Home › Entities › Organization › Global Forest Watch

Global Forest Watch

online platform that provides data and tools for monitoring forests
Organization Organization Q22677558

Facts

12 properties

Identity

Instance of
organization, IT project, website[2][3]
Official website
www.globalforestwatch.org[7]

Status and dates

Inception
1997[6]

Industry and activity

Product or material produced
GFW MapBuilder, Forest Watcher[9][10]

People

Founder
World Resources Institute[4]

Relations

Owned by
World Resources Institute[5]
More facts +6
Website
www.globalforestwatch.org
Founded by
World Resources Institute
Library of congress authority id
no00061814
Main subject
deforestation[8]
Viaf id
128115098
‎yale lux id
group/d0a0eb3e-a1af-4307-84c8-600e70658279
🏷️ Also known as
en GFW en Global Forest Watch en globalforestwatch.org en World Resources Institute. Global Forest Watch (Organization)‏ fr GFW fr World Resources Institute. Global Forest Watch (Organization) ru Всемирный Лесной Дозор zh 全球森林观察
🔖 Identifiers · 8
VIAF cluster ID
128115098
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no00061814
GND ID
1214270654
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Globalforestwatch.org, world map screenshot, 2015.png ↗
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11104169
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11bwp1s2r0
National Library of Chile ID
000279015
Yale LUX ID
group/d0a0eb3e-a1af-4307-84c8-600e70658279

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
website, organization
Product or material produced 2
Forest Watcher, GFW MapBuilder
← Creator 2
Forest Watcher, GFW MapBuilder
Founder 1
World Resources Institute
Main subject 1
deforestation
Owned by 1
World Resources Institute
← Described by source 1
deforestation
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Global Forest Watch is an organization[1].

Related Entities

Forest Watcher GFW MapBuilder organization website

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . globalforestwatch.org. Retrieved . globalforestwatch.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wri.org. Retrieved . wri.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Global Forest Watch. Retrieved November 8, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/global-forest-watch
MLA “Global Forest Watch.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 8 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/global-forest-watch.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_global-forest-watch_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Global Forest Watch}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/global-forest-watch}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-08}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Global Forest Watch — https://4ort.xyz/entity/global-forest-watch (retrieved 2026-11-08)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/global-forest-watch · Last refreshed: