As realidades das mudanças climáticas e do uso da terra são gritantemente evidentes na Amazônia.
- Reader in Ecology and Conservation Biology, Manchester Metropolitan University
The realities of climate and land use change are jarringly obvious in Amazonia.
The average size of monitored wildlife populations has shrunk by 73% since 1970.
These birds are a harbinger of summer – but their arrival, and the seasons, are no longer predictable.
Nous en savons étonnamment peu sur les millions d’animaux, de plantes et d’oiseaux qui peuplent l’Amazonie.
We know surprisingly little about the millions of animals, plants and birds that live in the Amazon – here’s how we can understand them better.
Storks – those harbingers of new life – are breeding in Britain again.
Les espèces des forêts tropicales n'ont pas évolué avec le feu - et même un feu de forêt de faible intensité peut tuer la moitié des arbres.
Les espèces des forêts tropicales n’ont pas évolué de concert avec le feu. Dans ces zones, même un incendie de faible intensité peut tuer la moitié des arbres.
Rainforest species didn’t co-evolve with fire – and even a low intensity wildfire can kill half the trees.
A neoliberal development plan threatens the biological and cultural integrity of Peru’s Amazon rainforests.
Brazil claims mining and logging will boost the economy and help it protect the environment. But there is little evidence this works.
Bird diversity may be the secret to forest resilience.
The extinction threat you haven’t heard of: several South American birds teeter on the brink of existence due to habitat loss. And history is not the best guide for how to save them.
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