How can the benefits of conservation efforts be shared equitably with local communities?

Apr 22, 2014 ... Edward Mitchard is a research fellow at the University of Edinburgh, specializing in the remote sensing of tropical ecosystems. The Amazon River Basin is the world's largest drainage system. The Amazon Basin supports the world's largest rainforest, which accounts for more than half the ... Apr 16, 2024 ... Someone recently asked me why it was important to protect the Amazon rainforest from oil drilling. The question made me angry. Nov 24, 2022 ... Here we examine results from seven sixth-generation models (Phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, CMIP6), which include interactive vegetation ... Feb 13, 2023 ... This article is part of the Research Topic Biochar from Forest Biomass as a Tool for Climate Change Mitigation and Degraded Soil Reclamation Jan 17, 2013 ... Observations from ground stations show that rainfall over the southern Amazon rainforest declined by almost 3.2 percent per year in the period ... Jan 6, 2023 ... Our analysis finds that forests managed by Indigenous people in the Amazon were strong net carbon sinks from 2001-2021, collectively removing a ... A new predictive framework for Amazon forest fire smoke dispersion over South America has been developed based on the Weather Research and Forecasting with ... Feb 14, 2024 ... We estimate that by 2050, 10% to 47% of Amazonian forests will be exposed to compounding disturbances that may trigger unexpected ecosystem transitions. Amazon Rainforest Fires · 2024 was a catastrophic year for the Amazon, as fires, severe drought, and the climate crisis ravaged the rainforest · A staggering ...