Around the world, conflicts
and wars are taking a toll
on forests and on the
communities that rely on
them for their livelihood.
Dense forests can serve as
hideouts for insurgent groups
or can [..]
Around the world, conflicts and
wars are, directly and indirectly,
taking a toll on forests and the communities
that rely on them
for their livelihood. Dense forests in
remote areas provide
safe [..]
Dense forests can serve as
hideouts for insurgent groups
or can be as a vital source of
revenue for warring parties to
sustain conflict. Known cases of forests as sites of
rebel camps include [..]
Even though forests are often very
important to households, there is surprisingly
little knowledge on the actual
level of household forest income and
the role of such income in maintaining [..]
Growing global demand for land for the production
of agricultural commodities has resulted in sometimes
irreversible changes to the world’s forest cover. The Amazon is now part of a
national and [..]
Decreases and increases in forest area, 1940-2005. Costa rica has recently recorded a change from having
a net loss of forests to having a net gain
in forest area.
Forests can undergo changes
in various ways. Forest areas
can be reduced either by
deforestation or by natural
disasters,
which can result in the forest
being unable to naturally
regenerate. [..]
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) there are at present just
under 4 billion hectares of forest in the world, covering in all about 30 per cent of the [..]
Forest cover varies depending on how it is defined. The crown cover threshold and the land use criterion are, in most cases, the most critical factors defining forests.
Defining what constitutes a forest is not easy. Forest types differ widely, determined by factors including
latitude, temperature, rainfall patterns, soil composition and human activity.
Mixing ratio of methane in the air above the water surface measured along a ship’s route in September 2005. The dotted line shows the Latitude-specific monthly average of 1.85 parts per million by [..]
The temperature regime of sub-sea permafrost is determined by the annual temperature of the surrounding seawater, just like the thermal regime of terrestrial permafrost is determined by the arctic [..]
Simulated a) permafrost area and active layer thickness (a) 1980- 1999 and (b) 2080-2099.
(c) Observational estimates of permafrost (continuous, discontinuous, sporadic, and isolated). (d) Time [..]
