Fire data from UMD GLAD on GFW provides a long-term view of fires over the last two decades at a higher resolution than ever before. Take a look ⬇️

Fire-driven #forest loss in the 21st century in unprecedented detail: blog.globalforestwatch.org/data-and-resea…

Our new paper suggests a need to employ a dynamic valuation of ecosystem services (ES) that can incorporate the adaptive behavior of ES beneficiaries to better support sustainable urban planning Wanggi Jaung Dan Richards Roman Carrasco Natural Capital Singapore authors.elsevier.com/a/1fhPr3HVLKog…

“We need to protect the goose that lays these golden eggs.” Prof Lian Pin Koh on the need to protect nature, which delivers a whole range of co-benefits! Dr Tasya Vadya Sarira did a study on Southeast Asia’s forests with benefits. For more: nature.com/articles/s4189… #cop27 #scicomm #nature

NUS CNCS is COP27 in Egypt! Scan the QR code below to livestream the events. #COP27 #NBS #NBCS

& so, Carbon Integrity SG is officially launched! We are feeling the show of support in Egypt and from the research team in NUS. Proud to showcase science for Asia, from Asia. #cop27 🇸🇬

NUS CNCS Carbon Integrity SG research programme, which aims to improve the credibility of nature-based carbon projects across Southeast Asia, was launched today at COP27! Here’s Cheryl Tan’ article about our regional R&D programme straitstimes.com/singapore/nus-… via The Straits Times

Paper just out by our collaborators including @lromancarrasco at the National University of Singapore: The conversion of rubber to oil palm and other landcover types in Southeast Asia authors.elsevier.com/a/1gAuzWf-BINsg

Following the ongoing debate regarding the effectiveness of Verra - Standards for a Sustainable Future-certified rainforest carbon credits? Here’s a non-exhaustive thread I put together from both sides of the debate so far. 1/n

Thanks to Max Lenormand and Joe Morrison I have a bunch of new followers for 2023, so revisiting this one for you….

Looking forward to the PLDT Inc. SMART Department of Environment and Natural Resources NUS CNCS collaboration on forest and peat carbon research that would inform conservation, restoration, & climate change mitigation efforts in Caimpugan Peatlands in Agusan Marsh, one of the remaining #peatlands in Philippines!

Welcome to the #WetlandCup! There will be 16 wetland types, 8 wetland plants/features and 8 'less serious' categories going head-to-head for you to decide - what is your favourite? There will be a poll each day. #WorldWetlandsDay

With 66% of the vote - sphagnum moss has taken the win #WetlandCup

It’s official! Beaver wetlands are the winner of the 2023 #WetlandCup with 52% of the vote! Sphagnum put in a strong fight but the beaver wetlands have reigned supreme!

Calling for applications! The CNCS/TMSI Young Scientist Award supports expenses of up to $5,000 for short-term student research projects on biodiversity and conservation topics. Apply here! shorturl.at/tFHT1

Put your ✋ if you want a job in blue carbon! A Research Assistant/Associate position is available at NUS CNCS to measure blue carbon stocks and fluxes throughout Southeast Asia career44.sapsf.com/sfcareer/jobre… career44.sapsf.com/sfcareer/jobre…

In this paper, we use 3.77 billion lidar samples collected by NASA GEDI and ICESat-2 missions to initialize a global Ecosystem Demography model. This greatly improves the spatial resolution of ecosystem modeling from 0.25/0.5° to 0.01°. NASAEarthdata GEDI ICESat-2

Ricardo Jaramillo and colleagues use #3D models to quantify aboveground #biomass in the cushion-forming species Plantago rigida in an Andean páramo #peatland #PeatTwitter #PeatPaper mires-and-peat.net/pages/volumes/…

As a female geoscentist that has done a LOT of fieldwork, I cannot empahsize enough how much it frustates me, that people still consider this a taboo. Grow up, and be considerate of females, this is part of our biology. meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU23/EGU23-16…

🚨NEW global mangrove map alert!🚨 Jia Mingming et al. provide a global mangrove map for 2020 at 10 m resolution sciencedirect.com/science/articl… IUCN Mangrove SG Mangrove Action Project BlueCarbonInitiative Global Mangrove Alliance