The international forest research network, CTFS : A member's perspective

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  • 森林研究の国際ネットワーク CTFS : パートナーシップの重要性

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The Center for Tropical Forest Science is a network of forest research plots that spans over 20 countries in temperate as well as tropical regions. The roots of CTFS can be traced to the establishment of a 50-ha forest dynamics plot on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, in 1980. After a second plot was set up in the Pasoh Forest Reserve in Malaysia in 1986, the network grew rapidly - it now includes 40 plots and monitors over 4 million trees comprising 8,500 species, and goes far beyond forest dynamics research to include many other scientific initiatives. The network is held together by the sharing of a standardized methodology for tree measurement and data collection. Each plot is managed by a local institution which in turn is a partner in the CTFS network. Network partners gather every few years to discuss future directions for the network, as well as to learn various data-related skills and analytical methods. Funding for forest censuses and research staff is comes through a complex combination of funding organizations – governments, foundations, local institutions, and the Smithsonian itself. With the expansion of CTFS activities, maintaining funding will be a major challenge for the network. The largest challenges for the network are perhaps people-oriented. How can succession from one generation of Principal Investigators to the next be facilitated, and how can opportunities be given to promising young scientists from developing countries to ensure the a smooth successional process? How can the network be expanded whilst retaining a closely-knit, collaborative community and how can goodwill and sharing of information and expertise be extended well into the future? The answer perhaps does not lie with the Smithsonian Institution alone, but rather with the help of the CTFS network partners and members of the larger CTFS community.

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