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Understanding the economic value of rainforests and conserving them will enable greener and more inclusive economies, leading to a more sustainable world.
The Amazon rainforest is losing its ability to recover from repeated disturbances, according to a new study. Three-quarters of the Amazon is suffering in this way, mostly in regions close to human activity or with less rainfall. The rainforest appears to be approaching a tipping point, at which point it will begin to degrade into a savanna-like ecosystem, one researcher says.
With the rainforest’s future hanging in the balance, scientists have drawn up a 10-point plan to help save the Amazon.
The Tongass National Forest in North America is now protected - a vital step in combatting the climate crisis and biodiversity loss, says a biology professor.
Rainforest Alliance is committed to the protection of ecosystems and the people and wildlife that depend on them by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behaviour.
Years of unchecked logging laid waste to two-thirds of Costa Rica’s tree canopy, leaving its tropical rainforests facing an uncertain future. But the trees have returned and the resurrected forests support a thriving eco-tourism industry. Towards the middle of the 20th century, indigenous woodland – predominantly tropical rainforest – covered all but a quarter of the country. But then ...
Rainforests are crucial in the fight against climate change. But deforestation remains a significant threat as the global demand for food continues to rise.
These rest periods, known as “rotations”, should theoretically allow the forest to recover the stock of harvested timber. But our data shows that, in reality, these resting periods are vastly underestimated. It is estimated that 400 million hectares of these tropical rainforests are currently given over to timber production.
A healthy forest ecosystem sucks in CO2 and keeps other climate-forcing factors in relative balance. But in the Amazon, where forests have faced increased logging, mining, dam construction, and clearing for agricultural (typically using fire), the system is drying and degrading. One study found that the amount of aboveground plant tissue in the ...
Indigenous communities in Colombia have long protected the Amazon rainforest - from re-growing forest areas to looking at nature as having its own rights.