Two excellent late additions to our symposium on “towards a holistic view of tropical forest degradation” at #ATBC2023 today in Coimbatore: the amazing Bill Sutherland and @Pieter_Zuidema . 1030am-130 pm

After #ATBC2023, visiting Valparai in the biodiversity hotspot of the Western Ghats with the staff of Nature Conservation Foundation . Learning about the conservation and restoration of its magnificent lush rainforests. Peak monsoon rains and swarming with leeches but still gorgeous

Deforestation matters for climate. If #deforestation were a country it would be the third highest emitter in the world. Globally we have destroyed one-third of forests, and the rate of destruction remains high.

I'm on my way to Oxford for this big debate. It's generating a lot of interest around the world. Do watch if you can.

Great news! Historical processing of the Harmonized #Landsat #Sentinel-2 (#HLS) HLSS30 v2.0 data is complete. HLSS30 data are now available from November 28, 2015 to the present. Discover data at NASA's #LPDAAC: lpdaac.usgs.gov/products/hlss3… European Space Agency ESA Earth Observation Sentinel Hub

‼️Funded workshop, RT pls‼️ Are you interested in the Amazonian sociobiodiversity? ? We are hosting a WS on this topic for early-career researchers in Belém (16-18/July), with travel/accom funded by British Council Apply here: t.ly/A4NCd

Depois de meses trabalhando lado a lado dos brigadistas da Flona do Tapajós, adoecendo junto deles no meio do fogo, fugindo das chamas e vendo a floresta arder, a Rede Amazônia Sustentável fez esse filme com imagens in loco da Mari | Sem Anistia youtu.be/RhcYDjFHuT4?si…

A ban is far too simple an answer to a very complex problem. "It proves that the complexities of the type of fire in the Amazon need to be taken into account when designing a strategy." news.mongabay.com/2024/06/fire-b… Ane Alencar Sonaira Silva

Wonderful symposium ‘Innovative remote sensing approaches to understand tropical ecosystem functioning and structure’ organised by Jesus Aguirre Manu Machado 🌱 @KendallJefferys Felipe Martello

“Fires can escape their intended boundaries and invade forest areas if fuel is dry enough to allow fires to spread, which is becoming increasingly common due to heatwaves and severe droughts caused by climate change” reuters.com/business/envir…