As the terrestrial human footprint continues to expand, the amount of native forest that is free
from significant damaging human activities is in precipitous decline. There is emerging …

Several key international policy frameworks involve forests, including the Paris Agreement
on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). However, rules and …

The native forests of Borneo have been impacted by selective logging, fire, and conversion
to plantations at unprecedented scales since industrial-scale extractive industries began in …

Most tropical forests outside protected areas have been or will be selectively logged so it is
essential to maximize the conservation values of partially harvested areas. Here we …

Old-growth tropical forests are widely recognized as being immensely important for their
biodiversity and high biomass. Conversely, logged tropical forests are usually characterized …

Combining protected areas with natural forest timber concessions may sustain larger forest
landscapes than is possible via protected areas alone. However, the role of timber …

Abstract The small (2-to 7-kg) leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) is the most common cat
species in Asia. Although it occurs in a wide range of habitats and seems to adapt well to …

Human land use alters soil microbial composition and function in a variety of systems,
although few comparable studies have been done in tropical forests and tropical agricultural …

Selective logging in tropical forests changes the local number of animal species (alpha
diversity), but it also likely affects species turnover (beta diversity). Whilst such changes are …

In 2008, the IUCN threat status of the Asian tapir (Tapirus indicus) was reclassified from
'vulnerable'to 'endangered'. The latest distribution map from the IUCN Red List suggests that …