Special status fails to protect forests from illegal tree loss
Protected forests in developing nations are losing large numbers of trees and creating significant carbon emissions, despite their special status.
Environment
Apr 27, 2017
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Conservation works: Forests for water in eastern Amazonia
Brazil's 'arc of deforestation' accounted for 85% of all Amazon deforestation from 1996 to 2005. Although deforestation rates have dropped considerably since 2005, the forests of the southeastern Amazon remain vulnerable ...
Environment
Mar 23, 2015
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Ants plant tomorrow's rainforest
Tropical montane rain forests are highly threatened and their remnants are often surrounded by deforested landscapes. For the regeneration of these degraded areas, seed dispersal of forest trees plays a crucial role but is ...
Ecology
Mar 20, 2014
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How to tackle the global deforestation crisis
Imagine if France, Germany and Spain were completely blanketed in forests—and then all those trees were quickly chopped down. That's nearly the amount of deforestation that occurred globally between 2001 and 2020, with ...
Environment
Sep 19, 2023
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Measuring how effectively protected areas in Amazonia fight deforestation
While tropical forests remain threatened and their future is uncertain, the importance of understanding how well individual protected areas avoid deforestation increases. Researchers from the University of Turku and University ...
Ecology
Jul 16, 2021
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