The ATBC needs your views and opinions
Dear Tropical Biologist, The Association of Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) is conducting a survey to allow us to more effectively meet the needs of tropical biologists across the world. For this purpose, we would greatly appreciate your response to a short survey (5 to 10 minutes) about how the ATBC can and should serve […]
ATBC Election Results
Election Results are in! Congratulations to our new officers: President Elect: Dr. Kaoru Kitajima Professor ,Tropical Forest Resources and Environments Division of Forest and Biomaterial Science Graduate School of Agriculture Kyoto University Councillors (2015-2018): Dr. Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz Associate Professor in Tropical Conservation Ecology, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Malaysia Dr. Lisa C. Davenport Associate in […]
Roads to ruin: The most environmentally destructive highways in Southeast Asia
From ALERT–the Alliance of Leading Environmental Researchers & Thinkers Roads scare the bejeezus out of many scientists because they often open a Pandora’s Box of environmental problems — such as unleashing illegal deforestation, logging, hunting, mining, and land speculation. For that reason it’s crucial not to put roads in the wrong places — such as […]
Football fields of deforestation. But what does that mean?
A recent newspaper article stated that Indonesia lost 4.6 million ha of forest between 2009 and 2013. This was equated to an area of three football fields ever minute. I understand what journalists are trying to do with their frequent reference to football fields. Presumably it makes that obscure, ivory tower world of weird units […]