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.

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.

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 ...

The process is slow, but she hopes to create a proper tropical dry evergreen forest within several years. Tropical dry evergreen trees dominate the 20-hectare Pitchandikulam Forest and Bioresource ...

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.