On this day every year, the world comes together to celebrate wetland ecosystems. Read about them and what is needed to spur ...

A research team led by the University of Oxford has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems.

Much attention has focused on the aboveground components of forest ecosystems, with little emphasis on the belowground components and processes. Hence, our appreciation of forest functioning ...

Vetiver, a versatile plant native to India, offers numerous ecological and commercial benefits, including soil erosion ...

Regeneration of the forests is a need of the hour, since forests are the common home to ... maintaining connectivity and natural dynamics of freshwater ecosystems, protection of lakes, ponds and ...

The Vermont landscape provides ample opportunity for outdoor learning in a wide range of ecosystems including forests, woodlands, and wetlands from Lake Champlain to ... From one thousand acres along ...

Don't write off logged tropical forests -- converting to oil palm plantations has even wider effects on ecosystems Date: January 9, 2025 Source: University of Oxford Summary: A research team has ...

During the recent audit, the Iwokrama International Centre said it was also audited for two ecosystem services (ES) – Biodiversity Conservation and Recreational (tourism) Services. “The Iwokrama ...

Moreover, a decline in biodiversity will deepen the climate crisis, with consequences including reduced species abundance, local extinctions, and the rapid degradation or loss of ecosystems such as ...

Forestry and Land Scotland’s (FLS) ongoing work to restore and protect globally important habitats is being celebrated as part of World Wetlands Day (Sunday, 2nd February) .

“The blackchin tilapia destroy everything in the ecosystem,” Wanlop Kunjeng, a former shrimp farmer from Samut Songkhram province, told Mongabay. After his shrimp ponds were decimated by ...