We’ll open with a regional overview and close with reflections to inspire action 🌍
Supported by:
Garfield Weston Foundation
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#Seeds #Conservation #Neotropics #MilleniumSeedBank #WestonGlobalTreeSeedBank
Posts by Diana Carolina Acosta-Rojas
🫘 Part A: New Findings in Seed Ecophysiology
🔥 Fire, 🌧️ environment, 🐦 dispersal, 🌱 dormancy, 🦗 predation
🌱 Part B: Science-Based Conservation
🏦 Seed banks, 🧱 local context, 🧑🤝🧑 collaboration
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Why seeds?
Because they shape regeneration, plant communities & ecosystem resilience.
Yet, seed science is often underrepresented in conservation — especially in the biodiverse Neotropics 🌎
Let’s change that. 🌱
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🌱 Tomorrow at #ATBC2025 in Oaxaca!
Join us for our symposium:
🔬 S-28 | Advances in Seed Science and Conservation in the Neotropics
📅 June 19
🕥 10:30–12:10 & 13:10–14:50
📍 Room MF-5-Trique
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🔍 Si trabajas o te interesa la conservación, restauración ecológica o producción de semilla en #Chiapas, ¡este evento es para ti!
🌱✨ ¡Esta semana no te pierdas este conversatorio 👇! ✨🌱
🌱✨ Conversatorio: Integrando saberes para el uso de semillas nativas en la restauración ecológica de Chiapas ✨🌱
📅 10 de abril 2025, jueves
🕘 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
📍 Modalidad Híbrida, presencial en Tuxtla Gutiérrez y virtual vía Zoom: lnkd.in/dCqVR2yx
📌 Registro previo: lnkd.in/dpNBxyhp
Recursos en castellano para ayudar al alumnado a utilizar R en estudios de diversidad biológica. Con un par de videos de iniciación para empezar
Just 5 days left to apply for this postdoctoral position on Phenotypic Characterisation in Crop Wild Relatives! | Salary: £38,100
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