Illegal logging of rosewood threatens not just the biodiversity, but communities living in forested areas as well. The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT is working in the lab and with farmers to combat this threat.
Rosewood trees are a mainstay of tropical forests across parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America. But their future looks bleak. Their fragrant, red-hued heartwood is prized by makers of luxury furniture, and illegal loggers and timber trafficking networks are systematically obliterating rosewoods from forest landscapes the world over to feed this demand. Halting the […]
An international team of scientists studying the distribution and threats facing some of South and Southeast Asia’s most economically important tree species has confirmed that current environmental protections fail to safeguard tree species and their valuable seed sources. Their findings, published in Conservation Biology, show that roughly three-quarters of the land deemed most important to […]
The famed Rosewood forests of the Greater Mekong region in Southeast Asia produce dark, richly grained timbers zealously sought after worldwide by manufacturers of luxury furniture, flooring and music