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JITHU K JOSE

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Researcher—Plant Sciences, Ecology, Conservation Biology, Forestry, & Restoration IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; IUCN CEM; Global Conservation Consortium, BGCI.

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Published an article about the Humboldtia genus
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#Conservation #Trees

02.02.2026 10:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Implementing Genomics in Conservation: Gaps, Disparities and Need for Interdisciplinary Collaborations and Capacity Building in the Global South Global biodiversity is undergoing a rapid decline, underscoring the urgent need for effective conservation strategies. Though biodiversity conservation takes many forms, approaches that incorporate g....

Implementing Genomics in Conservation: Gaps, Disparities and Need for Interdisciplinary Collaborations and Capacity Building in the Global South - Jose - 2026 - Diversity and Distributions - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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28.01.2026 11:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Climate change impact on the niche dynamics of Diospyros crumenata, a critically endangered tree species in Western Ghats–Sri Lanka biodiversity hotspot url: academic.oup.com/ieam/article...
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08.01.2026 08:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Relics of the past—Myristica swamps of Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot url: academic.oup.com/botlinnean/a...
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16.11.2025 11:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Geographic bias in conservation Biodiversity is the variability of living organisms on this planet (WHO, 2025), and it should be conserved for present and future generations. Biodiversity

Geographic bias in conservation URL: academic.oup.com/ieam/article...
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31.10.2025 09:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Conservation Funding at the Local Level Direct conservation fund transfer to local communities ensures the involvement of these communities in decision-making and fund utilisation, which will ultimately lead to effective biodiversity conse....

Conservation Funding at the Local Level - Jose - Wildlife Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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#Conservation #Forest

14.08.2025 06:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Questioning the credibility and effectiveness of market-based conservation methods Forests cover nearly one-third of the Earth's land area and are home to over half of the terrestrial plants and animals (FAO & UNEP, 2020), but we lose

Questioning the credibility and effectiveness of market-based conservation methods url: academic.oup.com/ieam/article...
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06.07.2025 10:10 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Pitfalls of India’s restoration initiatives Key pointsRestoration approaches vary among countries, and India’s restoration initiatives created many negative impacts.The main focus of the country’s re

Pitfalls of India’s restoration initiatives url: academic.oup.com/ieam/article...
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Supported by Rufford Grants, MBZ Funds, and ORG.one project of @oxfordnanopore.bsky.social

01.07.2025 06:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Happy to know about him @polunin.bsky.social
Helped in manuscript editing and giving suggestions in @envconsjournal.bsky.social

06.06.2025 08:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Thank you for the red list training @globaltreesg.bsky.social

28.05.2025 16:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Pitfalls of India’s restoration initiatives
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Grateful to the support of Rufford Foundation, Mohammed Bin Zayed Fund, and @nanoporetech.com

23.05.2025 09:08 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Published in @ambio-journal.bsky.social

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#Conservation #Trees #IUCN #Redlist #Hotspot

22.05.2025 11:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Extinction alarm for trees

More than 25% of species in the IUCN Red List are trees. Trees deserve more focus and visibility in conservation areas.
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Grateful for the support of MBZ & Rufford Grants and
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21.05.2025 06:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Dear editors, your publication delays are damaging our careers Chia-Hsuan Hsu waited 18 months before chasing an editor for a decision on a paper. The answer surprised him.

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16.05.2025 17:09 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thank you Rufford Foundation for supporting our conservation efforts in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot.
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#Conservation #Rufford #IUCN #trees

10.05.2025 12:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The need for uprooting offensive plant eponyms Plants are fundamental, fascinating organisms that comprise about 80% of all biomass on Earth (Bar-On et al. 2018). Life would be impossible on the planet

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The need for uprooting offensive plant Eponyms
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15.02.2025 07:02 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Planting and replanting: Continuity and change over four decades of forest restoration in Himachal Pradesh, India India has a long history of planting trees to restore ecosystem services providing an opportunity to evaluate long-term ecosystem restoration processes. We show that these programs have shifted over ...

Our new paper on the plantation history of Himachal Pradesh - and more broadly about transformation and stasis in forest restoration policy - is out. I'll write more about it later, but for now, here's the link (its open access) @_PushpendraRana nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

12.02.2025 14:05 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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India’s tree-planting strategies fall short Forests provide ecological, economic, social, and aesthetic benefits. India is second only to Brazil in forest loss resulting from deforestation (1). To compensate for this loss, the Indian government...

India’s tree-planting strategies fall short | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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#Restoration #Conservation

09.02.2025 08:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Conservation of Diospyros crumenata (Ebenaceae), an Endangered tree endemic to the Western Ghats, India | Oryx | Cambridge Core Conservation of Diospyros crumenata (Ebenaceae), an Endangered tree endemic to the Western Ghats, India - Volume 57 Issue 4

Conservation of Diospyros crumenata (Ebenaceae), an Endangered tree endemic to the Western Ghats, India | Oryx | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Thanks for the support, - @oxfordnanopore.bsky.social @kara-dicks.bsky.social @oryxthejournal.bsky.social #Conservation #Endangeredtree

28.01.2025 06:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Transparency and clarity needed on India’s market-based Green Credit Programme (GCP) Published in Biodiversity (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Full article: Transparency and clarity needed on India’s market-based Green Credit Programme (GCP) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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22.01.2025 08:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Conservation News about Critically Endangered Myristica swamps published in the Newsletter of IUCN CEM Ecosystem Governance Thematic Group (EGTG). These swamps are endemic to the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot. @bes-peatlandsgroup.bsky.social @society4conbio.bsky.social

16.01.2025 15:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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India's Forest Conservation Amendment Act raises important questions <em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment</em> is an environmental science journal publishing articles that address current and emerging ecological and environmental issues.

India's #Forest #Conservation Amendment Act raises important questions

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10.05.2024 19:38 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

We plan to do the population genetics of an endangered tree species in India's Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. We plan to develop SSR markers from already available sequence data. This step requires expertise in bioinformatics, and we are looking for collaborations. @cgsg.bsky.social

06.01.2025 10:18 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1