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Tropical forests in our time - people, trees and climate. Posts by Oliver Phillips.
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Forest measurements are more important than ever.
“Dedicated teams working in the field to collect vital ground-truth data are essential to the success of our missions” - Simonetta Cheli #ESA Director of Earth Observation. Find out more in our latest newsletter.
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“Dedicated teams working in the field to collect vital ground-truth data are essential to the success of our missions” - Simonetta Cheli #ESA Director of Earth Observation. Find out more in our latest newsletter.
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Save the date! 47th New Phytologist Symposium on 'Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life'. Explore how extreme heat affects plants that underpin ecosystem productivity.
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
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www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life
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November 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Save the date! 47th New Phytologist Symposium on 'Extreme Heat: extending the thermal limits of life'. Explore how extreme heat affects plants that underpin ecosystem productivity.
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
2-5 June 2026, Cordoba, Spain.
@newphyt.bsky.social
www.newphytologist.org/events/47-nps
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🚨Paper alert🚨
Check out Beibei Zhang's latest work out today @royalsocietypublishing.org where we track the 3D structural recovery of Australia's Great Western Woodlands following wildfires over a chronosequence spanning half a millenia!🌳🛰️🔥🧪
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Check out Beibei Zhang's latest work out today @royalsocietypublishing.org where we track the 3D structural recovery of Australia's Great Western Woodlands following wildfires over a chronosequence spanning half a millenia!🌳🛰️🔥🧪
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🚨Paper alert🚨
Check out Beibei Zhang's latest work out today @royalsocietypublishing.org where we track the 3D structural recovery of Australia's Great Western Woodlands following wildfires over a chronosequence spanning half a millenia!🌳🛰️🔥🧪
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Check out Beibei Zhang's latest work out today @royalsocietypublishing.org where we track the 3D structural recovery of Australia's Great Western Woodlands following wildfires over a chronosequence spanning half a millenia!🌳🛰️🔥🧪
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Here are two beautiful Lauraceae trees from the wet forest remnants of Colombia's Magdalena Medio.
How many more species remain unknown to science in what remains of the Andean forests?
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How many more species remain unknown to science in what remains of the Andean forests?
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November 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Here are two beautiful Lauraceae trees from the wet forest remnants of Colombia's Magdalena Medio.
How many more species remain unknown to science in what remains of the Andean forests?
abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/ab...
How many more species remain unknown to science in what remains of the Andean forests?
abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/ab...
RIP Jimmy
Jimmy Cliff, the Jamaican reggae singer who helped popularize the genre with songs like “You Can Get It If You Really Want” and “The Harder They Come,” died at 81 of pneumonia, his wife said. Read more about his life and legacy: nyti.ms/4pxqKao
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
RIP Jimmy
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Cop30 shows we need real climate action, fast. Choosing not to fly is hard, but many travellers say slowing down gave them more, lower emissions and a bigger sense of purpose. Overland travel is better for the planet and the experience.
#ClimateAction
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#ClimateAction
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UN warns world losing climate battle but fragile Cop30 deal keeps up the fight
Reaching agreement in divisive political landscape shows ‘climate cooperation is alive and kicking’, says UN climate chief
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November 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Cop30 shows we need real climate action, fast. Choosing not to fly is hard, but many travellers say slowing down gave them more, lower emissions and a bigger sense of purpose. Overland travel is better for the planet and the experience.
#ClimateAction
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#ClimateAction
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#COP30 was meant to deliver a stronger global push to protect forests. But in Belém, negotiations closed without a binding commitment to halt deforestation.
CIFOR-ICRAF's Robert Nasi breaks down what this means for climate action
Read the full piece:🔗 https://bit.ly/4pssdyE
#Trees4Resilience
CIFOR-ICRAF's Robert Nasi breaks down what this means for climate action
Read the full piece:🔗 https://bit.ly/4pssdyE
#Trees4Resilience
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#COP30 was meant to deliver a stronger global push to protect forests. But in Belém, negotiations closed without a binding commitment to halt deforestation.
CIFOR-ICRAF's Robert Nasi breaks down what this means for climate action
Read the full piece:🔗 https://bit.ly/4pssdyE
#Trees4Resilience
CIFOR-ICRAF's Robert Nasi breaks down what this means for climate action
Read the full piece:🔗 https://bit.ly/4pssdyE
#Trees4Resilience
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425.82 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 20-Nov-2025
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The Keeling Curve
The Keeling Curve is a daily record of global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration maintained by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
425.82 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 20-Nov-2025
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A 30,019-hectare forest in Santa Cruz, Bolivia may soon be sold to agribusiness giant Bom Futuro, which plans to clear it, documents show.
Conservationists warn the area is a key part of the Chiquitano dry forest, linking the Amazon, Gran Chaco & Cerrado.
Conservationists warn the area is a key part of the Chiquitano dry forest, linking the Amazon, Gran Chaco & Cerrado.
The land deal threatening a vital piece of Bolivia’s Chiquitano dry forest
A large forest in eastern Bolivia is on the verge of being sold to an international agriculture company, raising concerns that it might be razed to make room for new cropland. The 30,019-hectare…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A 30,019-hectare forest in Santa Cruz, Bolivia may soon be sold to agribusiness giant Bom Futuro, which plans to clear it, documents show.
Conservationists warn the area is a key part of the Chiquitano dry forest, linking the Amazon, Gran Chaco & Cerrado.
Conservationists warn the area is a key part of the Chiquitano dry forest, linking the Amazon, Gran Chaco & Cerrado.
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Brazil is pushing the Tapajós River waterway as one of the main Amazon shipping corridors and preparing it for privatization, which will enable regular dredging and maintenance.
Traditional communities and environmental groups warn that dredging and vessel traffic threaten turtles, fish and more.
Traditional communities and environmental groups warn that dredging and vessel traffic threaten turtles, fish and more.
Amazon Indigenous groups fight soy waterway as Brazil fast-tracks dredging
The Tapajós supported Indigenous people for millennia, but now vessels, pollution and waves may disrupt their lives.
news.mongabay.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Brazil is pushing the Tapajós River waterway as one of the main Amazon shipping corridors and preparing it for privatization, which will enable regular dredging and maintenance.
Traditional communities and environmental groups warn that dredging and vessel traffic threaten turtles, fish and more.
Traditional communities and environmental groups warn that dredging and vessel traffic threaten turtles, fish and more.
New plant genus discovered in the Andes. Sumacoa barbata is an arborescent Gesneriad endemic to Cordillera del Cóndor.
David Neill, co-author of the study and legendary figure in neotropical botany, passed away this year. Sumacoa represents both a scientific milestone and a tribute to his legacy.
David Neill, co-author of the study and legendary figure in neotropical botany, passed away this year. Sumacoa represents both a scientific milestone and a tribute to his legacy.
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
New plant genus discovered in the Andes. Sumacoa barbata is an arborescent Gesneriad endemic to Cordillera del Cóndor.
David Neill, co-author of the study and legendary figure in neotropical botany, passed away this year. Sumacoa represents both a scientific milestone and a tribute to his legacy.
David Neill, co-author of the study and legendary figure in neotropical botany, passed away this year. Sumacoa represents both a scientific milestone and a tribute to his legacy.
Amazonía: la mayor selva tropical del mundo. Ningún otro bosque tiene un impacto similar.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Amazonía: la mayor selva tropical del mundo. Ningún otro bosque tiene un impacto similar.
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Centuries of compounding human influence on Amazonian forests.
The distribution of abundances of useful Amazonian tree species in 1500 plots suggests widespread ecological imprints of pre-Columbian indigenous and post-contact colonist people on modern forest composition.
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The distribution of abundances of useful Amazonian tree species in 1500 plots suggests widespread ecological imprints of pre-Columbian indigenous and post-contact colonist people on modern forest composition.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Centuries of compounding human influence on Amazonian forests | PNAS
Recent evidence suggests that the ecological footprints of pre-Columbian Indigenous
peoples in Amazonia persist in modern forests. Ecological impac...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Centuries of compounding human influence on Amazonian forests.
The distribution of abundances of useful Amazonian tree species in 1500 plots suggests widespread ecological imprints of pre-Columbian indigenous and post-contact colonist people on modern forest composition.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
The distribution of abundances of useful Amazonian tree species in 1500 plots suggests widespread ecological imprints of pre-Columbian indigenous and post-contact colonist people on modern forest composition.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Descubren cuatro nuevas especies de plantas en el Parque Nacional Yanachaga Chemillén 🇵🇪
El descubrimiento de estas plantas, que no existen en ningún otro lugar del planeta, resalta el valor de los últimos refugios biológicos en los Andes.
www.actualidadambiental.pe/pasco-descub...
El descubrimiento de estas plantas, que no existen en ningún otro lugar del planeta, resalta el valor de los últimos refugios biológicos en los Andes.
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Pasco: descubren cuatro nuevas especies de plantas en el Parque Nacional Yanachaga Chemillén
En los bosques montanos húmedos de la Reserva de Biósfera [...]
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November 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Descubren cuatro nuevas especies de plantas en el Parque Nacional Yanachaga Chemillén 🇵🇪
El descubrimiento de estas plantas, que no existen en ningún otro lugar del planeta, resalta el valor de los últimos refugios biológicos en los Andes.
www.actualidadambiental.pe/pasco-descub...
El descubrimiento de estas plantas, que no existen en ningún otro lugar del planeta, resalta el valor de los últimos refugios biológicos en los Andes.
www.actualidadambiental.pe/pasco-descub...
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Global #biodiversity is under intense pressure from human activity. David Attenborough explains why biodiversity is so important to us, how biodiversity loss is impacting our world and how there is still time to change direction – if we act now: #COP30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlWNuzrqe7U
Why is biodiversity important - with Sir David Attenborough | The Royal Society
YouTube video by The Royal Society
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November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Global #biodiversity is under intense pressure from human activity. David Attenborough explains why biodiversity is so important to us, how biodiversity loss is impacting our world and how there is still time to change direction – if we act now: #COP30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlWNuzrqe7U
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🌐 Global Ecology feed Digest #39, Nov 10-17, 26 posts!
✨For the lazy (yes we are!) & friends who don't like social media but might benefit from this feed, here’s a DIGEST crafted with 💚 for you to share
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bluesky Global Ecology Feed Digest #38
Curated digest of the bluesky Global Ecology feed on biodiversity, ecosystems & conservation at large scales. Terrestrial, freswater & marine realms.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🌐 Global Ecology feed Digest #39, Nov 10-17, 26 posts!
✨For the lazy (yes we are!) & friends who don't like social media but might benefit from this feed, here’s a DIGEST crafted with 💚 for you to share
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✨For the lazy (yes we are!) & friends who don't like social media but might benefit from this feed, here’s a DIGEST crafted with 💚 for you to share
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Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister
Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister
Sonia Guajajara tells Cop30 the rights of traditional communities must be maintained in the face of exploitation by the mining industry
Countries must recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as a key component of tackling the climate crisis, and civil society must help in the defence of such lands against mining interests, Brazil’s minister for Indigenous peoples has said.
Sonia Guajajara, a longtime Indigenous activist before being appointed a minister by President Lula da Silva, said: “[Among the goals of the Cop30 summit is] a request that countries recognise the demarcation of Indigenous lands as climate policy.” Continue reading...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Indigenous lands must be recognised as part of climate policy, says Brazilian minister
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Why go flight-free? Aviation emissions hit the Global South hardest. Francisca’s flight-free pledge is about travelling consciously, exploring locally, and choosing low-carbon options. flightfree.co.uk/post/flight-...
#ClimateCrisis #SustainableTravel
#ClimateCrisis #SustainableTravel
Francisca: decolonising our travel mindset
Black Geographers founder Francisca Rockey shares why she has decided to take a flight free year
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November 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Why go flight-free? Aviation emissions hit the Global South hardest. Francisca’s flight-free pledge is about travelling consciously, exploring locally, and choosing low-carbon options. flightfree.co.uk/post/flight-...
#ClimateCrisis #SustainableTravel
#ClimateCrisis #SustainableTravel
Another new species discovered in Peru, in Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillén. The type specimen of 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑚 was collected by Marco Cueva, Abel Monteagudo, Antonio Peña and colleagues working in the Yanachaga RAINFOR montane forest plots.
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doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Another new species discovered in Peru, in Parque Nacional Yanachaga-Chemillén. The type specimen of 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑚 was collected by Marco Cueva, Abel Monteagudo, Antonio Peña and colleagues working in the Yanachaga RAINFOR montane forest plots.
doi.org/10.3897/phyt...
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Todos tenemos raíces profundas.
Este fascinante artículo repasa el trabajo de RAINFOR en Venezuela y conecta 200 años de historia de exploradores del río Negro y el Amazonas, entre ellos von Humboldt, Bonpland, Spruce, Wallace, Medina y Rafael Herrera Fernández.
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Este fascinante artículo repasa el trabajo de RAINFOR en Venezuela y conecta 200 años de historia de exploradores del río Negro y el Amazonas, entre ellos von Humboldt, Bonpland, Spruce, Wallace, Medina y Rafael Herrera Fernández.
www.meer.com/es/95997-ric...
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Todos tenemos raíces profundas.
Este fascinante artículo repasa el trabajo de RAINFOR en Venezuela y conecta 200 años de historia de exploradores del río Negro y el Amazonas, entre ellos von Humboldt, Bonpland, Spruce, Wallace, Medina y Rafael Herrera Fernández.
www.meer.com/es/95997-ric...
Este fascinante artículo repasa el trabajo de RAINFOR en Venezuela y conecta 200 años de historia de exploradores del río Negro y el Amazonas, entre ellos von Humboldt, Bonpland, Spruce, Wallace, Medina y Rafael Herrera Fernández.
www.meer.com/es/95997-ric...
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Today the UN COP climate summit kicked off in Brazil, and @london.gov.uk has been in Rio to promote action on climate change by cities. Back here in London, my @badvertising.bsky.social team mates launched a campaign to ask the Mayor to stop promoting pollution on London’s public transport network
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Today the UN COP climate summit kicked off in Brazil, and @london.gov.uk has been in Rio to promote action on climate change by cities. Back here in London, my @badvertising.bsky.social team mates launched a campaign to ask the Mayor to stop promoting pollution on London’s public transport network
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The 2025 U.N. climate conference, COP30, will run from Nov. 10-21 in Belém, Brazil, and is expected to host the largest participation of Indigenous peoples in the conference series’ history, with more than 3,000 Indigenous delegates registered.
Mongabay spoke with some about their objectives.
Mongabay spoke with some about their objectives.
Indigenous delegates prepare for COP30 with focus on justice, land and finance
As the Brazilian city of Belém prepares for this year’s U.N. climate conference, COP30, Indigenous leaders worldwide say they’re getting ready to have their demands addressed. Dubbed the “nature COP”…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The 2025 U.N. climate conference, COP30, will run from Nov. 10-21 in Belém, Brazil, and is expected to host the largest participation of Indigenous peoples in the conference series’ history, with more than 3,000 Indigenous delegates registered.
Mongabay spoke with some about their objectives.
Mongabay spoke with some about their objectives.
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The largest mammals have always been at the greatest risk of extinction – this is still the case today. 🧵
The wipeout of the largest mammals is a global phenomenon that we see across many regions.
The wipeout of the largest mammals is a global phenomenon that we see across many regions.
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The largest mammals have always been at the greatest risk of extinction – this is still the case today. 🧵
The wipeout of the largest mammals is a global phenomenon that we see across many regions.
The wipeout of the largest mammals is a global phenomenon that we see across many regions.
Los gráficos, mapas y fotos que muestran la lenta muerte de la Amazonía - y por qué el mundo debería preocuparse
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November 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Los gráficos, mapas y fotos que muestran la lenta muerte de la Amazonía - y por qué el mundo debería preocuparse
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So cool! Four #new #Gesneraciaceae species, found in a #Biosphere Reserve in central #Peru. #PlantHunters
Cuatro nuevas especies de Gesneriaceae de la Reserva de Biósfera Oxapampa-Asháninka-Yanesha, Perú. 2025. Revista Forestal del Perú
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Felicitaciones Rocio Rojas Gonzales, Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza y colegas!
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Felicitaciones Rocio Rojas Gonzales, Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza y colegas!
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
So cool! Four #new #Gesneraciaceae species, found in a #Biosphere Reserve in central #Peru. #PlantHunters
Cuatro nuevas especies de Gesneriaceae de la Reserva de Biósfera Oxapampa-Asháninka-Yanesha, Perú. 2025. Revista Forestal del Perú
revistas.lamolina.edu.pe/index.php/rf...
Felicitaciones Rocio Rojas Gonzales, Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza y colegas!
revistas.lamolina.edu.pe/index.php/rf...
Felicitaciones Rocio Rojas Gonzales, Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza y colegas!
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Cuatro nuevas especies de Gesneriaceae de la Reserva de Biósfera Oxapampa-Asháninka-Yanesha, Perú. 2025. Revista Forestal del Perú
revistas.lamolina.edu.pe/index.php/rf...
Felicitaciones Rocio Rojas Gonzales, Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza y colegas!
revistas.lamolina.edu.pe/index.php/rf...
Felicitaciones Rocio Rojas Gonzales, Rodolfo Vásquez Martínez, Luis Valenzuela Gamarra, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza y colegas!