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Professor Oliver Phillips honoured as a new Fellow of The Royal Society
Professor Oliver Phillips recognised for his outstanding contribution to work on Earth’s tropical forests.
Tropical forests’ carbon sink 'already rapidly weakening'
The ability of the world’s tropical forests to remove carbon from the atmosphere is decreasing, according to a study tracking 300,000 trees over 30 years, published today in Nature.
Global Species Loss Could Be Halved By Conserving 30% of Tropical Lands
Extinction risk could decrease by more than 50% if at least 30% of land is conserved across the tropics, reveals a new study.
Secondary forests provide deforestation buffer for old-growth primary forests
Currently, re-growing forests comprise roughly 21% of previously deforested areas in the Brazilian Amazon.
PhD centre will nurture new leaders in Earth observation
A new centre will enable 50 fully-funded PhD researchers to harness satellite data to tackle global environmental challenges.