Deforestation

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Trading Forests: Quantifying the Contribution of Global Commodity Markets to Emissions from Tropical Deforestation - Working Paper 384

Martin Persson et al.
October 22, 2014
This paper aims to improve our understanding of how and where global supply-chains link consumers of agricultural and forest commodities across the world to forest destruction in tropical countries. A better understanding of these linkages can help inform and support the design of demand-side int...
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The Global Trade in Deforestation and Associated Emissions
Frances Seymour
October 22, 2014
Last month, I celebrated commitments to slow deforestation by Peru and Liberia announced at the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit in New York.  
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A Tale of Two Rainstorms: The Science of Tropical Forests
Jonah Busch
October 07, 2014
Imagine a heavy rainstorm, typical in the wet tropics, falling on an intact hillside forest. The forest’s many levels of leaves and branches act like stacked umbrellas, softening the impact of the intense rain. Trees, shrubs, vines, mosses, and litter shield the soil from the direct impact of ...
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Ecosystem Services from Tropical Forests: Review of Current Science - Working Paper 380
Katrina Brandon
October 07, 2014
Tropical forests exert a more profound influence on weather patterns, freshwater, natural disasters, biodiversity, food, and human health – both in the countries where forests are found and in distant countries – than any other terrestrial biome.