For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

New data from a non-profit reveals that humans have degraded or destroyed roughly two-thirds of the world’s original tropical rainforest cover - raising alarm that a key natural buffer against ...

Tropical rainforests are hot and wet ... There are many causes of rainforest deforestation, which leads to loss of habitats, soil erosion, flooding and global warming. International agreements ...

By far the oldest evidence of humans living in dense forests comes from a site in Ivory Coast, where stone tools and plant remains reveal a human presence stretching back 150,000 years ...

New research suggests that humans inhabited the rainforests of West Africa roughly 150,000 years ago, providing new insights into our ancestors' ability to adapt to challenging environments ...

1 - Establishment of the World Heritage List in Danger (Inscribed Properties) 2011 35COM 7B.16 - Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (Indonesia) (N 1167) 2010 34COM 7B.14 - Tropical Rainforest ...