System · Rationale

Tropical forest

Forest ecosystem of the humid tropics characterised by high biomass and biodiversity.

Definition source: IPCC SRCCL (Climate Change and Land)

Synonyms

tropical rainforest

Broader

Forest

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Example of use

Climate context: exposed to climate hazards including warming, drought, and fire that threaten its function and carbon stocks.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_041 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_041
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_041)