Popularizing the use of the Species Spectral Signature to identify trees in Sustainable Forest Management in the Amazon Description Errors in the identification of timber species affect the entire production chain in forest management, from the sustainability of the management of species with high commercial value for future harvesting cycles, to inspection and the sale and marketing of timber.
Tropical Seed Trait Database network Description The Tropical Seed Trait Database (TSTD) is an inclusive network of researchers that aims to compile a large database of seed traits in tropical species.
Amazon Tree Diversity Network Description The forests of the Amazon basin and Guiana Shield (together Amazonia) arguably hold the greatest biodiversity on Earth: an estimated 1300 species of birds, 427 species of mammals and 50,000 species of seed plants.