African tropical montane forests store more carbon than was thought [Nature, August 2021]

Title:

African tropical montane forests store more carbon than was thought

Author:

Nicolas Barbier

 

Published:

Nature, 25 August 2021

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02266-3

 

From the article:

The inaccessibility of African montane forests has hindered efforts to quantify the carbon stored by these ecosystems. A remarkable survey fills this knowledge gap, and highlights the need to preserve such forests.

ALSO SEE

Cuni-Sanchez, A., Sullivan, M.J.P., Platts, P.J. et al. High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests. Nature 596, 536–542 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03728-4

University of Bern / Universität Bern, Switzerland - Land management in forest and grasslands: how much can we intensify?

Title:

Land management in forest and grasslands: how much can we intensify?

 

Published:

University of Bern / Universität Bern, 26 October 2020

https://www.unibe.ch/news/media_news/media_relations_e/media_releases/2020/media_releases_2020/land_management_in_forest_and_grasslands_how_much_can_we_intensify/index_eng.html

From the article:

High land-use intensity reduces the beneficial effects of biodiversity on ecosystem services. This is the main result of a study conducted by an international team with participation of the University of Bern. The study assessed, for the first time, the effects of land management on the links between biodiversity, ecosystem functions and ecosystem services. It identified thresholds of management intensity, where these relationships change dramatically, which species groups were most important in driving services, and the ecosystem services that are at risk when management is intensified.

Researchers Argue That Earth Is In The Midst Of A Modern, Human-Made, Sixth Extinction [Forbes, 14 June 2020]

Title:
Researchers Argue That Earth Is In The Midst Of A Modern, Human-Made, Sixth Extinction

Author:
David Bressan

Published:
Forbes, 14 June 2020
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2020/06/14/researchers-argue-that-earth-is-in-the-midst-of-a-modern-man-made-sixth-extinction/#386e0fae2f44

From the article:
Researchers argue that the Earth is in the midst of a modern, human-made, sixth extinction.

A newly published study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science evaluated the extinction risk of 29,374 land-based vertebrates.