During year 2022, the JRC-TMF dataset on tropical moist forests reports a 14.9% increase in forest disturbances in the Pan-Amazon region compared to year 2021 (35,480 km2...
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Today is the International Day of the Tropics, the UN day dedicated to celebrating the extraordinary diversity of the tropics. It is also an opportunity to highlight the challenges and opportunities that nations in this rapidly changing...
Tropical deforestation for land conversion to agriculture is a known problem. Through a novel method which maps changes in biodiversity in production areas, researchers have highlighted the impacts...
Thousands of consumer products around the world contain ingredients obtained from wild plants. Wild harvest accounts for some or all the harvest of the great majority of plant species...
This academic article by A. Balmford and T. Whitten (2003) compares the spatial distribution of the costs and benefits of tropical biodiversity conservation. It concludes that the funding gap should...
The diversity and structure of plant communities are valuable indicators for assessing landscape quality. Land-use change is one of the main factors considered to affect and have the strongest impacts...