ACTG conducts tree genomic research to understand and conserve biological diversity using the latest advances, workshops and field-based assessments.
Selangor, Malaysia
Joined May 2019
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Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
>1500 scientists from >100 countries agreeing in something is a very rare event. In this opinion piece we joined together to express that if biological nomenclature is not understood as a neutral tool, we put ourselves at risk . Let me explain why we had to organize this 🧵👇
Investigadores españoles lideran la defensa de una nomenclatura biológica universal frente a revisiones de carácter moral. Sostienen que la pretensión de imponer revisiones de carácter ético comprometería la comunicación entre culturas y generaciones rjb.csic.es/investigadores-e…
ALT De izquierda a derecha y de arriba abajo, los 20 coautores principales de este trabajo: Pedro Jiménez-Mejías (España), Saúl Manzano (España), Vinita Gowda (India), Frank-Thorsten Krell (EEUU), Mei-Ying Lin (EEUU), Santiago Martín-Bravo (España), Laura Martín-Torrijos (España), Gonzalo Nieto Feliner (España), Sergei L. Mosyakin (Ucrania), Robert F.C. Naczi (EEUU), Carmen Acedo (España), Inés Álvarez (España), Jorge V. Crisci (Argentina), Modesto Luceño Garcés (España), John Manning (Sudáfrica), Juan Carlos Moreno Saiz (España), A. Muthama Muasya (Sudáfrica, originario de Kenia), Ricarda Riina (España, originaria de Venezuela), Andrea Sánchez Meseguer (España) y Daniel Sánchez-Mata (EEUU, originario de España).
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
Last week the latest update of the @IUCNRedList was published including over 4,000 new assessments for tree species! This brings the total number of trees on the IUCN Red List to 45,395!
bgci.org/news-events/4485-tr…
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
Reaching 40,000 trees on the @IUCNRL would not have been possible without the hard work of all our Global Tree Assessment assessors, reviewers and contributors. A big thank you to everyone who has helped!
ow.ly/NfyC50QgHNq
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
Released today The Red List of Timber Trees finds 1/3 of the world’s timber tree species are threatened with extinction. To read the full report follow the link below:
ow.ly/wJvj50PW3Ca
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
There is a need for greater conservation action for timber trees, with only 46% of threatened species found in ex situ collections. Case studies in #RedListofTimberTrees show what @BGCI gardens are already doing to help.
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
VicForests caught red-handed once again. We worked w/ @WOTCHinc to expose illegal logging of Tree Geebung in areas meant to be protected, during 'regeneration' works. More proof VicForests can't be trusted & must be wound up ASAP.
#AbolishVicForests
au.news.yahoo.com/endangered…
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
#Trees sustain life and enrich our lives, but we're losing tree diversity at an alarming rate.
This Special Issue highlights the Global Tree Assessment. A global effort is needed to protect trees for the benefit of plants, people and the planet.
📚 ow.ly/LPHt50OQyBR
ALT Tourists marvel at two iconic trees (Shorea leprosula Miq. and Ficus albipila (Miq.) King), known as the 'couple tree', in Kebun Raya, Bogor, Indonesia.
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
💥Excited to reveal our brand-new website!💥
Experience the new biodiversitygenomics.eu, thé place full of BGE’s key information.🎉🧬
It features targeted content for different profiles (e.g. policy makers, public and media), our latest news items and more!
@REA_research #BGE
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
Fellow #botanists, it's time to celebrate! #Taxonomist Appreciation Day is here. Let's recognize the invaluable contributions made by taxonomists and show our appreciation for their hard work! #TaxonomistAppreciationDay
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
In China, depletion of dipterocarps has occurred due to land use change. Regeneration is also kept at bay due to colonization of these fragmented patches by plants such as bamboos and wild bananas which causes increased mortality of existing seedlings and saplings in the area.
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
Enhancement of in situ conservation is needed to save dipterocarps, including expansion of current protected areas, sustainable forestry measures and rehabilitation efforts. (7/8)
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
In the Sierra Juárez mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico, you will find Quercus macdougallii, an endangared oak tree that is dominant in the forests where it grows, and is found in sites of spiritual significance for the indigenous communities. internationaloaksociety.org/…
ALT Quercus macdougallii, Santiago Comaltepec
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
Going, going, gone: specialist university courses in the natural sciences - botany, ornithology, biological recording. Demand is seemingly too low...
theconversation.com/botanist… – at Glossop, England
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
Passionate about Amazonian biodiversity? We are looking for a botanist to work on tree diversity in our network of plots in French Guiana! @CebaLabex @Cirad #Paracou #EcoFoG
Apply online: recrutement.cirad.fr/offre-d… before 7 January
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
Next Thursday 17 November, 10am GMT is our latest webinar – The Red List of Dipterocarps. Sign up using the link below:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/red-list-…
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
Exciting updates to our new IBER seminar schedule for 2022-2023! Check out our program, and stay tuned for updates on venue, speakers and sessions! iber.ubd.edu.bn/seminar-seri… 🎙️📽️ #genomics #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #conservation #botany #zoology #collections #phyologenomics
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
142 tree species are already extinct in the wild, the extinction of a single tree species can alter an ecosystem substantially, causing a an ‘extinction cascades’, which would see the rapid decline of ecosystem functions.
Read more - nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
@plantspplplanet
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
New Scientists Warning paper published in @plantspplplanet warns that billions of people could lose their income, jobs, and livelihoods, if more is not done to prevent tree species extinction.
Read More - nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…
Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics retweeted
Happy 102th birthday Rosalind Franklin, who discovered the double-helix structure of DNA (always a good reminder) !
It's amaizing it took more than a century to go from what is DNA to a full human genome ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosali…