Articles for Tropical Forests

Cooking oils and sustainability
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Cooking oils and sustainability

Salon  

For most people, choosing a cooking oil depends on taste preferences, intended use or health considerations. Richly flavored oils like extra virgin olive oil or unrefined coconut oil are best saved for uses where that flavor shines through, while more refined options, like canola, are useful for things like frying, inclusion in baked goods, or other times you don’t want …

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Poor neighborhood in Peru’s Amazon region hosts film festival celebrating tropical forests
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Poor neighborhood in Peru’s Amazon region hosts film festival celebrating tropical forests

Associated Press  

BELÉN, Peru — In the heart of Peru’s Amazon region, a poor neighborhood put aside the trials and tribulations of everyday life and celebrated an international film festival with works from countries with tropical forests. Residents watch a film from boats during the Muyuna Floating Film Festival, showcasing films from countries with tropical forests, in the Belen neighborhood of Iquitos, …

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As rainforests worldwide disappear, burn and degrade, a summit to protect them opens in Brazzaville
1 year, 1 month ago

As rainforests worldwide disappear, burn and degrade, a summit to protect them opens in Brazzaville

Associated Press  

Leaders from countries with the largest tropical forest basins are meeting in the Republic of Congo Thursday to work together to protect the forests from deforestation and destruction. Arlette Soudan-Nonault, Republic of Congo’s environment minister, said the summit is a chance “to set in motion an historic movement and to initiate cooperation between our three basins.” She added that basin …

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Science This Week | India becomes the first country to land on Moon in the south polar region and more
1 year, 3 months ago

Science This Week | India becomes the first country to land on Moon in the south polar region and more

The Hindu  

Indian Space Research Organisation charted history this week as Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the moon’s surface, making it the fourth country to do so and the only country to do so in the south polar region. Chandrayaan-3 lands on the south pole of Moon At 6.03 pm IST on August 23, the Chandrayaan-3 lander touched down on the moon’s surface, …

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Tropical forests may be getting too hot for photosynthesis
1 year, 3 months ago

Tropical forests may be getting too hot for photosynthesis

The Hindu  

A small percentage of leaves on trees in tropical forests may be approaching the maximum temperature threshold for photosynthesis to work, suggests a study published in Nature. “The 4 degree C estimate is within the ‘worst-case scenario’ of climate change predictions for tropical forests and therefore it is still within our power to decide the fate of these critical realms …

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The everyday ingredient that harms the climate
3 years, 1 month ago

The everyday ingredient that harms the climate

BBC  

The everyday ingredient that harms the climate Reuters The conversion of vast tranches of primary forest to oil palm plantations harms nature, and it also contributes significantly to climate change If we ended the use of fossil fuels tomorrow, we would still face huge challenges in stopping climate change – in no small part because of one very common household …

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World Rainforest Day 2021: From Amazon to Atlantic, a look at Rainforests Around the World
3 years, 6 months ago

World Rainforest Day 2021: From Amazon to Atlantic, a look at Rainforests Around the World

News 18  

Despite their significance, deforestation in the world’s tropical forests has been continuously high since the 1980s, owing to growing human demand for food, fibre and fuel, as well as a failure to understand the significance of rainforests as healthy and productive ecosystems. In honour of World Rainforest Day 2021, which was founded in 2017 by Rainforest Partnership, here is a …

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Tropics lost 12.2 million hectares of tree cover in 2020, largely due to agriculture
3 years, 8 months ago

Tropics lost 12.2 million hectares of tree cover in 2020, largely due to agriculture

Firstpost  

Plants and soil are carbon sinks, sucking up roughly a third of all the carbon pollution humans produce annually. Across the tropics, the study registered the destruction in 2020 of 4.2 million hectares of primary forest — 12 percent higher than the year before. In total, the tropics lost 12.2 million hectares of tree cover — including forests and plantations …

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