ATBC2016 Bacardi & Gentry Award Winners
by Emilio Bruna The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) recognizes the exceptional research of our students and early career scientists with awards for outstanding presentations at the ATBC’s annual meeting. The Luis F. Bacardi Award for Advances in Tropical Conservation is awarded to the individual receiving their Ph.D. no more than 5 years before the meeting […]
Planet at a crossroads: Report from the IUCN World Congress
Tony Lynam and Alice Hughes were representing ATBC at the World Conservation Congress of the IUCN — the International Union for the Conservation of Nature — which has just concluded in Hawaii. Through Alert, Alice Hughes gives us an overview of the event. Commencing on September 1, over ten thousand decision-makers from government, environmental and indigenous-peoples groups, the […]
Building conservation capacity across the global tropics
by Alice C. Hughes Tropical forests cover around 6 % of the world’s land surface, yet support 50 – 75 % of all terrestrial species. Yet in addition to hosting most global biodiversity, the global tropics have also seen the greatest loss of diversity in recent decades, and over 50 % of tropical forests have already […]
Changing tropical forest landscapes: A view from a small plane
BY JABOURY GHAZOUL We emerge from the thick tropical clouds that perpetually hang over Kota Kinabalu at this time of year. I crane my neck to get a good view through the plane window of the surreal profile of Mount Kinabalu, its multi-pronged rocky top standing well aloof of the surrounding clouds and forest. It seems […]