Depending on the methods used, the measurement of forest carbon can vary by as much as 100%.
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It might seem counterintuitive to suggest timber harvesting when the goal is to restore forests, but that gives landholders the economic incentive to protect and manage forests over time.
We argue for an orderly transition from ‘timber mining’ to managed forestry in the tropics. Here’s a five-step plan to improve forest fates, with benefits for the climate, biodiversity and people.
Rubber plantations are replacing forests, particularly in tropical regions.
The results could indicate populations of more typical prey in southern Mexico are shrinking.
We need to urgently reform the way forest conservation is measured and sold as a way to offset emissions.
In recent years, Indonesia has slashed the rate of deforestation. That’s why this new crackdown on researchers is so surprising.
Calling the Amazon “the lungs of the world” overlooks the forest’s vital role in the water cycle.
More than 60% of global intact forest loss is unrelated to farming, our research shows
Climate change is a huge threat to Madagascar’s four forest types – urgent action is needed to ensure they don’t disappear completely.
New research shows how hydropower is linked to extinctions.
Militias mete out violence far from the centres of power – but their dirty work is politically useful.
Tropical forests are one of humanity’s best hopes for slowing climate change.
Many see carbon markets as key to channelling billions of dollars into reducing carbon emissions and protecting forests, but they also put the well-being of communities at risk.
Fussy about moisture and temperature, ferns are excellent indicators of environmental change.
While species are and will be affected everywhere by climate change, those already living in a warm climate will reach their tolerance threshold faster.
As governments and corporations pledge to help the planet by planting trillions of trees, a new study spotlights an effective, low-cost alternative: letting tropical forests regrow naturally.
New study compared sites with similar distances from cities and population densities.
More than 100 world leaders have pledged to end the destruction of forests by 2030 as a way to slow climate change. That will require changing how the world produces four widely used commodities.
World leaders are slowly learning from decades of failure on tropical forest conservation.
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor of Conservation Science, Bangor University
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds, UCL
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Honorary fellow, University of York
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Professor of Conservation Science, Lancaster University
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Professor Emerita of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
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Research scientist working on savanna and forest distribution, Université de Montréal
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Emeritus Professor of Biotechnology, University of South Wales
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Reader, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Associated Researcher, Biology, Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Research Institute
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PhD candidate, Earth System Science, Stanford University
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Soil Scientist, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
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Postdoctoral Researcher, TROPIBIO Project, Universidade do Porto
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Directeur du GIP ECOFOR, chercheur en sciences forestières, Inrae
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Lecturer, Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University
