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Restoring tropical rain forests
Author(s) -
Hunter Philip
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201744118
Subject(s) - rainforest , biodiversity , deforestation (computer science) , climate change , tropical rainforest , geography , government (linguistics) , tropical rain forest , tropics , tipping point (physics) , ecosystem , amazon rainforest , ecology , agroforestry , environmental science , biology , linguistics , philosophy , computer science , electrical engineering , programming language , engineering
After a century of destruction, efforts are underway to halt the deforestation of tropical rain forests and replant lost areas. Research on ecology, biodiversity and other factors is essential to inform both policies to protect forests and measures to reclaim agricultural areas for reforestation.