India, Aug. 13 -- We must move beyond viewing forests as mere carbon sinks or timber sources. They are living, breathing climate regulators, intimately tied to rainfall, soil fertility, human health, and biodiversity. Losing them is not just an ecological loss - it is a strategic failure in our fight against climate change

As the world grapples with the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity collapse, tropical forests have emerged as both frontline casualties and frontline defenders. Often referred to as the lungs of the Earth, these dense, humid, and biologically rich ecosystems do much more than just absorb carbon dioxide - they regulate rainfall, influence weather systems across continents, cool the Earth's surface, and anchor...