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How does lightning shape patterns of plant interactions and carbon storage in tropical forests? Come find out at this lecture.

LUNCHTIME LECTURE 12.30–13:30 BST, WEDNESDAY, 13 SEPT 2023

#TropicalForests #Ecology #CarbonCycle #Lightning

Collecting soil samples in French Guiana https://ecology.ghislainv.fr/news.html#soil-samples-metradica
@Cirad #AMAPlab #Ecology #TropicalForests #fieldwork

INTRACO workshop at Cesab #5 https://ecology.ghislainv.fr/news.html#intraco-workshop-at-cesab-june2023
@Cirad #AMAPlab #Ecology #TropicalForests #workshop

Excellent report with Erika Berenguer's participation on the document launched to improve policies to tackle #degradation.(https://lnkd.in/efwJRHxK).
As the report mentions, this year there is a 75% probability of #elnino occurring between July and August (data from the National Institute of Meteorology - Inmet), besides this the #deforestation rates are still very high with a lot of wood on the ground drying and ready to be burned, and as Erika mentions, fire is the final stage of deforestation and that can indeed escape into the #forest. 
In this document (https://lnkd.in/eVhu_bwm), researchers (including the scientists I most admire in this area of degradation - Ane Alencar, Ima Vieira and Erika Berenguer) show that the area affected by degradation is greater than the area of deforestation (greater #carbonemissions and loss of #biodiversity). 
Mapping degradation is a great challenge, because there are several causes, one of them is the disturbance of #selectivelogging and #fragmentation (edge effect). Thanks to programs such as DETER, it is still possible to identify areas of greater extent of degradation, but there is still much degradation that is difficult to quickly identify due to various challenges, including the #spatial and #temporal resolution of some sensors.
We need public policies to maintain and improve programs for mapping degradation in #tropicalforests, as the document mentions, there is still a big misunderstanding of people who believe that fighting deforestation will solve the degradation, which is not true, since deforestation (in the Amazon) was contained in several regions, but degradation is still happening in those places.

#amazon #climatechange
 

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-climate-strong-declines-ecosystem-tropical.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2023-04-climate-strong-declines-ecosystem-tropical.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_com/status/1646513584426602502#m

#Climatechange causes strong declines in ecosystem services provided by #tropicalforests, shows study @NatureComms https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-37796-z https://phys.org/news/2023-04-climate-strong-declines-ecosystem-tropical.html

Rogues of the Rainforest

Tropical vines are wandering, as they always have, but recent environmental changes are giving them an edge over other rainforest plants—a shift that could have enduring impacts on climates around the globe.

by Douglas Fox, 03.22.2023

"Scientists consider tropical forests critical allies in the struggle against climate change because they have the capacity to absorb and store billions of tons of anthropogenic CO2. But rising CO2 and temperatures are already causing rainforest trees to die younger, and lianas may compound the problem. They “have this really strong negative effect,” says Schnitzer, who has joint appointments at STRI in Panama and Marquette University in Milwaukee. “They prevent trees from taking up as much carbon.” They reduce tree growth. And they can send trees crashing prematurely to the ground.

"Scientists have long thought that #anthropogenic #environmental changes trigger liana expansion: Perhaps rising levels of CO2, or atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and phosphorus have spurred the vines’ growth. But the exact mechanism has remained mysterious for 20 years."

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #RainForest #Forests #TropicalForests #Vines #Botany

Read more: https://www.biographic.com/rogues-of-the-rainforest/?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Tree species on ultramafic soils in New Caledonia https://ecology.ghislainv.fr/news.html#article-tree-occurrences-new-caledonia
@Cirad #AMAPlab #Ecology #TropicalForests #article

Metradica workshop in Montpellier https://ecology.ghislainv.fr/news.html#metradica-workshop-montpellier
@Cirad #AMAPlab #Ecology #TropicalForests #workshops #project

Camille's first article on intraspecific variability https://ecology.ghislainv.fr/news.html#camille-article-intraspecific-variability
@Cirad #AMAPlab #Ecology #TropicalForests #students #article

Video portrait by Cirad https://ecology.ghislainv.fr/news.html#video-portrait-by-cirad
@Cirad #AMAPlab #Ecology #TropicalForests #media

Release of riskmapjnr v1.2 https://ecology.ghislainv.fr/news.html#release-of-riskmapjnr-v1.2
@Cirad #AMAPlab #Ecology #TropicalForests #software

Story on Madagascar's baobabs https://ecology.ghislainv.fr/news.html#story-on-madagascar-s-baobabs-natgeo
@Cirad #AMAPlab #Ecology #TropicalForests #media

Camille Girard-Tercieux PhD defense https://ecology.ghislainv.fr/news.html#camille-girard-tercieux-php-defense
@Cirad #AMAPlab #Ecology #TropicalForests #students

Mission to New Caledonia https://ecology.ghislainv.fr/news.html#mission-to-new-caledonia-nov2022
@Cirad #AMAPlab #Ecology #TropicalForests #fieldwork

INTRACO workshop at Cesab https://ecology.ghislainv.fr/news.html#intraco-workshop-at-cesab-sep2022
@Cirad #AMAPlab #Ecology #TropicalForests #workshops

INTRACO workshop at Cesab https://ecology.ghislainv.fr/news.html#intraco-workshop-at-cesab-sep2022
#Ecology #TropicalForests @Cirad @UmrAmap@twitter.com #workshops

Here's my latest podcast with @mongabay speaking with Romi Castagnino
about her trip to Intag Valley with Liz Kimbrough. Nestled in the most biodiverse region on the planet, it's currently under threat from a planned copper mine. Listen here:

https://news.mongabay.com/2023/02/podcast-moths-vs-mines-in-ecuadors-astounding-biodiversity-hotspot/

#News #Ecuador #Rainforests #Deforestation #Mining #Conservation #Moths #TropicalForests

Protecting global forests with a limited budget? New study shows where and when to start

Liz Kimbrough reports and I read for the latest edition of @mongabay Reports.

#Conservation #IndigenousRights #IndigenousLand #News #Environment #TropicalForests #Biodiversity

https://content.libsyn.com/p/6/a/2/6a2e2f92555d5ade/ForestFinance_mixdown.mp3?c_id=145319004&cs_id=145319004&response-content-type=audio%2Fmpeg&Expires=1675190178&Signature=bix-C2zhI7TBkrO32OmzqrsQoBl7Bi3v749W~AE3yGvGRgkHrAFWtCErVZU~mZctNYXyy1xK4le8ooE6vOD0nA1O01ZMDu2nOeFFpGjOEhjwKOPHcFmUOGfK4yQkScZfOC7wzNGgTtDqd0W91pRrTT7S1TAY-VdY77g4AxFtsluCZkucvuy-nfyvTvxjPb2KeoIN2CczNSdJ9UV26OhPylr3UVO~fO2tJuDtwRtti3MCgkfG3CY-7KfQs81R6Kkywq2V~4OYXHyGoDxpvd52aZSj0YyaBRiNm7-7tsaskw8f83yemNlk6t68rK5vEN2NHa8j6-Vze1wwtXX6DkjE~Q__&Key-Pair-Id=K1YS7LZGUP96OI

“It’s really not #rocketScience,” she said. “We are at an absolutely critical place for the future of #tropicalForests. If we don’t learn from the failures of the last decade or so, then there’s a very large risk that investors, private individuals and others will move away from any kind of willingness to pay to avoid tropical deforestation and that would be a disaster.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/18/revealed-forest-carbon-offsets-biggest-provider-worthless-verra-aoe

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#carbonCredits, just another big lie to create surplus structures for PhD's to make money out of thin air and certifying processes?

#greenWashing in the face of consumerism and an unsustainable "civilization"?

A coffee products company that isn't capable of creating and or fostering coffee plantations that include a sustainable agricultural design, nor is interested in creating added value in the chain of processing inside the raw material commodities countries so labor forces are fostered and the earnings of added value stay inside the developing countries?

All at once, in one single article in a time and age when everything seems to be just "to late".

The age of mono sapiens achieving the ultimate goal of being totally civilized.

#journalism #fridaysForFuture

So much for the ecosystem restoration carbon sink myth: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2214462120 #climatecrisis #climatechange #TropicalForests