Tropical forests are at the front line of sustainable development, where critical trade-offs need to be negotiated between climate mitigation, biodiversity conservation, food production and economic development. SEI research work on tropical forests ranges from ecological research to groundbreaking data-driven transparency tools linking impacts of deforestation to global companies and consumer markets.
70 results / 5 of 8 pages
Feature / Thousands of fish and other freshwater fauna species living in small forest streams in tropical forest areas like the Amazon could be at risk.
Journal article / This article presents evidence that current environmental legislation designed to protect streams and their biota in the Amazon is not fit for purpose
Journal article / Field evidence that overturns the assumption that rural–urban migration in the tropics will reduce hunting of bushmeat and endangered forest species
Other publication / This book chapter suggests how producer jurisdictions can play a more effective role in making agricultural commodity more sustainable.
Journal article / The article suggests that non-monetary factors, as well as lack of infrastructure, explain the persistence of cattle-ranching and other unsustainable land uses.
Journal article / Multi-scale assessment of the biological condition of streams in the Amazon to date, examining functional responses of fish assemblages to land use