India, Feb. 27 -- Long-term study to explore biodiversity, gas exchanges and bio-geoscience cycles on a pan-tropical scale, train future researchers

Scientists from leading universities and research institutions worldwide convened in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, to initiate a knowledge-sharing initiative regarding a scoping process. This will guide a decade-long project on tropical forests funded by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Tropical forests, crucial for Earth's climate, biodiversity and carbon storage, face threats of deforestation and degradation.

Georges Moucharou, director of cooperation in the Cameroon Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, highlighted the importance of tropical fores...