Happy Bee Day! Bees are so important to the health of our planet that they have their own special day. The event takes place on 20 May each year, to spread awareness of the significance of bees. Bee campaigners are also asking people everywhere to do more to help and protect the special insects. World Bee Day...Read More
Friends of Lake Tanganyika – Tanzania Friends of Lake Tanganyika (FOLT) is a non-governmental organization established in 2012 and registered under the Tanzanian Non-Governmental Organization Act No.24, 2022, with registration No: 00NGO/008484. FOLT is headquartered in Katumbi Village in Uvinza District, Kigoma Region. FOLT’s mission is to end extreme poverty, hunger and environmental degradation across...Read More
Abstract Tropical montane forests harbour exceptionally high biodiversity yet face severe threats from human activities. Assessing forest biodiversity over large areas is crucial yet extremely challenging. Remote sensing provides an efficient monitoring solution, but few studies have focused on Tanzania’s diverse, montane forests. We collected field data on tree species composition within 159 plots across...Read More
A B S T R A C T Lianas are common in tropical forests, where they influence forest dynamics, thus impacting the global carbon sink, with implications for climate change mitigation. Despite their increasing competitiveness with trees at the global scale, robust measurements of liana aboveground biomass (AGB) have been limited. Here we use data...Read More
Summary Land-use change for crop production is one of the key drivers of habitat loss and fragmentation and consequently biodiversity loss and change in tropical regions. This may impact biodiversity- regulated ecosystem services; birds are important to crop health regulating services (eg. seed dispersal, pest control) and disservices (e.g. seed predation, grain herbivory). However, know-...Read More
An international collaboration of 356 scientists in which Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) is a collaborator has found almost identical patterns of tree diversity across tropical forests of the world. A study of more than one million trees across 1,568 tropical locations worldwide, published in Nature, observed that 2.2% of tree species make up 50%...Read More
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) supports exchanges of scientists and academics from partner countries for bilateral research projects in Germany. Foreign academics and scientists with doctoral degrees who work at a university or research institute in EU countries, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, and Ukraine are eligible to apply. Participants receive...Read More
The Schneider Electric Foundation launches the Youth Innovation for a Sustainable Future Program which aspires to select the most impactful and innovative 25 youth projects across 5 continents. The program is designed for organizations whose main mission is a social purpose, existing for more than a year. In each continent, the best project will receive...Read More
The Earth Observation Sustainable Blue Economy project aims to develop new products, indicators, and tools to support local Blue Economic activities and monitor their impact on the marine environment. Four contracts will be implemented, each targeting one among four possible themes: Aquaculture, Fisheries, Marine Renewable Energy, Leisure, and Tourism. The activity shall be implemented in...Read More
