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Tropical Forests Mobilizing Science-based Action for Critical Tropical Forest Biomes
Over 1.6 billion people depend on forests for food or fuel, and approximately 70 million people worldwide - including many Indigenous communities - call forests home. Yet, forest biomes around the world are facing critical tipping points as a result of deforestation, degradation, and criminality.
The SDSN works to ensure science-based policymaking and solutions design for critical forest biomes across the world—including the Amazon, the Congo Basin, and Southeast Asia—by highlighting science and data-based recommendations and encouraging technological innovation, combined with Indigenous and local knowledge, to guide decision-making and conservation efforts.
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Nine Ways to Avoid the Amazon Tipping Point
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Forest Management for Timber Production and Forest Landscape Restoration
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Supporting Socio-bioeconomies of Healthy Standing Forests and Flowing Rivers in the Amazon
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Human Impacts on Carbon Emissions & Losses in Ecosystem Services
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