New endowment to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Thomas Kursar and Dr. Phyllis Coley
This endowment celebrates the legacy of ecological research and graduate student training by Dr. Thomas Kursar and Dr. Phyllis Coley. For decades Tom and Lissy have had a profound influence on and commitment to the training of the next generation of ecologists, particularly tropical biologists. The purpose of this endowment is to provide critically needed […]
Tropical forests are losing carbon. Should we lose hope?
By Robin L. Chazdon Executive Director, Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation A recent study published online in Science reported that tropical forests globally lost substantially more carbon than they gained from 2003-2014. This robust analysis provokes a shocking and sobering realization of the impact of human activities on the world’s most biodiverse biome. Deforestation […]
2018 European Conference of Tropical Ecology in Paris, France
The “European Conference of Tropical Ecology” and the Annual Conference of the Society for Tropical Ecology (Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie, gtö) in 2018 will be hosted by the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle/UPMC/Académie des Sciences-COPED, Sorbonne Universités, Paris. The overarching topic will be ” Challenges in tropical ecology and conservation – global perspectives “ The conference will […]
Reviewers needed for IBPES Assessments
IPBES is calling for external reviewers for 6 Regional Assessments — three of them largely tropical — and the Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment. The IPBES is a sort of ‘IPCC for Biodiversity’, and these assessments are likely to be influential. Please help improve them by registering as an external reviewer! Note that reviewers do not have […]