWF-SIGHT. The Global Solar Atlas provides long-term averages of...

WWF-SIGHT is launched to the WWF-Network

The online development and environmental spatial data tool and approach – WWF-SIGHT – has now been officially launched to...

Tanzania to Extract Uranium in Africa’s Largest Conservancy

Allafrica.com reported that Tanzania has moved to speed up uranium extraction in Mkuju River in the Selous Game Reserve,...

Rapid Extractive Assessment in Namibia


Assessment of the potential impact of the extractive sector over protected areas in Namibia by analysing the latest spatial...

Indonesian government challenges another green group over freedom of...

The Indonesian government is going to the Supreme Court over an NGO’s freedom of information request for detailed maps...

The Integrated Resource Corridor (IRC) Initiative


The Integrated Resource Corridor (IRC) is a global initiative lead by WWF to support an integrated, inclusive and transparent...

Mtwara Development Corridor


The Ruvuma landscape is considered one of the largest and last great wilderness areas of Africa, hosting two...