A new study published in Nature Communications has found that 17.31% of tropical tree cover—an area spanning 395.9 million ...

The Tropical Forest Forever Facility, an initiative supported by the BRICS nations, aims to reward countries for preserving their forests. This presents a significant opportunity for African nations, ...

The tropical rain forest : an ecological study by Richards, Paul W. (Paul Westmacott) Publication date 1996 Topics Rain forest ecology Publisher Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press ...

In a study published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the ...

Brazil plans to launch an international fund to finance the protection of tropical forests at the next UN Climate Change ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 4 (Reuters) - China has signaled to the Brazilian government that it will invest in the Tropical Forests ...

Background The inaugural State of the Tropics Report was launched on 29 June 2014, as the culmination of a collaboration between twelve leading tropical research institutions.

New research reveals that thunderstorms - not just drought or heat - are a major cause of rising tree deaths in tropical ...

The course brings students directly into the heart of the dynamic interactions between coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass ...

Around 252 million years ago, life on Earth suffered its most catastrophic blow to date: a mass extinction event known as the “Great Dying” that wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long ...

Lightning-laced micro-storms may fell more rainforest giants than dryness or heat, forcing a rethink of forest-management ...

By Luke Snyder and Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — An area of stormy weather in the open Atlantic Ocean between Bermuda and the Azores became Tropical Storm Andrea on Tuesday morning, the first of ...