A new study from a team of international scientists found that
deforestation is advancing rapidly in tropical nations and most
reserves are losing some or all of their surrounding forest,
leaving these nations struggling to sustain their biodiversity.
Many of the protected areas in tropical nations are struggling
to sustain their biodiversity, according to a study by more than
200 scientists from around the world. The study, published in
the journal Nature, found that deforestation is advancing
rapidly in these nations and most reserves are losing some or
all of their surrounding forest. Among the scientists
participating in the study were lead author Professor William
Laurance of James Cook University in Cairns, Australia, and the
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, who is also a
senior research fellow at UCLA’s Center for Tropical Research;
and Thomas Smith, a professor at UCLA’s Institute of the
Environment and Sustainability and director of UCLA’s Center for
Tropical Research. Laurence desc