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JITHU K JOSE
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Researcher—Plant Sciences, Ecology, Conservation Biology, Forestry, & Restoration
IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group; IUCN CEM; Global Conservation Consortium, BGCI.
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Geographic bias in conservation URL: academic.oup.com/ieam/article...
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Geographic bias in conservation
Biodiversity is the variability of living organisms on this planet (WHO, 2025), and it should be conserved for present and future generations. Biodiversity
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October 31, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Conservation Funding at the Local Level - Jose - Wildlife Letters - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Conservation Funding at the Local Level
Direct conservation fund transfer to local communities ensures the involvement of these communities in decision-making and fund utilisation, which will ultimately lead to effective biodiversity conse....
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August 14, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Questioning the credibility and effectiveness of market-based conservation methods url: academic.oup.com/ieam/article...
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Questioning the credibility and effectiveness of market-based conservation methods
Forests cover nearly one-third of the Earth's land area and are home to over half of the terrestrial plants and animals (FAO & UNEP, 2020), but we lose
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July 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Pitfalls of India’s restoration initiatives url: academic.oup.com/ieam/article...
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Pitfalls of India’s restoration initiatives
Key pointsRestoration approaches vary among countries, and India’s restoration initiatives created many negative impacts.The main focus of the country’s re
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July 1, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Thank you for the red list training @globaltreesg.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Pitfalls of India’s restoration initiatives
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Grateful to the support of Rufford Foundation, Mohammed Bin Zayed Fund, and @nanoporetech.com
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May 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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#Conservation #Trees #IUCN #Redlist #Hotspot
May 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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More than 25% of species in the IUCN Red List are trees. Trees deserve more focus and visibility in conservation areas.
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Extinction alarm for trees
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May 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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Dear editors, your publication delays are damaging our careers
Chia-Hsuan Hsu waited 18 months before chasing an editor for a decision on a paper. The answer surprised him.
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May 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Thank you Rufford Foundation for supporting our conservation efforts in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot.
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May 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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The need for uprooting offensive plant Eponyms
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The need for uprooting offensive plant eponyms
Plants are fundamental, fascinating organisms that comprise about 80% of all biomass on Earth (Bar-On et al. 2018). Life would be impossible on the planet
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February 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Our new paper on the plantation history of Himachal Pradesh - and more broadly about transformation and stasis in forest restoration policy - is out. I'll write more about it later, but for now, here's the link (its open access) @_PushpendraRana nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Planting and replanting: Continuity and change over four decades of forest restoration in Himachal Pradesh, India
India has a long history of planting trees to restore ecosystem services providing an opportunity to evaluate long-term ecosystem restoration processes. We show that these programs have shifted over ...
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February 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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India’s tree-planting strategies fall short | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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India’s tree-planting strategies fall short
Forests provide ecological, economic, social, and aesthetic benefits. India is second only to Brazil in forest loss resulting from deforestation (1). To compensate for this loss, the Indian government...
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February 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Conservation of Diospyros crumenata (Ebenaceae), an Endangered tree endemic to the Western Ghats, India | Oryx | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Thanks for the support, - @oxfordnanopore.bsky.social @kara-dicks.bsky.social @oryxthejournal.bsky.social #Conservation #Endangeredtree
Conservation of Diospyros crumenata (Ebenaceae), an Endangered tree endemic to the Western Ghats, India | Oryx | Cambridge Core
Conservation of Diospyros crumenata (Ebenaceae), an Endangered tree endemic to the Western Ghats, India - Volume 57 Issue 4
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January 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Full article: Transparency and clarity needed on India’s market-based Green Credit Programme (GCP) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Transparency and clarity needed on India’s market-based Green Credit Programme (GCP)
Published in Biodiversity (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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January 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Conservation News about Critically Endangered Myristica swamps published in the Newsletter of IUCN CEM Ecosystem Governance Thematic Group (EGTG). These swamps are endemic to the Western Ghats Biodiversity Hotspot. @bes-peatlandsgroup.bsky.social @society4conbio.bsky.social
January 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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India's #Forest #Conservation Amendment Act raises important questions

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India's Forest Conservation Amendment Act raises important questions
<em>Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment</em> is an environmental science journal publishing articles that address current and emerging ecological and environmental issues.
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May 10, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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We plan to do the population genetics of an endangered tree species in India's Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot. We plan to develop SSR markers from already available sequence data. This step requires expertise in bioinformatics, and we are looking for collaborations. @cgsg.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM