The Amazon in Crisis: New Study Reveals Alarming Extent of Human Impact
A new study recently published in Science reveals that the Amazon rainforest has been damaged to a much greater extent than previously thought, with over…
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New Study: Half of Replanted Tropical Trees Don’t Survive
A new study has found that, on average, about half of the trees planted in tropical and sub-tropical forest restoration efforts do not survive for…
Poorly Defined Land Rights Increase Deforestation Rates
Poorly defined land rights increase deforestation, but private land rights must be combined with strict environmental policies. Tropical deforestation causes widespread degradation of biodiversity and…
Lost South American Wildflower “Extinctus” Not Extinct After All – “Was It Really That Easy?”
Scientific names get chosen for lots of reasons — they can honor an important person, or hint at what an organism looks like or where…
Deforestation Impacts Go Far Beyond Carbon: Range of Biophysical Factors Are Changed
Deforestation in the tropics is an even more important factor in the climate cycle than previously thought —including changes in the circulation of heat and…
Forest Loss in India “Worse Than Feared” Due to Climate Change
Forest loss from temperature and rainfall alterations adding to deforestation issue. Forest loss in India could become an even bigger problem than anticipated in the…
Deforestation Has Doubled Risk of Flash Flooding in Fast-Growing West African Coastal Cities
Study shows storm frequency has doubled in the region in 30 years, mostly linked to land-use change. The frequency of thunderstorms in some fast-growing African…
Timing Is Everything: Stanford Research Reveals Why the Right Sequence of Policies Is Critical To Slow Deforestation
Knowing the steps is not the same thing as knowing how to dance. Similarly, policy interventions to stop deforestation are most effective when enacted in…
Consuming Wild Meat Instead of Domesticated Livestock Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Consuming sustainably sourced wild meat instead of domesticated livestock reduces greenhouse gas emissions and retains precious tropical forest systems, which in turn mitigates the effects…
Big Differences Exposed Among Amazonian Countries in Their Rates of Forest Recovery As Well as Deforestation
Amazonian regions that have undergone the most extensive deforestation and have the greatest potential for large-scale forest recovery currently have the lowest levels of recovery….
New Index Ranks Rainforests’ Vulnerability to Climate and Human Impacts
A new index shows that the world’s rainforests are responding differently to threats like a warming climate and deforestation. Scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
Disappearing Forests and Wetlands in Belize Unmasked by NASA Satellite
Using NASA satellite images and machine learning, researchers with The University of Texas at Austin have mapped changes in the landscape of northwestern Belize over…
Formal “Protected Area” Designation Reduces the Rate of Deforestation but Does Not Prevent It
A survey of more than 18,000 land parcels spanning 2 million square miles across 63 countries shows that a “protected area” designation reduces the rate…
Deforestation in Bolivia Spied From Space Satellite
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features an area in the Santa Cruz Department of Bolivia, where part of the tropical dry forest has been cleared for…
Deforestation Adds More Atmospheric CO2 Than the Sum Total of Cars & Trucks on the World’s Roads
Deforestation in tropical rainforests adds more carbon dioxide to the Earth’s atmosphere than the sum total of cars and trucks on the world’s roads. Cars…
Survey of Brazil’s Atlantic Forests Reveals Loss of Key Species
According to a new survey of Brazil’s Atlantic forests, mammal extinctions are occurring at least twice as fast as previous estimates suggested. Jaguars, lowland tapirs,…
Reliance on Satellite Data Blamed for Overestimation of India’s Forest Cover
India’s official forest surveys indicate that the country’s 1.2 billion people are managing to preserve its rich forests, even in the face of growing demands…
Humans Implicated in Africa’s Deforestation 3,000 Years Ago
A new study published in the journal Science suggests that humans might have played a significant part in the sudden deforestation of rainforests from Central…
