ForestGEO Sites (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

ForestGEO Sites

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The Smithsonian coordinates the ForestGEO global network of forest monitoring sites run by institutions in 24 countries. More than 6 million trees representing 10,000 species are mapped, marked and measured using the same techniques. Researchers from many fields use the resulting data set to better understand forest dynamics on a global scale.

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STRI/ForestGEO

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