an essential ecosystem function for mitigating climate change. Therefore, just as forest protection and restoration can support top predator recovery "bottom-up," large carnivore conservation ...

Backed by a coalition of influential funders, including Bank of America, the Central Africa Forest Initiative, the Good ...

Says cannot engage in reckless exploitation of natural resources, must restrict ourselves to what is minimally required The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February ...

In the heart of the Congo Basin, the Republic of Congo protects ... facilitated the inclusion of the 95 sq km forest, home to critically endangered western lowland gorillas to the park. On February 10 ...

The Amazon and Congo Basin, the world’s largest tropical rainforests, are vital for climate resilience, biodiversity and global emissions reduction. But they face growing threats from deforestation ...

This is why connecting lowland rainforests to the highland forests is necessary for wildlife to escape, Whitworth added. “Those are the climate lifeboats,” he said, citing a 2019 paper that ...

Many forest reserves in southern Cameroon, despite being highly degraded and fragmented, harbor significant biodiversity. A recent study using camera traps in two such forest reserves captured the ...

If deforestation and forest degradation continue unchecked, at least 27 percent of the undisturbed rainforests in the Congo ...

Forests like the Tonto are at risk as climate change increases the chances of wildfires and as invasive species spread. But citizen scientists like Mr. Pike are working to reduce fire and heat ...