Saludos desde las islas Marianas del norte. Estoy en la isla de Rota acompañando a la expedición PacificPeopleForest @pacificppleforest.bsky.social, de María Cruz Berrocal y Marta Domínguez Delmás. Volveré con mucho que contar 😉
PacificPeopleForest examines European colonialism in the #Pacific Islands (16–17th centuries), focusing on #Rota (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).
Productive and busy week of meetings, field visits, networking and training #SBGScience
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Ficus prolixa G.Forst. (Moraceae), 'Nunu', a magnificent specimen - we measured as having a 20 m girth, Rota #CNMI #Pacific #fig #tree
Retracing the centre of origin and evolutionary history of nutmeg Myristica fragrans, an emblematic spice tree species url: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article...
University of Guam Herbarium (acronym GUAM) specializes in research on the insular floras of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and all of Micronesia, with more than 57,000 specimens (46,000 phanerogams and pteridophytes) #botany #herbarium #Micronesia
Nesogenes rotensis Fosberg & D.R.Herbst (Orobanchaceae), a threatened Rota endemic on coastal limestone scrub. #botany #conservation #Pacific
🔴 ⚠️ 🌀 🛰️ The strongest storm so far in 2026, #Sinlaku, made #landfall in #Saipan and #Tinian on April 14, as a super #typhoon of Cat.4, with winds at 233 km/h.In Saipan, about 43000 people are without power and reported widespread damages ⬇️#Sentinel3 view of April 14
Finally, a piece on Bad Bunny + botany / environment / empire! This whole @edgeeffectsmag.bsky.social Botanical Imaginations series is fantastic, and this is no exception.
edgeeffects.net/bad-bunny/
Antonio Martínez Ron
Tim Utteridge
Tim Utteridge
Tim Utteridge
Tim Utteridge
Tim Utteridge
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Bad Bunny's agricultural imagery and eco-rasquache aesthetic reflects and protests historical and lived realities of Puerto Rico.
🌿 Herbarium job alert-Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 🌿 We are currently looking for an amazing Registrar to join the Herbarium/Science team, please have a look and pass onwards to your networks:
www.rbge.org.uk/about-us/job... #herbarium #registrar #botanyjobs #herbarium
Elaine Ayers
royalsocietypublishing.org
Abstract. Identifying the centres of origin of cultivated plants is important for conservation and sustainable management, since this is where these specie
