An area of forest the size of India will be lost by 2050 unless carbon pricing and anti-deforestation policies are put in place.
Environment
Dec 20, 2017
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Forests cover 31 percent of Earth's land mass—for now, anyway.
Environment
Dec 12, 2017
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Deforested areas of the Amazon Basin have a limited ability to recover because of recent changes in climate, a study shows.
Environment
Nov 15, 2017
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A new, cutting-edge approach to measuring changes in aboveground forest carbon density has helped scientists determine that widespread deforestation, degradation and disturbance has caused tropical forests to now emit more ...
Environment
Sep 28, 2017
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The past few decades have seen the rise of global incentive programs offering payments to landowners to help reduce tropical deforestation. Until now, assessments of these programs have largely overlooked decreases in forest ...
Environment
Aug 2, 2017
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A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has recently completed a global study on the trade-offs between the benefits provided by tropical forests and its conversion for agricultural use. The ...
Environment
Jul 27, 2017
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Deforestation has historically been the price of development, but the world is now going through a forest transition; since 2015, there has been net global reforestation.
Environment
Jun 2, 2017
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With rain forests at risk the world over, a new collaboration is equipping conservationists with the tools to predict and plan for future forest loss.
Ecology
May 25, 2017
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International demand for commodity crops like cocoa is putting increasing pressure on tropical forests in sub-Saharan Africa, according to new research.
Environment
Apr 4, 2017
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Only a small share of Congolese villagers is the driving force behind most of the deforestation. They're not felling trees to feed their families, but to increase their quality of life. These findings are based on fieldwork ...
Environment
Oct 21, 2016
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