The 8th census at the Pasoh Forest Dynamics Plot in Malaysia is underway! We asked plot technician Musalmah Nasardin a few questions about the census progress and the other ongoing fieldwork at the Pasoh Forest Reserve.
After a three-year hiatus due to Covid-19, ForestGEO hosted an Annual Analytical Workshop this July in Gamboa, Panama. Participants from all over the globe came together to share their expertise and develop their research. Read on for a look inside 2023’s workshop.
The Bezos Earth Fund has granted ForestGEO $12M for the GEO-TREES Initiative, an international consortium to create the first worldwide system to independently ensure the accuracy of satellite monitoring of forest biomass in all forest types and conditions.
Jess Shue, a ForestGEO Technician, recently joined Sean McMahon and Jess Parker as a Principal Investigator at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) plot in Edgewater, Maryland. We sat down with her to discuss her experience at SERC and her new role.
Each year, ForestGEO awards research funds to students and early career scientists who aim to provide a better understanding of forests through their work. We proudly introduce the 2022 grant recipients below!
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC showcases an exhibit on STRI’s Barro Colorado Island, ForestGEO’s first plot, in honor of its 100th year.
Dr. Pulchérie Bissiengou is the Head Assistant of National Herbarium of Gabon. She is also a co-PI of ForestGEO’s Rabi, Gabon plot, where she got her start with the ForestGEO network in 2016.
Anna Wassel (she/they) is a Ph.D. candidate at Washington University in St. Louis, and got her start with ForestGEO on the field team at the Tyson Research Center, USA FDP in 2019.
Kang Min Ngo has been a part of the Bukit Timah, Singapore research team since the 2008 census. The Bukit Timah FDP includes a 2-ha plot of primary forest that is completely encircled by urban infrastructure.
KC has done fieldwork at six ForestGEO plots & was formerly a fellow with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute & Next Generation Ecosystem Experiments-Tropics in the lab of ForestGEO Staff Scientist Helene Muller-Landau.
Hear from 5 women in STEM across the ForestGEO network (representing Zofin, Ngel Nyaki, Amacayacu, & Rabi FDPs) regarding their love of science, their research focus, & the moment when they first identified as a scientist.
