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The Training Center for Tropical Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability (TREES) is an international training and continuing education unit of the University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Forestry and Natural Resources (CFNR). It was established on June 25, 1998. [2] and organizes training courses and study tours related to tropical ...
The Training Center for Tropical Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, established in June 1998 by the UP Board of Regents, offers more than 300 training programs in forest and land management, logging, and related disciplines. It has a satellite office in Baguio which offers similar programs.
offering academic training, in particular for doctoral candidates; providing advice to industry, policy, and civil society in the field of sustainable use of tropical coastal ecosystems; and; supporting the formation of South-South networks as a contact hub.
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI, Spanish: Instituto Smithsonian de Investigaciones Tropicales) is located in Panama and is the only bureau of the Smithsonian Institution based outside of the United States. It is dedicated to understanding the past, present, and future of tropical ecosystems and their relevance to human welfare.
The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS)/Organización para Estudios Tropicales (OET), founded in 1963, [1] is a non-profit consortium of over 50 universities and research institutions based in the United States, Latin America, [2] and South Africa. OTS manages a network of ecological research stations in Costa Rica and South Africa.
MESI partners with government ministries and international research institutions, provides leadership in program development in small island sustainability and provides year-round access to the unique sub-tropical ecosystems of the coastal, coral reefs, mangrove and sea grass communities in The Bahamas.
Addressing the impacts of climate change on tropical regions requires global cooperation and local action. Strategies include protecting and restoring ecosystems, implementing sustainable land use and fisheries management practices, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Technological innovations, such as satellite monitoring of deforestation ...
Ecotourism can contribute to the conservation and sustainability of biodiversity in rainforests. Many of the tropical field stations are visited by tourists and the general public, by students and volunteers and of 142 field stations surveyed received a total of ~11,055–18,950 visitors per year [5]