Congratulations @tsonkiri.bsky.social on receiving the 2025 Carlos Ponce del Prado Conservation Award in the Outstanding Young Conservationist category! This highlights Vania's commitment to #biodiversity #conservation & to the work we do at #BMAP_Peru to strengthen #research of Peru's ecosystems.

Today we celebrate the journeys of #MigratoryBirds, tireless travelers who cross continents and face ever-growing challenges. Each arrival is a reminder of resilience and connectivity between ecosystems. Today we honor them, and the importance of conserving their migratory routes.
#BMAP_Peru

Attending #ATBC2025 in Oaxaca next week? Look us up to learn about \Smithsonian's Center for Conservation & Sustainability work in #Peru!

Asistirás a #ATBC2025 en Oaxaca la próxima semana? Buscanos para conocer el trabajo del Centro para la Conservación & la Sostenibilidad del #Smithsonian en Peru

#Ciencia para el #BosqueSeco Interandino 🇵🇪
Conocemos poco de cómo cambian las comunidades de #plantas en los #valles secos, & los factores asociados. Esta información es crítica para informar el manejo y #conservación en el contexto actual de cambio climático.

📷: JL Marcelo

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Today is World Day to Combat #Desertification and #Drought

#LandDegradation doesn’t always look dramatic
but its impact runs deep.

At #BMAP_Peru, we #monitor how #ecosystems respond to human-driven change.

#Biodiversity #EnvironmentalScience #SustainableLandUse #ClimateAction #NatureMatters

On #BiodiversityDay, we highlight the importance of understanding #ecosystems to make fairer & more sustainable decisions. #BMAP_Peru strives to understand how landscapes are changing, what factors help their conservation & how different forms of knowledge can contribute to it (artwork Vania Tejeda)

May 10th, we celebrate World #MigratoryBird Day with a story from our #Peru_BMAP

During a monitoring event, our team was counting birds flying near a pier. There were just too many. They paused, took a breath & tried again

This time, they used a block-counting strategy & recorded over 20000 birds!

We are looking for a fellow to help develop a #Biodiversity #Credit Market framework. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to global #conservation, particularly in #Peru. This will be a close collab with the Ministry of #Environment in Peru.

Please consider the short application deadline!

#TopOfTheWorld #EcologyIntheAndes
The #Peru_BMAP team continues our annual #vegetation plot resurveys in the #Peruvian #Andes

This place is rightfully called "Las nubes" (The clouds), each time we've been there we've been surrounded by clouds

#vegetation #monitoring #plant #Biodiversity #mountains

#Fieldwork time again, as we finish the first week of our annual #vegetation #monitoring efforts. This year we begin in the desertic #Pacific slopes of the #Andes. We can still see the effect of the summer rains. Sometimes one wonders: Is that really a #desert?

#Peru_BMAP #Biodiversity

1/4 🌿💧 #DíaMundialDeLosHumedales
🏔️ A más de 4,000 metros de altitud, estos #ecosistemas sobreviven a condiciones extremas, regulando el #agua en la región.

#Peru_BMAP #Humedales #Bofedales #Conservación #CienciaEnAcción #MonitoreodelaBiodiversidad

¡BMAP lanza su nueva página web! 🌿🌊

Descubre nuestras #investigaciones, #publicaciones y proyectos destacados en un espacio renovado y fácil de navegar.

💻 Visítanos en bmap.pe y conoce cómo la #ciencia contribuye a la #conservación.
#Peru_BMAP #Biodiversidad #Ciencia #Conservación

2/4 A key component of our approach is using a dynamic control mean, continuously updated to reflect the most recent #reference conditions. This ensures that the index is sensitive to both #temporal and #spatial changes.

#Peru_BMAP #Biodiversity #Monitoring #Grasslands

1/4 🚨New paper🚨 How do we assess successful trajectories of #ecological #restoration in the #Peruvian #Andes?

In our latest study, we developed an index that combines #science and long-term #data to measure #vegetation #recovery in #Andean #grasslands

#Peru_BMAP #Biodiversity #Monitoring

As always, we enjoyed great company from the local lama shepperd dogs, this time we got one with dreadlocks 3/3

🔍 👓 Quite the challenge to meassure #leaf #traits for this characteristic #Andean #wetland plant: #Distichia muscoides. Just look at the size of the leaf (green tooth-shaped bit on the left of my palm) 2/3

#Peru_BMAP #Biodiversity #Monitoring

#EcologyInTheAndes 1st day of our last 2024 #field activity: collecting #PlantFunctionalTraits for high-#Andean #wetland plants in #Ayacucho (#Peru) at 4400m elevation. We were welcomed by amazing #landscapes but lot's of rain and hail the rest of the day 1/3

#Peru_BMAP #Biodiversity #Monitoring

🚨JOB ALERT: Postdoctoral position🚨
Join us in developing a framework to link #Biodiversity #Monitoring with the emerging Biodiversity #Credit #Market.
Position is with the #Smithsonian Center for Conservation and Sustainability.