Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Vincent JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4104906 | biostudies-other | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Vincent Jeffrey R JR Carson Richard T RT DeShazo J R JR Schwabe Kurt A KA Ahmad Ismariah I Chong Siew Kook SK Chang Yii Tan YT Potts Matthew D MD
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20140630 28
Inadequate funding from developed countries has hampered international efforts to conserve biodiversity in tropical forests. We present two complementary research approaches that reveal a significant increase in public demand for conservation within tropical developing countries as those countries reach upper-middle-income (UMI) status. We highlight UMI tropical countries because they contain nearly four-fifths of tropical primary forests, which are rich in biodiversity and stored carbon. The fi ...[more]