The tiny golden-tipped bat roosts in the nests of rainforest birds. But high intensity extreme fires can increasingly reach into their unburnt sanctuaries.
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Articles on Rainforests
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A 50-year experiment shows warmer, ‘thirstier’ air may have cut the lifespan of Queensland’s tropical trees in half since the 1980s.
Literary texts are useful for environmental communication and can deal with the complexity of climate change.
The best way to experience a rainforest canopy is by crane - and researchers have made full use of Australia’s first canopy crane.
Land grabs spearheaded by wealthy interests are accelerating deforestation, and Brazil’s National Congress is working to legitimize them.
The decline of forest creatures like the Chapman’s chameleon are warning signs that forests are losing integrity.
Most of Madagascar’s conservation and research projects are conceptualised and funded from abroad.
Even if they can’t save us from climate change, society still depends on forests.
Scientists in Malaysia monitored a forest for 20 years after deforestation.
But with chimps now endangered, we risk losing their forest-rebuilding abilities.
Massive study looked at more than half a million trees in 813 forests across the tropics.
A new study finds 70% of Amazonian dung beetles were killed by the severe fire and droughts of 2015 to 2016. By spreading seeds and poop, dung beetles fertilize forests and aid regrowth of vegetation.
Scientists behind a major new study explain how they discovered these forests are becoming less able to sequester carbon.
New research shows that slowing deforestation is the most essential step for saving Madagascar’s lemurs, and can help protect them against the longer-term threat of climate change.
Reversing the damage from fires in Brazil’s rainforest is not as simple as allowing trees to grow back. Decades of research shows how fires degrade their long-term health and utility.
As deforestation rates in Brazil rise, it’s worth asking whether the country can repeat the successes of the last decade. Current trends don’t bode well.
Restoring tropical rainforests is good for the climate, wild species and humans. But where to start? A new study pinpoints locations that will maximize benefits and minimize negative impacts.
Brazil’s president-elect wants to roll back environmental laws, saying they hurt rural growth. But preventing Amazonian deforestation has actually made farmland more productive.
Conservationists scaled the sheer cliffs of Mount Lico as part of wider effort to build the case for the protection of Mozambique’s mountain forests.
It’s important to be wary of planting trees in places where none exist, or where there are significant water constraints.
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Adjunct Associate Professor James Cook University and University Fellow Charles Darwin University, James Cook University
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Professor of Global Change Science at University of Leeds and, UCL
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Professor, James Cook University
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Professor, Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change, James Cook University, Australia., James Cook University
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Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Conservation Director, Wildlife Ecologist and Microbiologist at the African Conservation Foundation. Lecturer and board member at the Institute of Biodiversity and Non-Profit Studies, University of Buea
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Lecturer in Statistical Ecology, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Honorary fellow, University of York
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Professor of Latin American Studies and Geography, University of Florida
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Professor, The University of Melbourne
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Master of University House and Professor of Forestry, Australian National University
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Senior Research Associate, School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral fellow, Decision Science, The University of Queensland
