As forests continue to be cleared and forested landscapes degraded by human activity, their loss can significantly affect the ...

Deforestation can also directly influence the weather. For example, removing trees in tropical regions can reduce rainfall because it changes the way water vapor forms over the forest canopy.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — 2024 was a brutal year for the Amazon rainforest, with rampant wildfires and extreme drought ravaging large parts of a biome that’s a critical counterweight to climate change.

An Indonesian government plan to clear forests spanning an area twice the size of South Korea for food and biofuel crops has ...

And those fires contributed to deforestation ... to finance new strategies to protect the world’s largest tropical rainforest,” Ebus said. Ebus said Amazon countries need to cooperate more ...

A research team has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems. The results demonstrate that logging ...

Understanding how different aspects of tropical forests are affected by logging and conversion to oil palm plantations ... "We were really surprised by the huge variability in how different facets of ...

And those fires contributed to deforestation ... forward to finance new strategies to protect the world's largest tropical rainforest," Ebus said. Ebus said Amazon countries need to cooperate ...

Even with a small footprint, over 200 million people live within 10 kilometers of mangrove forests. Mangroves are directly protecting 3. 5 million people from the impacts of climate change, including ...

And those fires contributed to deforestation ... to finance new strategies to protect the world’s largest tropical rainforest,” Ebus said. Ebus said Amazon countries need to cooperate more ...

Global deforestation remains a pressing concern, but in Indonesia, home to the world’s third-largest tropical rainforest, deforestation rates remain below their peak from 8–10 years ago, despite chall ...

Responses of tropical tree seedlings to nutrient addition: a meta-analysis to understand future changes in tropical forest dynamics. Current Forestry Reports.