Tropical Environments and Society-Rutgers course

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/10/hotter-tropics-may-worsen-climate-change-reforestation-could-lessen-it-studies/

Hotter tropics may worsen climate change, reforestation could lessen it: Studies One recent study shows how hotter tropical forests may add significantly to climate change woes. But another suggests how active restoration of degraded tropical forests could help avoid climate disaster.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/climate/tropical-soils-climate-change.html

Global Warming Could Unlock Carbon From Tropical Soil Warming soils in the tropics could cause microbes to release carbon dioxide from storage. One scientist called the finding “another example of why we need to worry more.”

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-certified-sustainable-palm-oil-fields.html

Certified 'sustainable' palm oil fields endanger mammal habitats and biodiverse tropical forests over 30 years Global concern has risen around the "sustainability" of palm oil in terms of global exportation and the impact on the environment in recent years. Therefore, in 2004, stakeholders from palm oil industry sectors including oil palm producers, retailers, banks, investors, nature conservation and develo...