Brazil is proposing a fund that would pay countries to protect tropical forests that are crucial to curbing climate change.

"We sustainably manage our forests, land and sea, because our livelihood depends on them," Prime Minister James Marape told ...

Such forestry-standards groups were born in the 1990s out of rage over tropical rainforest destruction. Today, they put their leafy seals of approval on toilet paper, two-by-fours and other wood ...

Large areas of tropical forests have been cleared due to a complex set of causes which vary by region; these include clearing forest for pasture to graze cattle, logging for wood exports ...

Tree stems in tropical forests recovering from logging produce carbon dioxide at a greater rate than those in unlogged forests, according to a new study from the University of Leicester.

President Lazarus Chakwera has backed efforts by the World Conservation Society, International Conservation Caucus Foundation ...

European scientists studying tropical forests in Asia, Africa and South America found that farm and road expansions ... Fires were generally more destructive than selective logging. Still, impacts ...

Recovering tropical forests offset just a quarter of carbon emissions generated each year by logging, wildfire and land clearing, new research has found. The study, led by University of Bristol ...

Utilize genomic data to select tree species that are highly resilient to climate change In this study, we are focusing on six tree species that are suitable for tropical forest regeneration and social ...

As indicated in the introductory chapter to this book, knowledge of tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF) occurrence, biodiversity, hydrology, and ecological functioning has increased considerably ...