forests

Criteria for effective zero-deforestation commitments

Journal article / New criteria for judging the likely effectiveness of commitments to keep deforestation out of supply chains.

Major new project to address trade challenge

Press release / A new multi-million project will aim to make trade a positive force for both marginalised people and nature conservation.

Evaluation of simulated ozone effects in forest ecosystems against biomass damage estimates from fumigation experiments

Journal article / Get our recent paper on improving models to assess the impact of ozone pollution on European forests.

Improving livelihoods, resilience and climate action

Past event / Welcome to this breakfast seminar with 2018 Right Livelihood Award Laureates Tony Rinaudo and Yacouba Sawadogo, moderated by SEI's Matthew Fielding.

Biodiversity and conservation in a time of rapid change

Feature / Climate and biodiversity scientist Professor Camille Parmesan gave the 2018 Gordon Goodman Memorial Lecture. Read more and watch highlights from the lecture.

A unifying explanation for variation in ozone sensitivity among woody plants

Journal article / This paper explores whether the variation in ozone sensitivity among woody species can be linked to interspecific variation in leaf morphology.

Untouched forests are the ecological gold standard

Press release / A new study reveals that untouched, primary forests are the ecological gold standard, but regrowing tropical forests are key to biodiversity and carbon storage.

The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems

Journal article / An international team warns that a failure to act quickly and decisively will risk unprecedented species loss in the most diverse parts of the planet.

Time is running out in the tropics – researchers warn of global biodiversity collapse

Press release / A global biodiversity collapse is imminent unless we take urgent, concerted action to reverse species loss in the tropics, according to a major study in Nature.