AID Forests

We are committed to ensuring a sustainable future for tropical dry forest biodiversity and the livelihoods of people living in and around them.

What is a tropical dry forest?

The answer to this question is not actually as simple as you might think. There is not a standard definition that is agreed upon by scientists, nor a standard name! Even though there is no clear consensus for the definition, tropical dry forests are generally considered to be dominated by deciduous vegetation and experience highly seasonal rainfall. The debate mainly centers around the percentage of vegetation that must be deciduous, the number of months without rainfall, and the amount of vegetation that must be woody plants. Neither the definition or the name of tropical dry forests is standardized, probably because they often grade into a different vegetation type.

One consequence of this lack of a standard definition, however, is that it complicates the program of accurately assessing the health and conservation status of tropical dry forests around the world. Regardless of the exact definition used, however, tropical dry forests around the world are in trouble.

Tropical Dry Forest

Latest Causes

AID Forests focuses on various causes. Here are our latest projects.

Madagascar Tropical Dry Forest
Dry Forest Local
Animal in Tropical Dry Forest
Animal in Tropical Dry Forest

About AID Forests

Our nonprofit organization was founded in 2021 because tropical dry forests around the world are threatened.

AID Forests aims to address this enormous problem with a two-fold strategy: (1) raising awareness about the plight of dry forests around the globe, and (2) actively working to support the research and conservation of tropical dry forests while simultaneously striving to improve the well-being of the associated communities.

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