Canopy Science

Scientists currently believe that up to 41% of all terrestrial life on earth lives in the tropical rainforest canopy. Tropical rainforests cover 19 million squared kilometers of our planet and store a quarter of all carbon, but are being destroyed at an unprecedented rate.

A global area twice the size of Belgium succumbs every year, taking with it thousands of species undescribed by science. This sudden release of stored carbon is also responsible for 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

There are hundreds of dedicated scientists working in the field to help illuminate the canopy's secrets before it is too late and CAL is proud to launch this new database designed to help such individuals network, contact and support each other in their studies. Whether you would like to contribute details of your own project for others to see; to help you find references for current studies or simply contact like minded individuals, we hope that by creating an international 'web' of canopy scientists we can help catalyse the progress of canopy science.

Click the button to the left to add your own project and join the community or scroll down to read about canopy projects past and present