Alliance for Conservation Tree Genomics

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>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 🧵👇

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/44…

@yeewenlow @timutteridge ah, wonderful news! The dreaded herbarium finger-snapper is no more! ✂️🩹

A much-welcomed improvement at SING! shelf life of the “impossible ladder” is coming to an end! We have now acquired a more friendly herbarium ladder & we will buy a few more soon. Seen here our Director of Research & Conservation (@timutteridge) testing it this morning

Further to our earlier post (news.mongabay.com/2023/12/newly-…), recently described Tapanuli orangutan and its habitat are already severely threatened, as are conservationists aiming to halt dam development within the shrinking forest of North Sumatra news.mongabay.com/2019/12/fighti… @mongabay

ACTG's New Year's resolution for #2024: more #funding towards #plant #dna #genomics, #taxonomy and #conservation #research of Asia's #threatened #flora. Happy New Year🌺! 🎉 @bgci @UGent_Botany @DHinsinger @GTA_GTSG @IntlOakSociety @IUCNssc @NatGeo @JChVie

Great interview with Try Surya on our newest Stone Oak (#Lithocarpus) species from #Sumatra news.mongabay.com/2023/12/newly-… #Fagaceae #conservation @GTA_GTSG @IUCNRedList @bgci asianfagaceae.com/lithocarpus/li…

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

@bgci @GTA_GTSG @FaunaFloraInt @trcrc_org

Excited to share with the world the newest addition to the Asian Stone Oaks: #Lithocarpus tapanuliensis (#Fagaceae) 🌳 Paper here: phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/106015/ includes #endangered 🐵🐵🐵! No, that's not a typo! More on asianfagaceae.com/lithocarpus/ @bgci @GTA_GTSG @FaunaFloraInt @trcrc_org

Excited to join @bgci and @MortonArboretum in #teaching #tree #conservation #workshops in Chiang Mai and Hanoi! Look forward to meet existing/new collaborators and join forces to protect and study Asia's amazing #biodiversity 💚🌳! #redlisting #gapanalyses actg.science

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

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.

Visiting beautiful Rimba Ilmu gardens and herbarium at @uni_malaya : collection work for the new #FloraMalesiana and #FloraPeninsularMalaysia #Fagaceae treatments. Many thanks to Dr Yong Kien-Thai and garden staff for their kind welcome and support.🌰🌳💚 rimba.um.edu.my/herbarium.php

@yeewenlow In English 👍💪

So my plea for Kew Herbarium was not the only one happening at the moment 😢… it seems the top management all have the same ideology to fix what is not broken! the Sauvons les collections du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle - Sign the Petition! chng.it/L4hKKNYD

Petition text in English :)

And while we are at it... ⛔️maybe this is not a good idea either? Integrated science falls apart if you break up specialists, research collections, libraries, laboratories and living collections! 🤝🌳🦊🦠🧬📔🖥️ Please support: change.org/p/sauvons-les-… #Biodiversity #Science

Kickoff time for the new Flora of Peninsular Malaysia #Fagaceae project @FRIMKepong. 🌰🌳 #FloraPenMal #Biodiversity #Conservation #Genomics #Taxonomy asianfagaceae.com @BGCI @GTA_GTSG

Keep the Kew Herbarium at @Kew! Please share further, and consider signing the petition here: chng.it/nfDmmdtGjp 💪🌳💚 #Biodiversity #Botany #Science #Conservation #stopmuckingabout

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-spe…