ECOFOR Erika Berenguer [email protected] @Erika_Berenguer ECOFOR - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in degraded and recovering Amazonian and Atlantic Forests ECOFOR - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in degraded and recovering Amazonian and Atlantic Forests Santarém Serra do Mar ECOFOR - Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in degraded and recovering Amazonian and Atlantic Forests Santarém Paragominas Acre Serra do Mar ECOFOR How does human-induced disturbance affect ecosystem functions? HMTF GEM Plant traits ECOFOR - Amazon 20 plots (10x250m) Distributed into 4 classes of HMTFs Spread into 1 national reserve and 11 different properties Challenges: - Good and enduring relationship with landowners - Results dissemination - Transport between sites (up to 3h) Undisturbed Logged Logged-andBurned Secondary ECOFOR - Amazon Making it work Disseminating work from my PhD and other projectes of the Sustainable Amazon Network Booklets Challenge: the need to bring more relevant material to the landowners ECOFOR - Amazon Making it work Dude, where is my forest? - Plot tagged in 2010 deforested New logging activities Tree cutting by hunters Access roads transformed into soy/corn plantations Illegal loggers chasing after you with guns But in the end you gotta make it work.... ECOFOR - Amazon Making it work The core team: - 1 field coordinator - 3 field assistants - 1 field lab assistant - 1 data entry Other teams in times of peak: - Soil team - Tree ID team - Plant traits crowd Challenge – How to keep the team in the long run, especially the coordinator? ECOFOR - Amazon Making it work Logistics ECOFOR - Amazon Making it work GEM – sampling proportional to our plots. Monitoring of small diameter lianas. ECOFOR - Amazon Making it work GEM – sampling proportional to our plots. Monitoring of small diameter lianas. ECOFOR - Amazon Making it work Ongoing installation: - CWD - Dendrometers - Litter - Soil respiration ECOFOR - Amazon Challenges - Good relationship with landowners: strategies for result dissemination? - Field team and coordination: how to make it resilient? - How to keep cash flow overseas? - When do you write ?????? [email protected] @Erika_Berenguer