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Tag: Tropical Forests

A student measures the circumference of a Funtumia Africana in a forest reserve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR

6 guiding principles for successful restoration of tropical forest landscapes

Top forestry research organizations issue guidelines for scaling up tropical forest restoration with multiple benefits for stakeholders.

 
A worker shells Brazil nuts in Peru. Marco Simola, CIFOR

Food for thought: how tropical tree foods can nurture both health and restoration

A new study highlights the wide-ranging benefits of sustainably sourced tropical tree foods for your health, the planet and food producers

 
Con el 5 % de toda la biodiversidad de la Tierra, el Cerrado es uno de los ecosistemas tropicales más ricos y cubre el 21 % del Brasil. Carlos Ebert, Flickr

The Brazilian Cerrado: the upside-down forest on the frontlines of agriculture

Welcome to the Brazilian Cerrado, the wettest savanna on Earth that holds around 5% of the world's biodiversity.

 
Araucarias grow in Argentina. Mariano Mantel, Flickr

Araucariaceae: the ancient giants that are the world’s rarest trees

Mapping the few remaining habitats of the Araucariaceae tree family, whose species have survived more than 200 million years.

 
Raíces de los bosques de manglares a lo largo de la costa en el Parque Nacional de Bali Occidental en Indonesia. La nación archipiélago alberga casi un cuarto de todos los manglares del mundo. Aulia Erlangga, CIFOR

Mangrove forests: the muddy mazes that stash carbon and hide secrets

The benefits of mangrove forests are often overlooked, despite the fact that they're some of the most biodiverse and carbon-rich landscapes on Earth.

 
The monsoon forests of the Western Ghats in India. Navaneeth Kishor, Flickr

Monsoon forests: the tropics’ little-known lands of extremes

The dwelling grounds of jade, amber, elephants and teak, monsoon forests are the world's most threatened major forest type.

 

Forgotten Forests

Landscape News' Forgotten Forests series explores the planet’s most precious – yet neglected – tropical forests, and why they must be remembered.

 
At the foothills of the Atewa Forest. Ahtziri Gonzalez, CIFOR

Yes, Ghana should mine bauxite, but not in critical ecosystems like Atewa Forest

A lawsuit against the West African government over the Atewa Forest landscape elucidates the need to balance development and biodiversity.

 
New insights on the tropical rainforests of Vanuatu are being made by scientists combining archaeological research methods, such as examining phytoliths, with modern forestry. Claire Cousergue, Flickr

What ancient teeth can reveal about the past lives of forests

Archaeological findings on prehistoric human teeth, and the phytoliths therein, prove under-examined lens into prehistoric land use.

 
Fruit, vegetable and meat consumption were used to determine quality of household diet in a recent study that looked at how forests can help fight hidden hunger. Ollivier Girard, CIFOR

In the tropics, forests can help fight hidden hunger

A lack of micronutrients in diets is an issue known as “hidden hunger." Forests can help this, but only if carefully integrated with local realities.

 
West Kalimantan tropical forest

What to think of California’s new Tropical Forest Standard

Tropical forests are vital to limiting global warming – and California's controversial Tropical Forest Standard aims at keeping them in place.

 
The UNFCCC Climate Change conference, known as COP 25, will be held in Madrid. Michael Hirst, Flickr

Meatless meat, the next oil glut and a big win for Extinction Rebellion

In this bi-weekly digest: COP 25 moves to Madrid, Italy teaches climate change to kids, and why the Paris agreement pledges aren’t enough.

 

Birds find sanctuary in old-growth neighborhoods

Old growth attracts biodiversity

 

Study finds climate, biodiversity at risk from tropical forest fragmentation

Increasing carbon emissions risk

 

Good news on rain forests: they bounce back strong, storing more carbon than thought

When you cut and burn a tropical forest, you’re left with a barren plain of cracked red mud, incapable of supporting life – the opposite of the teeming, hyperdiverse array of life that was destroyed. Once the trees are gone, the nutrients wash away and the soil degrades into a dense, brick-like layer so hardened […]

 

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