Filipe França

Watch out for the next generation of tropical ecologists and #insect taxonomists. Amazonian #fieldwork already finished in two regions, moving our lab to the next region tomorrow! A joint effort to monitor insect biodiversity changes across the tropics.

#WeAreUKRI #UKRIFLF #CienciaBrasileira #CNPq

91% of Brazilian Amazon deforestation last year was illegal, report finds Nearly all deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon in the past year was illegal, a new report finds. Between August 2023 and July 2024, 91% of forest clearing in the Amazon lacked authorization, accordi...

An overwhelming majority of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is unauthorized (illegal).

A data-driven report from August/2023 to July/2024, cross-referencing deforestation with clearing permits, confirms this heartbreaking reality. Read more below ⬇️

#AmazonDeforestation #LawEnforcement

🔎👀 TropEco Lab is hiring, please share! 🚨
🌍🌴 Position: Senior Research Associate / Research Associate in Field and Molecular Ecology.
🪲🐝🦋 Task: You will use iDNA & eDNA to build bee-plant and dung beetle-mammal networks in the Brazilian Amazonia, Ghana, & Malaysia.
Further details -> bit.ly/4lurR9z

Excellent away day with the ecology team from @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - talking grants and future research plans

@tommaso-jucker.bsky.social @filipemfranca.bsky.social @drlucyalford.bsky.social @chrisleduck.bsky.social @harrysiviter.bsky.social

We're hiring!
Assistant Professor in Plant Conservation.
The successful applicant will have experience in field botany, plant conservation, and/or restoration ecology.
Contact me if you have any questions.
Please circulate!
#PlantScience #Botany #restoration #ecology

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Conservation | Amy Penfield and Filipe França - Global Development Institute podcast In this episode brought to you by the Sustainable Forest Transitions Project, research associate Lucas Alencar speaks with anthropologist Amy Penfield and ecologist Filipe França from the University o...

I really enjoyed contributing to this GDI podcast on interdisciplinarity with @filipemfranca.bsky.social and Lucas Alencar! Have a listen here:
www.buzzsprout.com/2017560/epis...

🚨Edital c/ 25 vagas, pf RT🚨
O CAPACREAM abriu 25 vagas de bolsa em diferentes disciplinas.

A iniciativa multidisciplinar é co-cordenada pela UNIFAP, UFPA, e Universidade de Bristol, e conta com 111 participantes de 37 instituições.

Prazo: 28/Fev.

Veja detalhes em: bit.ly/EditalBolsas...

Seeding success: Integrating seed dispersal networks in tropical forest restoration This review explores the potential of integrating seed dispersal networks in tropical forest restoration to enhance restoration outcomes. Combining zoocentric and phytocentric approaches when samplin...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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New opportunity➡️

University of Cambridge has a new program to provide fully funded opportunities for 5 #Brazilian Mphil students a year!

For more details and opportunities to link up with the Conservation Research institute, see:

conservation.cam.ac.uk/suzano-maste...

🙌🏽

First post on Bluesky, let’s share some websites offering many free illustrations for scientific figures 🖼️ 🧪 🌍 :

scidraw.io

bioart.niaid.nih.gov

www.phylopic.org

More well known but very nice though: www.freepik.com

🌎🧪Forest Ecology Starter Pack now available for those studying various aspects of forest 🌲🌳🌴ecosystems. The starter pack is limited to 150 names & it is now full. To grow your network: follow folks, get followed, re-post, & enjoy!
go.bsky.app/8ZNK9jy

The BCI book is out! Almost 100 chapters of science about Barro Colorado Island plant and ecosystem science. scholarlypress.si.edu/store/all/th...
Edited by STRI colleagues Helene Muller-Landau and Joe Wright.
When I get my hardcopy, I'll want to read this cover to cover (1/2)

The taxonomic biases in biodiversity data are growing over time. The amount of data we are collecting is growing, but the biases get bigger. We need to make a conscious effort to study the understudied!

#SciComms #Science #Taxonomy

🧪 image from Troudet et al 2018

@natureportfolio.bsky.social

The climate and biodiversity crises are entwined, but we risk pitting one against the other In our race to cool the planet, we must not compromise the ecosystems on which we depend.

There are many ways in which the potential marriage of the goals tackling climate change and restoring biodiversity is a good thing. But also real dangers of an abusive relationship if biodiversity is subordinated to an overpowering drive for carbon sequestration and biofuels.

Hi Martin, would be possible to add another one, please? Thank you :-)

Thank you :-)

Me too, please :-)

A wasp nest behind a leaf. The nest is built as a very thin layer in the back of the leaf, occupying the center of the leaf while leaving 1-2 cm borders of leaf. The back of the leaf is green, while the nest has a mix of green and light brown straps that gives the look of a dry leaf. There is an opening in the bottom of the nest, where 4 to five time wasps are positioned. Other wasps are present at the borders of the leaf, around the nest. There is some signs of herbivore on the leaf, and the nest follows the shape of the herbivore marks.

The little things we find doing #fieldwork in the #AmazonForest. Unsure about the wasp species, but amazed with the nest structure.