Many landscapes in the tropics consist of a mosaic of different types of land use. How people make use of these different ecosystems, with their particular plant communities, was unclear until now.

Section of the world map focussing on Africa. Many coloured dots mark the location and type of different forms of land use after deforestation. Africa's forested areas – an estimated 14 % of the ...

Africa's forested areas -- an estimated 14 % of the global forest area -- are continuing to decline at an increasing rate -- mostly because of human activities to convert forest land for economic ...