By Petro Kotzé The destruction of tropical rainforests — seen in shocking images of huge wildfires, vast clearcuts, and dying ...

Tropical dry forests — yes, sounds like a contradiction — receive less rainfall. ... Lowland Rain forests feature wet, hot weather, rivers, streams, tall trees, and short dry seasons.

Remarkably, except for weeping succulents, many popular trailing species are native to perpetually wet and humid tropical forests. That these plants can prosper in the dry conditions found indoors ...

Botanical and ecological basis for the resilience of Antillean dry forests / Ariel E. Lugo, Ernesto Medina, J. Carlos Trejo-Torres and Eileen Helmer -- Ch. 16. Diversity, biogeography and conservation ...

Harvesting 5–10% of the trees does temporarily reduce the total amount of carbon stored in the forest, but these stocks recover quickly if damage to young trees and soils is kept to a minimum.

Colombia’s tropical dry forest was once the size of Maine. Only about eight percent is left. Known as the “forest of a thousand colors” for its dense greenery and flowering trees in the ...