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  ForestGEO is pleased to introduce a new intern!   Caroline Kittle is joining ForestGEO as an intern based in Washington, D.C. at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

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Aaron Hogan, a PhD student at Florida International University (FIU), recently returned from leading a field campaign at the ForestGEO Jianfengling site in Hainan, China.     Aaron Hogan (left) and Shojun Ling (right) extracting a root sample (photo by Dr.

Read more about Spotlight on: Aaron Hogan’s research in Hainan, China

A National Science Foundation grant of nearly $1 million will fund new research at two ForestGEO sites – Harvard Forest and Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) starting later this year.  The $965,000 award was granted to University of Maryland Associate Professor and ForestGEO partner Nathan Swenson, ForestGEO Director Stuart Davies, and Temperate Forest Program Coordinator Sean McMahon to investigate forest function from genes to canopies. 

Read more about ForestGEO Researchers Receive New Funding to Explore Forest Function

ForestGEO in partnership with the Chinese Forest Biodiversity Monitoring Network (CForBio) held its annual data analysis workshop in Hainan!

Read more about Workshop fosters cooperation and collaboration for group of global forest ecologists

There is a new Special Feature of the British Ecological Society (BES) Journals that includes CTFS – ForestGEO data from Puerto Rico, United Kingdom, and Panama!

Read more about New Special Feature by the British Ecological Society, “Demography Beyond the Population,” includes 3 new ForestGEO articles!

ForestGEO presents a new field guide, Lianas y Enredaderas de la Isla de Barro Colorado, Panamá (Lianas and Vines of Barro Colorado Island, Panama) published by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI).

Read more about New field guide describing the lianas of Barro Colorado Island (BCI), Panama

CTFS – ForestGEO recently hosted a session on Dimensions of Forest Diversity at the 100thannual Ecological Society of America (ESA) meeting in Baltimore, MD.

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CTFS - ForestGEO wrapped up its fifth, annual Dimensions of Biodiversity data-analysis workshop in Gamboa, Panama—home of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.

Read more about Annual workshop at the pioneer forest plot: CTFS - ForestGEO partners in Panama

2014 has been a year of growth and continued success for CTFS – ForestGEO. 2014 has seen the acquisition of six new global forest plots, collaborations through many different workshops, and funding of research projects through the research grants program.

Read more about 2014: CTFS-ForestGEO in Review