JITHU K JOSE

JITHU K JOSE

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Researcher—Plant Sciences, Ecology, Conservation Biology, Forestry, & Restoration IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; IUCN CEM; Global Conservation Consortium, BGCI.

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Published an article about the Humboldtia genus
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Implementing Genomics in Conservation: Gaps, Disparities and Need for Interdisciplinary Collaborations and Capacity Building in the Global South Global biodiversity is undergoing a rapid decline, underscoring the urgent need for effective conservation strategies. Though biodiversity conservation takes many forms, approaches that incorporate g....

Implementing Genomics in Conservation: Gaps, Disparities and Need for Interdisciplinary Collaborations and Capacity Building in the Global South - Jose - 2026 - Diversity and Distributions - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Climate change impact on the niche dynamics of Diospyros crumenata, a critically endangered tree species in Western Ghats–Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot url: academic.oup.com/ieam/article...
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Relics of the past—Myristica swamps of Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot url: academic.oup.com/botlinnean/a...
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Geographic bias in conservation Biodiversity is the variability of living organisms on this planet (WHO, 2025), and it should be conserved for present and future generations. Biodiversity

Geographic bias in conservation URL: academic.oup.com/ieam/article...
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Conservation Funding at the Local Level Direct conservation fund transfer to local communities ensures the involvement of these communities in decision-making and fund utilisation, which will ultimately lead to effective biodiversity conse....

Conservation Funding at the Local Level - Jose - Wildlife Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Questioning the credibility and effectiveness of market-based conservation methods Forests cover nearly one-third of the Earth's land area and are home to over half of the terrestrial plants and animals (FAO & UNEP, 2020), but we lose

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Pitfalls of India’s restoration initiatives Key pointsRestoration approaches vary among countries, and India’s restoration initiatives created many negative impacts.The main focus of the country’s re

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Supported by Rufford Grants, MBZ Funds, and ORG.one project of @oxfordnanopore.bsky.social

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Happy to know about him @polunin.bsky.social
Helped in manuscript editing and giving suggestions in @envconsjournal.bsky.social

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Thank you for the red list training @globaltreesg.bsky.social

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Pitfalls of India’s restoration initiatives
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Grateful to the support of Rufford Foundation, Mohammed Bin Zayed Fund, and @nanoporetech.com

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Published in @ambio-journal.bsky.social

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#Conservation #Trees #IUCN #Redlist #Hotspot

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Extinction alarm for trees

More than 25% of species in the IUCN Red List are trees. Trees deserve more focus and visibility in conservation areas.
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Dear editors, your publication delays are damaging our careers Chia-Hsuan Hsu waited 18 months before chasing an editor for a decision on a paper. The answer surprised him.

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Thank you Rufford Foundation for supporting our conservation efforts in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot.
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The need for uprooting offensive plant eponyms Plants are fundamental, fascinating organisms that comprise about 80% of all biomass on Earth (Bar-On et al. 2018). Life would be impossible on the planet

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The need for uprooting offensive plant Eponyms
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Planting and replanting: Continuity and change over four decades of forest restoration in Himachal Pradesh, India India has a long history of planting trees to restore ecosystem services providing an opportunity to evaluate long-term ecosystem restoration processes. We show that these programs have shifted over ...

Our new paper on the plantation history of Himachal Pradesh - and more broadly about transformation and stasis in forest restoration policy - is out. I'll write more about it later, but for now, here's the link (its open access) @_PushpendraRana nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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India’s tree-planting strategies fall short Forests provide ecological, economic, social, and aesthetic benefits. India is second only to Brazil in forest loss resulting from deforestation (1). To compensate for this loss, the Indian government...

India’s tree-planting strategies fall short | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Conservation of Diospyros crumenata (Ebenaceae), an Endangered tree endemic to the Western Ghats, India | Oryx | Cambridge Core Conservation of Diospyros crumenata (Ebenaceae), an Endangered tree endemic to the Western Ghats, India - Volume 57 Issue 4

Conservation of Diospyros crumenata (Ebenaceae), an Endangered tree endemic to the Western Ghats, India | Oryx | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Thanks for the support, - @oxfordnanopore.bsky.social @kara-dicks.bsky.social @oryxthejournal.bsky.social #Conservation #Endangeredtree

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Transparency and clarity needed on India’s market-based Green Credit Programme (GCP) Published in Biodiversity (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Full article: Transparency and clarity needed on India’s market-based Green Credit Programme (GCP) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Conservation News about Critically Endangered Myristica swamps published in the Newsletter of IUCN CEM Ecosystem Governance Thematic Group (EGTG). These swamps are endemic to the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot. @bes-peatlandsgroup.bsky.social @society4conbio.bsky.social

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India's Forest Conservation Amendment Act raises important questions <em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment</em> is an environmental science journal publishing articles that address current and emerging ecological and environmental issues.

India's #Forest #Conservation Amendment Act raises important questions

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We plan to do the population genetics of an endangered tree species in India's Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. We plan to develop SSR markers from already available sequence data. This step requires expertise in bioinformatics, and we are looking for collaborations. @cgsg.bsky.social

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