Pedro Brancalion is used to the roar of chainsaws. For years, he’s heard loggers tearing down rainforest giants in the Brazilian Amazon, and listened as ancient trees were toppled and yanked from the Atlantic Forest’s remaining fragments. But this time the rip-roar of machinery and thwack of falling trees means something very different. This time, […]
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LEEDS, UK, July 3, 2021 (ENS) – A global network of researchers is cooperatively investigating tropical forests wherever they grow on the planet to explore the effects of climate change on the forests and the diverse creatures they shelter. ForestPlots.net, coordinated from the University of Leeds in England, takes in more than 2,500 scientists who have examined millions of trees for this project.
A new research paper published in the journal “Biological Conservation” details the origins of the network, and how the power of collaboration is transforming forest research in Africa, South America and Asia.