April 21 (UPI) --The dense tropical rainforest of Central Africa occupies more than 500 million acres, making it the second largest in the world.The belt of moist broadleaf forests hosts hundreds ...

An international study found that intact tropical mountain (or montane) forests in Africa store around 150 tons of carbon per hectare. This means that keeping a hectare of forest standing saves ...

A new study shows a 10% increase in tropical rainforest loss in 2022 — a troubling sign as the global community struggles to meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement. That’s the ...

BRASILIA – Humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover, new data reveals – raising alarm that a key natural buffer against climate c… ...

In central Africa, meanwhile, forests are seeing greater water loss and higher temperature increases than Asia. But the Congo as a whole, for the moment, remains mostly intact.

Rainforest nations in Africa and Asia join Amazon summit to discuss its preservation. Summit leaders signed a declaration Tuesday in Brazil laying out economic development plans while preventing ...

Tropical Rainforest Vulnerability Index May Help Conserve Them . The goal is for it to provide an early warning for areas under the greatest threat.

The risk to life in the rainforest is a serious one and danger sometimes comes from unexpected quarters. In 2023, for example, over 8,000 people died in the Amazon due to the "escalating violence ...

Countries that are home to rainforest and peatland vital to limiting climate change want easier access to sovereign carbon credits, a financial scheme to reward them for preserving their ...

If the Amazon is the lungs of the world, then the Congo basin is its beating heart. This vast region in central Africa is home to the world’s second-largest – and most pristine – tropical ...

Record-breaking forest loss in 2024: Tropical primary rainforest loss surged to 6.7 million hectares—nearly double the previous year—driven primarily by fire for the first time on record.

BRASILIA • Humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world's original tropical rainforest cover, new data reveals - raising alarm that a key natural buffer against climate ...