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As much as half of the Amazon will face several “unprecedented” stressors that could push the forest towards a major tipping point by 2050, new research finds.  The largest rainforest in the world is already under pressure from climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss and extreme weather.  Researchers analysed data on five key drivers of water stress in the Amazon and looked at how these pressures could lead to “local, regional or even [...]

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Recovering forests can offset around a quarter of the emissions generated from deforestation in humid tropical regions, according to a new study. Such forests – also known as degraded and secondary forests – have had some degree of disturbance by human activities, such as deforestation or fires. They currently cover about 10% of the tropical forest area worldwide and are concentrated in the Amazon, Borneo and central Africa. The new research, published in Nature, uses [...]