A postcard from the Littoral Forests is here! 🌴🌊💌
A glimpse into coastal landscapes shaped by salt spray, sandy soils and strong winds, where resilient trees, shrubs and palms protect shorelines and support coastal biodiversity. 🐚🦀 Stay tuned for more letters 🌿✨

#ForestEcology #ForestLetters

Insights from our International Microorganism Day webinar!

📖 Read the full webinar report: forest640.wixsite.com/bes-forest/p...

🎥 Watch the full webinar on the BES YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uU5...

Forest Reports | The State of the World’s Mangroves 2026 🌿🌊

Discover the latest science, mapping, conservation and restoration efforts shaping the future of mangrove ecosystems and their role in resilient coastal landscapes.

📖 Read 👉 www.mangrovealliance.org

Our Autumn Newsletter is coming soon!.𖥔 ݁ ˖🍁๋࣭ ⭑🍂༘⋆
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#MondayCanopyReads
Malaria Prevalence Near African Mangroves: Negative Association With Mangrove Extent, but Positive Association With Mangrove Greenness
Cruz-Laufer et al. (2026) | Global Change Biology
Read this article here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A postcard from the Peat Swamp Forests is here! 🌧️🌴💌
A glimpse into waterlogged tropical landscapes where dense evergreen forests grow over deep peat, creating unique habitats while storing vast amounts of carbon. 🐒🔥 Stay tuned for more letters 🌿✨
#ForestEcology #ForestLetters

📸 Our 2026 photo competition is open!

Share the stories of people and nature through your lens for a chance to win a share of USD 1,200.

Open worldwide, ages 18+.

Submit up to three photos by 31 October at:👉 https://bit.ly/4dT6yw4

#LivingLandscapes #Landscapes4Life

Could you help shape the 2027 BES symposium?

We are looking for a BES member to propose a programme for our 2027 symposium on the theme of Novel Futures in Ecology – what do we know and what should we do?

Find out more and apply here
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/bes-...

Forest Reports | The State of the World’s Forests 2026 🌿🌍
Discover how forest and landscape restoration can be scaled to support people, biodiversity, resilient landscapes and a sustainable future.
📖 Read 👉 doi.org/10.4060/ce06...

Learn to integrate #GenderEquality and social inclusion into forest landscape restoration with #LandscapeAcademy’s free, self-paced course.

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#Landscapes4Life

This #WorldHabitatDay, we’re spotlighting our forests.
As home to many terrestrial species, healthy forest ecosystems purify water, stabilize climate, and protect global biodiversity 🍃💧
Protecting forests safeguards our future! 🦉💚
#WorldHabitatDay2026 #NatureRights

#MondayCanopyReads from the BES Forest Ecology Group 🌱
Soil microbial effects on tree seedling performance during forest secondary succession
Weissflog et al. (2026) | Ecology
Read:
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

This #WorldAnimalDay, let’s protect the natural sanctuaries that sustain animals.
When we protect forests, we safeguard their lives! 🌍💚
#WorldAnimalDay2026 #StandForForests #NatureRights

A postcard from the Alpine Shrub Woodlands is here! 🏔️🌿💌
A glimpse into high mountain landscapes shaped by cold temperatures, strong winds and short growing seasons, where hardy shrubs and dwarf woody plants shelter specialised alpine biodiversity. ❄️
🐐 Stay tuned for more letters 🌿✨

#ForestEcology

Forest Reports | Biodiversity Measurement Approaches (5th Edition) 🌿📊

Discover how science-based biodiversity measurement approaches can support ecosystem monitoring, restoration planning and informed nature-related decision-making.
📖 Read 👉: www.financeforbiodiversity.org/publications...

🌲 Two forests, One shared ecology. 🌿

What connects the snow covered boreal forests of northern Canada & Alaska ❄️🌲 with Australia’s Eucalyptus forests 🌿🔥?

The answer lies in fire and how forests respond to it.

#TwoForestsOneSharedEcology #ForestEcology

#MondayCanopyReads from the BES Forest Ecology Group
Seasonal changes in tree stem and soil methane fluxes along a soil moisture gradient in a subtropical Australian rainforest🌲🌳🌿
Dittmann et al. (2026) | Biogeochemistry
Read:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

SURVEY | UK TERRESTRIAL AND FRESHWATER MONITORING
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Closes: 31 October, 2026

Funded PhD studentship opportunity!👩🏻‍💻📓✍🏻💡
For more information, please visit:
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