Tropical forests: a heritage of biodiversity

Audio 48:30

A tropical forest in Cameroon (illustrative image).

Photo by DeAgostini / Getty Images

By: Anne-Cécile Bras Follow

50 mins

Tropical forests store carbon, shelter an abundant biodiversity, enrich soils, feed waterways and filter the air.

They are therefore our best allies, but if we continue to pollute the atmosphere and cut down trees, we risk violently disrupting this ecosystem on which we depend. 

Reports in Gabon on the puzzle of sustainable forest management with Alain Karsenty, researcher at CIRAD and in the heart of Voh in New Caledonia. 

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Guests:

                                                                                                                  - Malian singer

Inna Bancoum

 for the release of the documentary 

The Great Green Wall - 

Maxime Réjou-Méchain

, specialized in tropical forest ecology at IRD.

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