#Tropicalforests
Again, please DO NOT buy products containing palm oil. Thank you from. . . well, pretty much all tropical wildlife.

🌏 #palmoil #deforestation #tropicalforests
February 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
[1/8] Botaniste français et chercheur reconnu, Francis Hallé a consacré +50 ans à l’étude des forêts tropicales primaires. La presse retrace une œuvre scientifique majeure qui a renouvelé la compréhension des arbres, de la canopée et du temps long forestier.
#geography #botany #tropicalforests
Le botaniste Francis Hallé est mort : “Cette planète est un paradis de beauté, et nous n’en avons pas de rechange”
Botaniste et biologiste, Francis Hallé est mort à l’âge de 87 ans. Il nous avait accordé un grand entretien en octobre 2024 à l’occasion de la sortie de son livre “La Beauté du vivant”.
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January 4, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Recently replaced a #soil moisture and temperature sensor at the #TRACE site 🤩

#ForestWarming #TropicalForests #SoilScience
March 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
🐦🫐 Anthropogenic disturbances simplify frugivory interactions in Amazonia

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📷 © Edson Lopes

#βdiversity #ForestFires #FrugivoryNetworks #SeedDispersal #SeedPredation #TropicalForests

May 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Great to see more innovation with eDNA this time looking at rainwater in tropical forests for greater insights 🌍

#TropicalEcology #TropicalForests #eDNA

phys.org/news/2025-08...
DNA from rainwater provides a window into tropical canopy biodiversity
Tropical rainforests still represent a treasure trove of undiscovered species. While many species of plants, animals, and insects have been identified over the years, some parts of these tropical ecos...
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August 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Palm oil, in many of our grocery shelf products, is a growing industry gobbling up huge swaths of pristine tropical forests. The forests are gone; biodiversity is gone.

PLEASE read the ingredients before you buy. Spread the word.

🌎 #palmoil #deforestation #tropicalforests #BoycottPalmOil
🌴 Indonesia’s Palm Oil

🇮🇩 2023 output reached 46.82M tons

📉 Market Trends:
- CPO Price: USD 820.65/ton (July 2024)
- Expected to rise in 2024, then drop in 2025

🌱 Sustainability: Only 37% of plantations are ISPO-certified.

👉👉 Read more: lnkd.in/ejHmvmqm

#PalmOil #Sustainability#Indonesia
February 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
What if we paid countries to NOT cut down their forests? Brazil and international partners are launching a $125 billion fund to do exactly that. Protecting nature is sound economic policy. 🌳 #TropicalForests #ClimateFinance
Conservation’s Hot Topics of 2026: From Artificial Intelligence to Mirror Molecules • The Revelator
Forests, soil, plastic waste, war debris, and a darker ocean also appear on the annual ‘horizon scan’ addressing conservation priorities for the years ahead.
therevelator.org
April 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM
🌳 New in Scientific Reports: climate shapes tropical forest carbon stocks indirectly, through forest structure, not directly, as often assumed.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#TropicalForests #ForestEcology
September 3, 2026 at 8:48 AM
#BioluminescentMushroom #Conservation #Mural
#IPBIO #AtlanticRainforest #Brazil
through #deforestation only 7% of this rainforest remains, yet new #species are being discovered every year and over 200 #birds, 250 mammals and 20 monkeys are #endemic (only exist here!)
#tropicalforests #wildlife
February 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🎉 New publication alert!

Read the full article: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

📸 Amazon-to-Andes elevational gradient, Peru (photo credit: Wake Forest News)

#ManuscriptMonday #ClimateChange #TropicalForests #Amazon #Andes #Biodiversity #ForestResearch #GlobalChange
August 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Appreciating a important contribution by @anabenlop.bsky.social🌳
Linking hunting pressure to sapling recruitment adds vital context to tropical forest conservation.
Explore related studies in the Journal of Forestry Research: link.springer.com/journal/11676
#ForestResearch #TropicalForests #JFR 🍁🌺🌱🌿
December 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
At #ITTC60 opening #ITTO Executive Director Sheam Satkuru highlights references to #forests in outcomes from #CBD COP16 & #UNFCCC COP29 & recent #G20 & #G7 meetings, stressing opportunities created for ITTO to demonstrate expertise & leadership. #tropicalforests #SFM
December 2, 2024 at 2:54 AM
[8/8] En définitive que comprendre les forêts impose d’accepter le temps long, la complexité et l’autonomie du vivant. Par ses recherches, Francis Hallé a profondément transformé la manière de penser les arbres, les forêts et leur place sur Terre. #geography #biology #botany #tropicalforests
C'est dans ta nature - Vol au-dessus de la canopée, le radeau des cimes de Francis Hallé
Le biologiste français Francis Hallé est décédé le 31 décembre 2025 à l'âge de 87 ans. Amoureux et défenseur des arbres, il avait imaginé un engin pour explorer le sommet des forêts tropicales, milieu...
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January 4, 2026 at 7:36 AM
At #ITTC60 Delphine Ahoussi, #MALEBI, #cotedivoire presents #ITTO "Best Actor Award in the Defense of Forests, Wildlife, & Water Resources" for its role in helping organize African women involved in community forest management. #tropicalforests #SFM
December 3, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Day 2 of #ITTC60 opens w/ panel discussion on "restoration strategies & experiences: challenges & lessons learned" looking at role of sustainable use, moderated by Chen Hin Koenig from @trafficintl.bsky.social #ITTO #tropicalforests #forests #SFM
December 3, 2024 at 1:00 AM
At #ITTC60 Minister Hirofumi Takinami stresses enhanced international cooperation is essential to halt #deforestation & achieve #landdegradation neutrality by 2030, & #ITTO plays a key role. #tropicalforests #forests #SFM
December 2, 2024 at 2:46 AM
At #ITTC60 #ITTO signs a memorandum of understanding with #Remotesensing Technology Center of #Japan to cooperate/collaborate on #forests monitoring & capacity building. #tropicalforests #SFM #RESTEC
December 6, 2024 at 2:14 AM
🌳 New forest plots from the #Congo Basin reveal how #edaphic conditions shape structure, #biodiversity and #carbonstock. Seasonally flooded forests host distinct floras yet store similar AGC to terra firme, highlighting overlooked ecosystems in #tropicalforests.

🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
At #ITTC61, Secretariat presents prototype of the first centralized online platform dedicated to integrated fire management, the #ITTO Tropical Integrated Fire Management Toolkit, expected to be released in second quarter of 2026. #tropicalforests #SFM #forests
October 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
‪On Thu, May 8 @ 11am ET, join us for a virtual science seminar with @mobotgarden.bsky.social's Kelly M. Anderson: Nutrient Limitation in Tropical Forests. Free + open to all. #ecology #tropicalforests #nutrient_cycling
Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/nutrient-l...
May 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Extinction in tropical forests. This study uses a standardized pan-tropical dataset of 239 mammal species from 37 forests in 3 continents to reveal selective #extinction occurring within #TropicalForests triggered by #anthropogenic pressure in the broader landscape 🧪 @plosbiology.org plos.io/4jVaeyZ
February 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM