diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2297ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches: main
+
+name: Quarto Publish
+
+jobs:
+  build-deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+
+      - name: Setup r2u
+        uses: eddelbuettel/github-actions/r2u-setup@master
+
+      - name: Package Dependencies
+        run: Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("mapme.biodiversity", "leaflet.extras", "leaflet", "ggplot2", "sf", "exactextractr", "landscapemetrics", "plotly"))'
+
+      - name: Set up Quarto
+        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
+
+      - name: Check out repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Render and Publish
+        uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/publish@v2
+        with:
+          target: gh-pages
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2655eaa..8a02cd2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 /.quarto/
 /docs/
-interactive-deforestation-map_files
+interactive-deforestation-map_files
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diff --git a/_quarto.yml b/_quarto.yml
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index 0000000..39cb3f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_quarto.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+project:
+  type: website
+  output-dir: docs
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