... cut down, researchers are attempting what many thought was impossible -- restoring a tropical rain forest ecosystem. When the researchers planted worn-out cattle pastures in Costa Rica with a sampling ...
Species of small mammals in the rain forests of western Malaysia drink fermented palm nectar on a regular basis.
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a decree on Friday formally creating the Amazon Fund to fight deforestation of the world’s largest rain forest.
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a hunt for plants in the Amazon rain forest that have potential to be used for sustainable light-weight construction beams, electronic cases or other high-performance materials, ...
... location separately.
Once Symphonia reached its new home, it spread throughout the neotropical rain forests. By measuring genetic diversity between existing populations, Dick and coworker Myriam ...
... 's Department of Global Ecology presents new estimates of the global human impact on rain forests, including not only deforestation but also the extent of selective logging and forest regeneration. ...
With abandoned farms reverting to the forest, scientists are debating the urgency of saving the rain forest.
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 30 (UPI) -- Ecuador has protected the largest percentage of its share of the Amazon rain forest and Peru the least, a study indicates.
MAPUTO, Mozambique, June 27 (UPI) -- Mozambique has agreed to keep commercial interests out of a newly discovered pristine rain forest, environmentalists say.
Talk about an urban jungle: Cities store more carbon in their
trees, building materials, and dirt than do tropical rain forests,
according to "surprising" new research.
If the largest snake that ever lived were still slithering
today, it would feel right at home in South America's rain forests,
newfound fossils from the snake's ancient home reveal.
Vast swathes of "pristine" Amazon rain forest may actually have been sophisticated urban landscapes prior to the arrival of European colonists, anthropologists say.
Huge tracts of prehistoric rain forest that were ravaged by global warming more than 300 million years ago have been found preserved underground in the midwestern United States, according to ...
... of three specific kinds of disturbances in the Amazon. The $1 million dollar research will offer knowledge about the threats to people, plants & animals caused by deforestation & forest disturbances.
... forests from their desktops. The technology will rapidly advance deforestation and degradation mapping in Latin America, and will help rain forest nations better monitor their changing carbon budgets.
