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Tropical rainforests are home to almost two-thirds of all vertebrate species and three-quarters of all tree species: they are ...

Tropical forests show trees help each other, creating strong, diverse ecosystems shaped by climate conditions.

A tropical forest can regrow quickly. What is harder to see is how long full ecological recovery takes. A pasture left to ...

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Tropical forests are among the planet’s most powerful natural climate tools, yet after logging or pasture use they can take decades to recover their biomass and biodiversity. New research suggests ...

New research published last month through a collaboration of American and Peruvian biologists might present an answer to one of conservation's biggest questions: can biodiversity be restored once it's ...

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