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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Post-doctoral fellow in global forest dynamics! TreeChange combines life history traits from field observations with demographic modelling to understand the future of forests and the carbon sink. Based at Lund in Sweden you will work with researchers across the world lu.varbi.com/what:job/job...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Led by Brhenda Santos and Robson Borges, our analysis of 300 forest plots helps reveal the climate sensitivity and biomass distribution of Brazil's amazing Caatinga dry forest ecosystem. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Protecting tropical forests is much better for biodiversity and for the climate than restoration. This new article in Science shows why: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

One-third of Colombia is now legally owned by its indigenous peoples. However, as with other nations of South and North America, almost all indigenous territories lie far from the economic and political core. Source: National Library of Colombia

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Adaptation measures for these rapid changes in climate extremes must include preventing deforestation and disturbances that amplify climate risks.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Over 700,000 square kilometres in central-north Amazonia have experienced increases in extreme dry season temperatures ≥ 3.2 °C over 43 years.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Rapid increase of climate extremes reveals new areas of concern in Amazonia. Our new paper led by @josbarlow.bsky.social shows heatwaves and heat-driven droughts are intensifying much faster than overall averages in #Amazonia - and in unexpected places. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

¡Invertir en las habilidades botánicas de nuestros socios nunca ha sido tan importante! Mil gracias a Rodolfo Vásquez y a sus colegas en Perú, y felicitaciones a los participantes del SERNANP, del PN Yanachaga y a los demás.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

It could be the most intense El Niño in history. SST already 6°C above normal in places from Peru to beyond Galapagos. This is an extreme anomaly for this stage of development with the peak still months away.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

And in Brazil, Karollyne Guimaraes and colleagues are bringing together collaborators from wet and dry biomes to support integrated, long-term research and data management sway.cloud.microsoft/HvzAubjQA0iC...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Across the Congo Basin, the dynamic "CongoFor1.5" team is monitoring more than 250 forest plots. By strengthening skills in both field data collection and data analysis, our workshops are helping to build local expertise and support the next generation of forest scientists.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

In Brazil's giant Cerrado biome and the world's most biodiverse savanna., Facundo Alvarez and colleagues show that just 30 dominant species hold the secret to resisting climate change onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Across South America, Belen Fedrique leads an Amazon and Andean team to reveal how climate change already shapes tree diversity, creating ecological winners and losers in Earth’s most vital biodiversity hotspots. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Across the Amazon, Adriane Esquivel and our RAINFOR partners discovered that big trees are getting bigger. More than ever before, the carbon sink depends on the giants of the forest www.nature.com/articles/s41... sway.cloud.microsoft/HvzAubjQA0iC...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

We celebrate some of the amazing achievements of our incredible colleagues. In Peru, Rodolfo Vasquez and his team have discovered *236* plant species new to science in just one reserve. A 40-year labour of love in some of Earth's most challenging forests. sway.cloud.microsoft/HvzAubjQA0iC...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

La defaunacon es en todas partes, pero varia mucho en sus impactos. Este nuevo artiuclo proviene Mapas de Defaunación de Mamíferos y Aves Tropicales - incluye mapas de defaunación por especie para 4992 aves y mamíferos! 🐶🐯🙈🦆🦉🦇🐘🦙 -> onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

The deep past has much to teach us all. This is humanity's 42,000-kilometer Stone Age odyssey during the, in one image. outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

More species discovery in the Peruvian Andes! 🌿 Congratulations to Rodolfo Vasquez and Rocío Rojas-Gonzales on Saurauia vanderffii - a new Actinidaceae from the Central Rainforest Cloud Forests Biosphere Reserve. 🇵🇪🔬✨ www.lillo.org.ar/journals/ind...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Is #Peru the most important nation on Earth for the future of tropical life? To escape increasing heat and drought, the Amazon needs big, protected ecosystem corridors. This new study shows where they need to be. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/1872...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

More amazing botanical discoveries in Peru. Rocio Rojas and colleagues describe new endemic Columnea species (Gesneriaceae). Together with recent discoveries, the number of Columnea species known in Peru increases to 36, concentrated in vulnerable Andean cloud forests. 10.3897/phytokeys.275.187262

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A new species of the rare and spectacular forest liana genus Marcgravia has been discovered in the Peruvian Amazon - based on a collection made by Rodolfo Vasquez on the Rio Nanay near Iquitos, 46 years ago. abm.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/ab...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

En Madre de Dios 🇵🇪. No hay control. Más de 500 hectáreas deforestadas por minería ilegal en la Reserva Nacional Tambopata. www.actualidadambiental.pe/madre-de-dio...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

El Niño is emerging faster than expected, with a 2-in-3 chance of becoming a strong El Niño. The transition is expected to begin soon. www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Nuestro frágil hogar, desde más allá de la luna. Creditos: NASA/Artemis II Crew.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Remembering Dr. Peter H. Raven 1936-2026. Peter Raven transformed the Missouri Botanical Garden into a world-leading centre for botany and dedicated his working life to science, conservation, and building vital tropical biodiversity research programmes. www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/peter-raven

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

O Cerrado abrange 2M km² e está cronicamente subprotegido. Apenas 30 espécies contribuem com metade de todas as árvores. Esta nova análise em @globalchangebio.bsky.social mostra como as mudanças climáticas e a perda de habitat ameaçam o futuro do Cerrado. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

El levantamiento andino y la biogeografía histórica de la familia de la nuez de Brasil. Lecythidaceae se diversificó durante el Mioceno. La mayoría de especies conservaron nichos en la selva de tierras bajas, pero varios linajes se desplazaron hacia los andes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

The Cerrado biome spans 2M km2 and is chronically underprotected. Just 30 species contribute half of tree stems. New analysis supported by ForestPlots shows why the combination of climate change and habitat loss threatens them, and the future of the Cerrado. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Una nueva especie de Gesneriaceae. 𝘋𝘳𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢 es endémica del Parque Nacional Yanachaga Chemillén en la selva central del Perú. Felicidades a Rocio Rojas Gonzales y sus colegas por su descubrimento. doi.org/10.14522/dar...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The latest ECMWF forecast is for a significant El Niño event

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Seleção de bolsista de Pós-Doutorado Júnior junto ao Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia Síntese da Biodiversidade Amazônica. Excelente oportunidade para pesquisador(a) interessado(a) em contribuir com estudos inovadores na Amazônia. A vaga é para 1 Bolsa com duração inicial de 12 meses.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Fabaceae emerge as amongst the most embolism-resistant tree families in Amazonia. Forests in the Brazilian and Guiana Shield regions, where Fabaceae abundance is high, are expected to have greater drought resistance than Western Amazon forests.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Large-scale patterns of tropical forest embolism resistance mapped across space and angiosperm phylogeny. Combining measurements across the Amazon with 100s of floristic samples, Julia Tavares & colleagues report remarkable variation in vulnerability to drought. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

An Aquatic Cycad! #newspecies discovered deep in the swamps of the Peruvian Amazon, and named Zamia urarinorum in honor of the indigenous people of the area, who, of course, already knew it. phytotaxa.mapress.com/pt/article/v...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The plants of the Brazilian Amazon create rainfall worth US$20 billion annually. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

We all love trees. But lianas are beautiful too! Cross-sections reveal the pattern of xylem tubes, reflecting the stem space dedicated to transporting water skywards and phylogenetic variation in a liana community.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Why long-term science is needed in a short term world. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Payment‐based open access is biasing ecology against participation from the Global South nsojournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The sheer size of the tropics is underestimated by many.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Our deepest relationships with nature are not intellectual, but emotional and physical. The more we interact directly with nature, the happier we will be and the more deeply we will see it. Sensing Forests Directly: The Power of Permanent Plots t.co/i4Uuh8wgSG

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Tree diversity is changing in the Amazon and Andes. Belen Fadrique leads our analysis in @natecoevo.nature.com w/ 400 plots + 40 years of RAINFOR records. www.nature.com/articles/s41... Hot, drier, more fragmented forests are losing species. Many in the Andes + western Amazon are gaining them.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The past and future of known biodiversity. Species discovery is taxonomist-limited (!) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🚨Paper Alert: Pan-Amazon Technical Insight The new article “Are tropical forest science and policy disconnected?” examines how “timber species” are (mis-)understood by scientists, national forest administrations, and international organizations across Amazonia. Ximena Herrera-Alvarez et al.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Important paper showing the dearth of plant taxonomists in the tropical countries that need them most www.cell.com/trends/plant...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

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...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

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.

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Amazonía: la mayor selva tropical del mundo. Ningún otro bosque tiene un impacto similar. www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...

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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

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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ForestPlots @forestplots.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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...

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