Economic Complexities of Forest Restoration: What’s in it for landowners?
A steady income stream incentivizes tropical landowners to reforest.
by Katherine Sinacore
Reforestation and Silviculture Forest Ecology Conservation Biology Ecosystem Services Biodiversity Global Change Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet Agua Salud
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Jefferson HallReforestation
Incentive
The argument for GEO-TREES, a standard measure of forest carbon
Joshua Tewksbury, director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, explains how the development of a global standard measure of forest carbon will jumpstart the carbon economy.
by Joshua Tewksbury
Forest Ecology Ecology Earl S. Tupper
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carbon
Escaping or resisting disease:
the dilemma of a tropical tree
How does a tree escape or resist disease?
Botany Disease Ecology Ecology Ecosystem Ecology Forest Ecology Plant Physiology Connections in nature: Plants, Animals, Microbes and Environments Gamboa
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S. Joseph Wright
Community Reforestation:
Action-Based Participatory Science
Implementing reforestation projects to encourage forest protection and recovery.
Biodiversity Botany Conservation Biology Ecosystem Services Ecosystem Ecology Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet Earl S. Tupper
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community
STRI special events,
April 2023
STRI at Festi Harpía 2023, Butterfly exhibit opening, March for science, Earth Day Celebrations and more.
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events
Modern pollen as a tool for paleoecological research (talk in Spanish)
Each plant produces a particular type of pollen, which means that it has unique characteristics that can be used to identify the species to which it belongs.
Bioinformatics Botany Evolutionary Ecology Microbial Ecology Paleontology and Paleobiology CTPA
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Carlos JaramilloTiny
Tool
Drones help solve tropical
tree mortality mysteries
Understanding when and where trees die in vast tropical forests is a challenging first step toward understanding carbon dynamics and climate change. Researchers explained variations in tree mortality over a five-year period by analyzing drone images of one of the most-studied tropical forests in the world, Barro Colorado Island in Panama.
Global Change Forest Ecology Ecology Biodiversity Botany Long-term monitoring Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet Barro Colorado Barro Colorado Island
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Helene Muller-LandauEyes in
the Sky
Biodiversity loss despite
a century of protection
The Barro Colorado bird community has lost about a quarter of its species over time
Text by Leila Nilipour
Biodiversity Forest Ecology Ecosystem Ecology Long-term monitoring Historical Ecology Sustaining a Biodiverse Planet Barro Colorado
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disappearances
Tiny plants in a
big changing world
The smallest and possibly most ancient terrestrial plants, bryophytes are an important part of our environment, but in the tropics, there is still much to learn about them.
Naos
Text by Vanessa Crooks
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Noris Salazar
Long-term consequences of river damming in the Panama Canal
As the demand for hydroelectricity and water increases in the tropics, a team of scientists explored the natural impacts of one of the oldest tropical dams in the world
Gatún Lake
Paleontology and Paleobiology Ecosystem Ecology Long-term monitoring Hydrology Invasion Biology Global Change Life in Deep Time Naos
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Aaron O'DeaTime
travel
