How ecologists think about above‐ground forest structure and dynamics is fundamentally
shaped by the data we can collect. This has historically been limited to what is possible with …

Anthropogenic stress and disturbance of forest ecosystems (FES) has been increasing at all
scales from local to global. In rapidly changing environments, in-situ terrestrial FES …

While deforestation rates decline globally they are rising in the Western Amazon. Artisanal-
scale gold mining (ASGM) is a large cause of this deforestation and brings with it extensive …

Remote sensing is revolutionizing the way we study forests, and recent technological
advances mean we are now able–for the first time–to identify and measure the crown …

Forests are a major component of the global carbon cycle, and accurate estimation of forest
carbon stocks and fluxes is important in the context of anthropogenic global change …

Functional biogeography may bridge a gap between field-based biodiversity information
and satellite-based Earth system studies, thereby supporting conservation plans to protect …

Gold mining in Amazonia involves forest removal, soil excavation, and the use of liquid
mercury, which together pose a major threat to biodiversity, water quality, forest carbon …

Tropical forests harbor a significant portion of global biodiversity and are a critical
component of the climate system. Reducing deforestation and forest degradation contributes …

We combined two existing datasets of vegetation aboveground biomass (AGB)(Proceedings
of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108, 2011, 9899; …

New climate change agreements emerging from the 21st Conference of the Parties and
ambitious international commitments to implement forest and landscape restoration (FLR) …