Emilio Vilanova
@evilanova.bsky.social
Venezuelan | 🌳 Forest ecologist /scientist. Senior Program Officer - Forest Carbon (ARR | IFM) @VERRA. Views and opinions are my own en English & Español.
Extreme warming of Amazon waters in a changing climate | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Extreme warming of Amazon waters in a changing climate
In 2023, an unprecedented drought and heat wave severely affected Amazon waters, leading to high mortality of fishes and river dolphins. Five of 10 lakes monitored had exceptionally high daytime water...
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November 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Extreme warming of Amazon waters in a changing climate | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... I still remember my early days teaching forest management, ~ 20 years ago, using some of F.E. "Jack" Putz's early work to illustrate the need for improved management, especially in the tropics. While I enjoyed reading this new sort of "reflection" piece (1/3)
Stop disregarding tropical forest management as a conservation option
Most tropical forests with merchantable timber will continue to be logged selectively because not all species or trees produce merchantable wood (unle…
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October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... I still remember my early days teaching forest management, ~ 20 years ago, using some of F.E. "Jack" Putz's early work to illustrate the need for improved management, especially in the tropics. While I enjoyed reading this new sort of "reflection" piece (1/3)
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Many congratulations to Adriane Esquivel, Rebecca Morgan and to all our colleagues supporting Amazon forest monitoring with RAINFOR and ForestPlots.net!
Our analysis of 30 years of Amazon forest change is highlighted on the cover of @natplants.nature.com.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our analysis of 30 years of Amazon forest change is highlighted on the cover of @natplants.nature.com.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Many congratulations to Adriane Esquivel, Rebecca Morgan and to all our colleagues supporting Amazon forest monitoring with RAINFOR and ForestPlots.net!
Our analysis of 30 years of Amazon forest change is highlighted on the cover of @natplants.nature.com.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Our analysis of 30 years of Amazon forest change is highlighted on the cover of @natplants.nature.com.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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How do we define #forestdegradation in different ecosystems?
We are looking for papers that tackle the complexity of measuring degradation in temperate and boreal forests.
Details ▶️ buff.ly/1aULXb4
#EnvironmentalScience #CallForPapers
We are looking for papers that tackle the complexity of measuring degradation in temperate and boreal forests.
Details ▶️ buff.ly/1aULXb4
#EnvironmentalScience #CallForPapers
October 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
How do we define #forestdegradation in different ecosystems?
We are looking for papers that tackle the complexity of measuring degradation in temperate and boreal forests.
Details ▶️ buff.ly/1aULXb4
#EnvironmentalScience #CallForPapers
We are looking for papers that tackle the complexity of measuring degradation in temperate and boreal forests.
Details ▶️ buff.ly/1aULXb4
#EnvironmentalScience #CallForPapers
Great to see our paper (led by @nanimuelbert) about the increase in tree size in Amazonia featured on the cover!
October 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Great to see our paper (led by @nanimuelbert) about the increase in tree size in Amazonia featured on the cover!
According to this paper, there could be c. 55.5 million tall trees (> 60 m height) across the Brazilian Amazon, with the highest density in the northeast portion. These trees have a disproportionate contribution to the carbon stored in these forests! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 19, 2025 at 11:14 PM
According to this paper, there could be c. 55.5 million tall trees (> 60 m height) across the Brazilian Amazon, with the highest density in the northeast portion. These trees have a disproportionate contribution to the carbon stored in these forests! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Global deforestation hasn’t slowed in any significant way in the four years since 127 countries pledged to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by 2030.
The newly published 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment shows that nations are 63% off track from meeting their zero-deforestation target.
The newly published 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment shows that nations are 63% off track from meeting their zero-deforestation target.
Global goal of zero deforestation by 2030 is severely off track
Global deforestation hasn’t slowed in any significant way in the four years since 127 countries pledged to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by 2030. The newly published 2025 Forest…
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October 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Global deforestation hasn’t slowed in any significant way in the four years since 127 countries pledged to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by 2030.
The newly published 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment shows that nations are 63% off track from meeting their zero-deforestation target.
The newly published 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment shows that nations are 63% off track from meeting their zero-deforestation target.
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In 2024, the Amazon Rainforest underwent its most devastating forest fire season in more than 20 years.
According to a new study, the fire-driven forest degradation released an estimated 791 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2024, a sevenfold increase compared with the previous two years.
According to a new study, the fire-driven forest degradation released an estimated 791 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2024, a sevenfold increase compared with the previous two years.
Amazon Rainforest hits record carbon emissions from 2024 forest fires
In 2024, the Amazon Rainforest underwent its most devastating forest fire season in more than two decades. According to a new study by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, the fire-driven…
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October 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
In 2024, the Amazon Rainforest underwent its most devastating forest fire season in more than 20 years.
According to a new study, the fire-driven forest degradation released an estimated 791 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2024, a sevenfold increase compared with the previous two years.
According to a new study, the fire-driven forest degradation released an estimated 791 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2024, a sevenfold increase compared with the previous two years.
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🌳 Small elevation differences in an Amazonian forest affect tree growth and survival, partially explaining species' habitat preferences @danielfzuleta.bsky.social #AmacayacuFDP @ForestGEO 🏔️
Read more:https://buff.ly/kYEp7N4
Read more:https://buff.ly/kYEp7N4
October 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
🌳 Small elevation differences in an Amazonian forest affect tree growth and survival, partially explaining species' habitat preferences @danielfzuleta.bsky.social #AmacayacuFDP @ForestGEO 🏔️
Read more:https://buff.ly/kYEp7N4
Read more:https://buff.ly/kYEp7N4
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Join Verra & Perennial for a webinar on the new DSM tool in the Verified Carbon Standard Program. Learn how it helps quantify greenhouse gas reductions in ALM projects. 📅 Oct 16, 11am ET. Register: bit.ly/4mRnftJ #ClimateAction #SoilCarbon verra.org/webinar-new-...
Webinar: New Digital Soil Mapping Tool
n Thursday, October 16, at 11:00 am ET, Verra and Perennial will be hosting a webinar to provide an overview of the new digital soil mapping (DSM) tool in the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Join Verra & Perennial for a webinar on the new DSM tool in the Verified Carbon Standard Program. Learn how it helps quantify greenhouse gas reductions in ALM projects. 📅 Oct 16, 11am ET. Register: bit.ly/4mRnftJ #ClimateAction #SoilCarbon verra.org/webinar-new-...
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Excited to share that the second paper of my PhD is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social 🍈🦜🍒🐒🍊🐿️
We show that the functional diversity of seed-dispersal interactions in tropical forests takes circa 20 years to recover after deforestation.
You can read it here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
We show that the functional diversity of seed-dispersal interactions in tropical forests takes circa 20 years to recover after deforestation.
You can read it here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Delayed recovery of seed-dispersal interactions after deforestation
Landim et al. show that seed-dispersal interactions require about two decades to functionally
recover in tropical forests in Ecuador, but the recovery time of seed-dispersal functions
is delayed in pa...
www.cell.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Excited to share that the second paper of my PhD is out in @currentbiology.bsky.social 🍈🦜🍒🐒🍊🐿️
We show that the functional diversity of seed-dispersal interactions in tropical forests takes circa 20 years to recover after deforestation.
You can read it here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
We show that the functional diversity of seed-dispersal interactions in tropical forests takes circa 20 years to recover after deforestation.
You can read it here: www.cell.com/current-biol...
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apnews.com/article/flyi... Amazon's 'flying rivers' weaken with tree loss, scientists warn of worsening droughts
As Amazon's 'flying rivers' weaken with tree loss, scientists warn of worsening droughts
Scientists warn that “flying rivers” — invisible streams of moisture that carry rain from the Atlantic Ocean westward across the Amazon — are weakening as deforestation and climate change advance.
apnews.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
apnews.com/article/flyi... Amazon's 'flying rivers' weaken with tree loss, scientists warn of worsening droughts
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The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.
October 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The world has lost its most powerful advocate for nature and hope. Yet many remain who will continue her legacy and I know she will continue to inspire generations more.
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💥BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the Chocó have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.
September 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
💥BREAKING: Birds in a tropical pluvial rainforest of the Chocó have been quietly changing in morphology for 109 years. Some have shrunk, others grown. Tails grew longer, bills grew deeper. Even in forests with continuous cover, climate change may be rewriting evolution in real time.
Perhaps the first formal paper on tropical forests ecology I read in college was one from Arturo Gomez Pompa a long time ago 😞
An absolute GIANT in the study and conservation of tropical forests and one of the pillars of México’s ecological and ethnobotanical communities has passed on. Padrino to so many: Arturo Gómez Pompa news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Arturo Gómez-Pompa, biologist who revealed the human history in “virgin” forests, has died, aged 90
In the steaming lowlands of Veracruz and the Yucatán, where strangler figs knot the canopy and howler monkeys bellow at dawn, a man with a field notebook kept noticing what others overlooked. Arturo G...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Perhaps the first formal paper on tropical forests ecology I read in college was one from Arturo Gomez Pompa a long time ago 😞
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Big trees are on the rise.
30 years of Amazon forest measurements by RAINFOR partners show that, so far, any impact of #climatechange on forests and large trees have been more than mitigated by the positive effects of increased resources.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
30 years of Amazon forest measurements by RAINFOR partners show that, so far, any impact of #climatechange on forests and large trees have been more than mitigated by the positive effects of increased resources.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Big trees are on the rise.
30 years of Amazon forest measurements by RAINFOR partners show that, so far, any impact of #climatechange on forests and large trees have been more than mitigated by the positive effects of increased resources.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
30 years of Amazon forest measurements by RAINFOR partners show that, so far, any impact of #climatechange on forests and large trees have been more than mitigated by the positive effects of increased resources.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sequoia sempervirens (redwood; world's tallest tree) is well adapted to high-intensity crown fires (eg 2020), but Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia; world's most massive tree) is adapted to surface fires only!
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧪🌍🔥🌿🌳🔥🪴 @botsocamerica.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧪🌍🔥🌿🌳🔥🪴 @botsocamerica.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Sequoia sempervirens (redwood; world's tallest tree) is well adapted to high-intensity crown fires (eg 2020), but Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia; world's most massive tree) is adapted to surface fires only!
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧪🌍🔥🌿🌳🔥🪴 @botsocamerica.bsky.social
bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧪🌍🔥🌿🌳🔥🪴 @botsocamerica.bsky.social
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The future of forests is being shaped in today’s classrooms. But are we teaching the right things?
A global study finds major gaps — from lack of Indigenous knowledge to gender bias.
Read why forest education must evolve:🔗 https://bit.ly/3EEghrZ
#Trees4Resilience
A global study finds major gaps — from lack of Indigenous knowledge to gender bias.
Read why forest education must evolve:🔗 https://bit.ly/3EEghrZ
#Trees4Resilience
September 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The future of forests is being shaped in today’s classrooms. But are we teaching the right things?
A global study finds major gaps — from lack of Indigenous knowledge to gender bias.
Read why forest education must evolve:🔗 https://bit.ly/3EEghrZ
#Trees4Resilience
A global study finds major gaps — from lack of Indigenous knowledge to gender bias.
Read why forest education must evolve:🔗 https://bit.ly/3EEghrZ
#Trees4Resilience
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A year-long experiment in a wet tropical #forest found that 4°C of warming boosted soil CO2 emissions by 42-204%. These high rates suggest tropical #soils may release more #carbon under future warming than #climate models predict.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Warming induces unexpectedly high soil respiration in a wet tropical forest - Nature Communications
A year-long experiment in a wet tropical forest found that 4 oC of warming boosted soil CO2 emissions by 42-204%. These high rates suggest tropical soils may release more carbon under future warming t...
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September 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A year-long experiment in a wet tropical #forest found that 4°C of warming boosted soil CO2 emissions by 42-204%. These high rates suggest tropical #soils may release more #carbon under future warming than #climate models predict.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
