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Image by Dinesh Valke via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Freeing trees of their liana load can boost carbon sequestration in tropical forests

Mark Hillsdon 1 Feb 2024
Along the Via Auca, it is common to find patches of deforested land that will later be planted with agricultural or agroforestry crops.

Oil palm and balsa plantations trigger deforestation in Ecuadorian Amazon

Ana Cristina Alvarado 8 Aug 2023

Young forests can help heal tropical aquatic ecosystems: Study

Aimee Gabay 19 Nov 2021

Remnant forests struggle to survive amid oil palm plantations, study shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Sep 2021

Forest restoration, not just halting deforestation, vital to Amazon

Sarah Sax 22 Jul 2020

For Mexico’s forgotten cloud forests, sustainability and protection are key

Thelma Gómez Durán 3 Mar 2020

Carbon uptake slower than expected in Amazon secondary forest: Study

Liz Kimbrough 5 Feb 2020

Brazil to receive first-ever results-based REDD+ payment, but concerns remain

Sarah Sax 1 Mar 2019

New study finds young forests have a huge climate impact

Morgan Erickson-Davis 26 Feb 2019
Rainforest on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula. Photo by Rhett Butler.

Secondary forests in Costa Rica are re-cleared within decades

Rodrigo Pérez Ortega 7 Dec 2018

Fire fundamentally alters carbon dynamics in the Amazon

John Cannon 12 Oct 2018

Scientists urge greater protection of Brazil’s secondary forests

Morgan Erickson-Davis 4 Oct 2018

The diversity of biodiversity: Connecting shrews, ants and slime molds with carbon storage

Joshua Parfitt 14 Jun 2018

Bornean bantengs feeling the heat in logged forests, study finds

Mongabay.com 20 Apr 2018

Sarawak makes 80% forest preservation commitment, but some have doubts

Morgan Erickson-Davis 12 Mar 2018

Oil palm, rubber could trigger ‘storm’ of deforestation in the Congo Basin

John Cannon 12 Mar 2018

Bornean bearded pigs seen adapting to oil palm habitats, study finds

Basten Gokkon 6 Mar 2018

Estonia’s trees: Valued resource or squandered second chance?

Rachel Fritts 20 Oct 2017

Orangutans find home in degraded forests

John Cannon 24 Jul 2017

Secondary forests offer big opportunity to fight global warming

Mike Gaworecki 12 Feb 2016

Regrown rainforests degrade after farm-fallow cycles take hold

Jonathan Galka 23 Sep 2015

Protecting rainforests could sequester equivalent of a third of global emissions annually

Rhett A. Butler 13 Jun 2014

Leftover trees enhance the biodiversity of new forests

Nicholas Barrett 18 Mar 2014

The next best thing: how well do secondary forests preserve biodiversity?

Bobbie Edwards 23 Jan 2014

Tree islands more effective way to replant the world’s forests

Dr Liz Kimbrough 9 Jan 2014

Still hope for tropical biodiversity in human modified landscapes

Dr Liz Kimbrough 9 Apr 2013

Rodents have lowest diversity in primary forests in the Congo

Jeremy Hance 17 Sep 2012

Tink frog calls allow researchers to measure population

Jeremy Hance 19 Mar 2012

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