TropicalConservation

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

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Chocolate plants get fungus armour from their parents https://t.co/aUjniyu1ks #cacao #chocolate #biology #ecology #agroecology #microbiome

[savingoceans @savingoceans]

#Coral gardening is benefiting Caribbean #reefs, study finds. https://t.co/FTjPu2vy3l

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Pristine paradise to rubbish dump: the same Pacific #island, 23 years apart https://t.co/NlPYX54Y5c #pollution #plastic #plasticpollution

[Jillian De Gezelle, Ph.D. @ethnobotanista]

Diego Rivera's Cacao Mural at the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City! #Cacao #Chocolate #Ethnobotany #DiegoRivera #Painting #CDMX #Mexico

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A million bottles a minute: world's #plastic binge 'as dangerous as climate change' https://t.co/WkQEN1JZxa #plasticpollution #oceans

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Indigenous Knowledge Crucial to Tackling Climate Change, Experts Say https://t.co/dgkEInFWff #climate #climatechange #traditionalknowledge

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Drones hunt down rare #plants in Hawaii by going where people can't https://t.co/Z1jjsO73Kg #Tech4Conservation #Conservation #Botany #Drones

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Listen to #forest beats to assess environmental health https://t.co/a3VtjLCIIb #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! https://t.co/7sXWzpVHXc

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Seed conservation in the remote South Atlantic https://t.co/6JJP7WjTKV #conservation #restoration #islands #invasivespecies #endemicspecies

[Ibrahim Thiaw @ibrahimthiaw]

#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

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Massive & unprecedented #coral bleaching event may finally be coming to an end https://t.co/Kfrr3d2H4z #coralbleaching #coralreef #climate

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Lianas stifle tree fruit & seed production in tropical forests https://t.co/mstEmTDpCg #tropicalbiology #tropicalforests #rainforest #lianas

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We had the opportunity to participate in a Huichol cleansing ritual on planting day at the garden in Zapopan, Mexico https://t.co/ghHm9a4xj2

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New types of coffee, parsnips and roses among 1,700 plants discovered last year https://t.co/6gY32NWQbE #Botany #Conservation #Biodiversity

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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 https://t.co/LaARSfYvwb #Amazon #Andes #deforestation #mining #conservation

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World's Rarest Boa Rediscovered After 64 Years in Brazil's Atlantic Forest https://t.co/6zuV3lXnLH #Brazil #snakes

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This Is Your Brain on Nature https://t.co/Okmwa9qA6M