ForestPlots

¡Justicia!
Rosa Villanueva-Espinoza and colleagues have just described 21 new species from this beautiful genus, all endemic to Peru.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Meet the new *Polylepis yanesha* (Rosaceae) from Peru.
Discovered by Luis Valenzuela and Tatiana Espinoza, this endangered beauty is yet another hyper-rare Andean tree known from a single location.

phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/v...

This surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered

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Fire-Induced Floristic and Structural Degradation in the Southern Amazon.

Congratulations Loriene Gomes da Rocha, Ben Hur Marimon Jr & PELD, PPBio, RAINFOR colleagues in Mato Grosso. Recurrent fires trigger irreversible vegetation shifts across the Amazonian frontier.
www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/16...

Tropical biodiversity loss from land-use change is severely underestimated by local-scale assessments - Nature Ecology & Evolution Analysis of data on 971 bird species in natural habitat and cattle pasture in Colombia finds that near-national-scale losses of bird diversity greatly exceed losses recorded at the local scale, sugges...

Analysis of data on 971 bird species in Colombia finds that near-national-scale losses of bird diversity greatly exceed losses recorded at the local scale, suggesting that extrapolations from local studies will severely underestimate biodiversity losses
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪

The hardest plots in the world?

It is easy to forget how much forest is still remote, inaccessible to modern technology, and invisible without skilled and dedicated colleagues. We congratulate Abel Monteagudo and RAINFOR partners in Peru, recensusing the amazing forests of Reserva Comunal El Sira.

YouTube video by Linnean Society How To Make A Woodland

Last week I gave a talk for the @linneansociety.bsky.social lunchtime lecture series, all about woodland creation! I tried to keep it interesting for non-specialist audiences so, if you fancy an hour of woodland wondering, you can check out the recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwoH...

Want to follow the individual amazing researchers behind our tree science? We've made a starter pack to help you find them! go.bsky.app/7cwhin3

Wood density variation from Andean to Amazon forests. Congratulations to William Farfan‐Rios for leading this compelling analysis in @journalofecology.bsky.social besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Can we expand the narrative and definition of human development to include flourishing with nature? Our new paper in Nature explores such a vision, and outlines a metric - the Nature Relationship Index - to sit alongside the Human Development Index.
@naturerecovery.bsky.social

Important new paper on taxonomic change in Amazonian palms. It's not just about description of new species, it's more about recent taxonomic 'lumping' in recent range-wide monographic taxonomic revisions

Why the UK Met Office says 'extreme heat is the new normal'

Met Office scientists add that weather records clearly show UK’s climate is different now compared with just a few decades ago, as a result of the carbon pollution emitted by burning fossil fuels

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📣“Fuera la ley 14.701 [ley del marco temporal]”

El Pueblo Indígena Enawenê Nawê vive en Mato Grosso, Brasil. Incluso con sus tierras demarcadas, aún enfrentan dificultades para pescar y realizar sus rituales por la construcción de varias centrales hidroeléctricas en la región👇

The June solstice has passed, which means we have a fresh update for our WFO Plant List! The big news since December is we now have more than 200 named co-authors on the WFO Plant List. Watch to see what else is new and visit worldfloraonline.org to browse the Plant List.

Important new paper on dynamics of seasonally dry tropical forests in Peru

¿Tienes un doctorado, excelentes habilidades cuantitativas y experiencia con bosques, árboles o cambio climático? ¿Quieres unirte a un equipo de investigación dinámico y global? Buscamos un científico de datos ecológico para descubrir cómo están cambiando los bosques. Postula antes del 14/7.

Tem doutorado, fortes habilidades quantitativas e experiência com florestas, árvores ou mudanças climáticas? Quer se juntar a uma equipe de pesquisa global e dinâmica? Estamos procurando um cientista de dados ecológicos para descobrir como as florestas estão mudando. Inscreva-se até 14 de julho.

Do you have a PhD, strong quantitative skills, and experience with trees, forests or climate change? Want to join a dynamic global research team? We are looking for an exceptional data scientist to help us discover how forests are changing.
Apply by 14 July.
-> jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

New paper! 📃🌲

#ForwardsEU team at @luke.fi recently published a new paper researching how plot size and the rarity of old-growth forests affect the resulting accuracy associated with the remote sensing mapping of old-growth forests.

Find the paper at: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...

Árvores gigantes da Amazônia: entre o fascínio e a falta de proteção - ((o))eco Em uma das regiões mais ameaçadas e importantes da Amazônia, o Brasil corre o risco de perder uma das maiores árvores do mundo antes mesmo de conhecê-la

COLUNA | Árvores gigantes da Amazônia: entre o fascínio e a falta de proteção ⬇️

Em uma das regiões mais ameaçadas e importantes da Amazônia, o Brasil corre o risco de perder uma das maiores árvores do mundo antes mesmo de conhecê-la

Tree ring oxygen isotope records from terra firme (blue line) and floodplain (red line) sites in the Amazon show diverging trends since approximately 1980. This is a proxy for a large-scale pattern of increasing rainfall in the wet season and drying in the dry season.

New study led by Bruno Cintra @unibirmingham.bsky.social brings together work from both our PhD theses! Oxygen isotopes recorded in tree rings provide independent evidence that the Amazon water cycle has intensified, with increasing wet season rainfall and decreasing dry season rainfall since 1980.

Increíble la diversidad de los bosques montanos del PN Yanachaga Chemillén, Pasco, Perú, tanto en flora y fauna.

Some measurements need skilled people, not machines.

Thank you to our colleagues, including Elías Condori, Melanie Moriano, and Abel Monteagudo, completing 20 years measuring RAINFOR plots in Peru's precious Andean forests!

🚨 New paper alert 🚨
Documenting the seasonally #dry #plant #community dynamics in the #Marañon valley, in northern #Andean #Peru. Valley is a trove of #endemism, severely threatened, little studied. JL Marcelo and team provide a first glimpse at temporal #vegetation changes.

doi.org/10.1016/j.tf...

🌎 PUCP (Lima, Peru) is hiring a tenure-track climatologist! 3-year position starts Feb 2026, leading to a permanent role. Ideal for early-career researchers (PhD ≤5 yrs). Spanish not required initially, but a willingness to learn is ;)
🗓️ Apply by 11 July: buff.ly/ecZPB1o

Nice summary of our recent paper on what drives variation in crown architecture across the world's trees in @natecoevo.nature.com

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

Many thanks @walterandriuzzi.bsky.social for writing this up!

@envleeds.bsky.social @ymalhi.bsky.social @bzgeo.bsky.social @kofitim.bsky.social @simonlewis.bsky.social @congobasinscience.bsky.social @ipam-amazonia.bsky.social @carbonbrief.org @forestsat.bsky.social @cafisecretariat.bsky.social @leedsleaf.bsky.social @revkin.bsky.social @sosma.bsky.social

The fantastic first image released by @esa.int Biomass satellite.

In glorious false colour to represent its P-band radar imaging, capable of penetrating even the highest biomass forests in the Amazon and Congo.

Attractive signs which persuade some well-meaning people to prioritise wildlife, perhaps not if they have a burning desire to do something, or have had sign overkill.