“A rainforest can spring up in one to three years — it can be brushy and hard to walk through,” said Matthew Fagan, a ...

They are essential for nutrient recycling and are associated with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, vital for the functioning of trees. Famous for their ability to destroy wood, no one would think of saving ...

During the country’s decades-long civil war, the dense rainforest of Guaviare province provided ideal cover for FARC’s kidnapping and cocaine operations (the French-Colombian politician Ingrid ...

#BREAKING: I’m pleased to announce that the work to re-open access to the Hoh Rain Forest will be complete this week. We will formally re-open the road at noon on Thursday, May 8. More details ...

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Before the late ‘80s, most people didn’t really think about the rainforest; the concept of such a place hadn’t yet entered into the public consciousness. When people thought about dense ...

The effect is that about 10,000 acres of rainforest are being destroyed daily, which is ultimately impacting weather patterns ...

and these practices in particular could save millions of acres of rain forest every year. Sustainable-logging regimes that selectively cull trees rather than clear-cut them Encouraging people who ...

Here are three straightforward ways you could help save our rainforests: 1) Thinking about what you buy - make sure it is responsibly sourced. 2) Do not waste anything - do not throw away ...

and fires across the rainforest are set to be at least as bad as the ones seen in 2019. Here, we meet two women – Marisela Silva Parra and Chela Elena Umire – working to save the region for ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Tropical rainforests lie along the equator, mainly between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn. Rainforests have ...