Many experts believe they are descended from the original Middle Stone Age expansion of anatomically modern humans.

The forest sector contributes about $600 billion annually to global GDP and provides employment to over 50 million people. Africa and South America had the highest net annual loss of forests in ...

Experts call them cloud forests, and they only occur at elevations of approximately 800 to 3,000 metres, in regions such as Central and South America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Africa has lost the largest amount of forest cover globally in the last decade - 3.9 ...