Researchers declared the 210 trees found a "new distribution record" for the Jeypore Reserve Forest, NE Now reported. Before ...

By avoiding deforestation, globally protected areas store roughly one year’s worth of global fossil fuel emissions, compared to otherwise unprotected areas. That’s the conclusion of a recently ...

Protecting the ocean and providing livelihoods and food security do not have to be mutually exclusive. A new study, led by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), shows that limiting ...

Landscape-scale benefits of protected areas for tropical biodiversity. Nature 620, 807–812. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06410-z FEEDBACK: Use this form to send a message to the author of this post.

Researchers found that apex predators had gone completely extinct in about 84% of protected areas, correlating closely with the extent of human development nearby. In some cases, researchers found ...