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The Tropical Conservation Consortium (TCC) works to preserve natural ecosystems and promote sustainable use through community-based education and research.

 Belize, Brazil, Mexico, Panama
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Joined June 2013
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Chocolate plants get fungus armour from their parents cbc.ca/radio/quirks/dogs-are… #cacao #chocolate #biology #ecology #agroecology #microbiome
Chocolate plants get fungus armour from their parents | CBC Radio

Chocolate plants get fungus armour from their parents | CBC Radio

New research shows that cacao plants pass on protective microbes to young plants through their discarded leaves.

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savingoceans@savingoceans27 Jul 2017
#Coral gardening is benefiting Caribbean #reefs, study finds. ow.ly/P32230dVXNv

Coral gardening is benefiting Caribbean reefs, study finds

A new study found that Caribbean staghorn corals (Acropora cervicornis) are benefiting from "coral gardening," the process of restoring coral populations by planting laboratory-raised coral fragments...

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Pristine paradise to rubbish dump: the same Pacific #island, 23 years apart theconversation.com/pristine… #pollution #plastic #plasticpollution
Pristine paradise to rubbish dump: the same Pacific island, 23 years apart

Pristine paradise to rubbish dump: the same Pacific island, 23 years apart

After making worldwide headlines with the story of the Pacific “garbage island”, researchers were sent a photo of the same beach, white sand free of litter, as recently as 1992.

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Diego Rivera's Cacao Mural at the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City! #Cacao #Chocolate #Ethnobotany #DiegoRivera #Painting #CDMX #Mexico
Image from Jillian De Gezelle, Ph.D. (@ethnobotanista)
Image from Jillian De Gezelle, Ph.D. (@ethnobotanista)
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A million bottles a minute: world's #plastic binge 'as dangerous as climate change' theguardian.com/environment/… #plasticpollution #oceans
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Indigenous Knowledge Crucial to Tackling Climate Change, Experts Say voanews.com/a/indigenous-kno… #climate #climatechange #traditionalknowledge
Indigenous Knowledge Crucial to Tackling Climate Change, Experts Say

Indigenous Knowledge Crucial to Tackling Climate Change, Experts Say

Traditional skills and knowledge seen as complement, not barrier, to scientific knowledge and climate adaptation efforts, experts say

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Drones hunt down rare #plants in Hawaii by going where people can't theverge.com/2017/6/17/15817… #Tech4Conservation #Conservation #Botany #Drones
Drones hunt down rare plants in Hawaii by going where people can’t

Drones hunt down rare plants in Hawaii by going where people can’t

Endangered plants were found on steep cliffs on the island of Kauaʻi

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Listen to #forest beats to assess environmental health scidev.net/asia-pacific/fore… #Soundscape #AcousticData #Rainforest #ForestHealth #Research
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Very grateful for our community partners in Guadalajara & beyond who made the #garden revitalization @ Casa Huichol a success! #permaculture
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Once the Casa Huichol #garden planting was complete, we celebrated with a community potluck meal and a little music! facebook.com/permalink.php?s…

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Once the Casa Huichol garden planting was complete, we celebrated with a community potluck meal and a little music!

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Seed conservation in the remote South Atlantic phys.org/news/2017-06-seed-r… #conservation #restoration #islands #invasivespecies #endemicspecies

Seed conservation in the remote South Atlantic

Islands have long held a fascination for scientists studying evolution and patterns of biodiversity, from Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace in the 19th century, to Robert MacArthur and E.O....

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@ibrahimthiaw23 Jun 2017
#DYK every year up to 13 million tonnes of #plastic ends up in the sea? Plastics are also found in rivers and lakes, in farms & grazing land – at Nairobi, Kenya
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Massive & unprecedented #coral bleaching event may finally be coming to an end washingtonpost.com/news/ener… #coralbleaching #coralreef #climate

A massive and unprecedented coral bleaching event may finally be coming to an end

The data aren't in yet. But 'I would bet it is the most damaging' such event that we've yet seen, one scientist says.

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Lianas stifle tree fruit & seed production in tropical forests sciencedaily.com/releases/20… #tropicalbiology #tropicalforests #rainforest #lianas
Lianas stifle tree fruit and seed production in tropical forests

Lianas stifle tree fruit and seed production in tropical forests

Vines compete intensely with trees. Their numbers are on the rise in many tropical forests around the world. A new study shows that lianas prevent canopy trees from producing fruit, with potentially...

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We had the opportunity to participate in a Huichol cleansing ritual on planting day at the garden in Zapopan, Mexico facebook.com/permalink.php?s…
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Despite restructuring much of the garden, we were able to preserve and restore the ritual space in the garden at Casa Huichol. On planting day we had the opportunity to participate in a Huichol...

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New types of coffee, parsnips and roses among 1,700 plants discovered last year theguardian.com/environment/… #Botany #Conservation #Biodiversity
New types of coffee, parsnips and roses among 1,700 plants discovered last year

New types of coffee, parsnips and roses among 1,700 plants discovered last year

From a new type of Turkish parsnip to Madagascar coffee beans, the discoveries offer the prospect of better crops, medicinal uses and new garden displays

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TCC's Biocultural #Gardens team was in #Mexico this month revitalizing this #garden in Zapopan at Casa Huichol! #ethnobotany #permaculture
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Extraordinary migration of giant Amazon catfish revealed theguardian.com/environment/… #Amazon #Andes #deforestation #mining #conservation

Extraordinary migration of giant Amazon catfish revealed

The dorado catfish travels 11,600km from the Andes to the mouth of the Amazon and back, but is threatened by dams and mining

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World's Rarest Boa Rediscovered After 64 Years in Brazil's Atlantic Forest news.nationalgeographic.com/… #Brazil #snakes
This Is Your Brain on Nature nationalgeographic.com/magaz…
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