About us
Vision
We share the conviction that secondary forests are crucial for sustaining nature, life support systems, and societal well-being on our planet.
Objectives
Advance our understanding of the ecology and management of tropical secondary forests based on a broad geographical coverage spanning a range of climatic and social-ecological contexts
Foster the collective creation of knowledge across countries, institutions and researchers at different stages of their careers
Disseminate the knowledge we create to the scientific community through a range of outlets including scientific papers, policy briefs, meetings, and workshops
Communicate the implications of our research for the management, conservation and restoration of tropical forests to the general public and decision makers
Data sharing
The 2ndFOR network promotes and supports scientific research and understanding of secondary forests. Collaboration is core to what we do, and data sharing is promoted while honoring data ownership.
The 2ndFOR central node has the mandate to not share data beyond the network. Only network members can access the data and use it after going through an internal process of authorization.
Researchers who are interested in accessing and using the data from specific sites or regions, may contact the PIs directly (see the list of PIs and the map of study sites), or contact the network who can mediate it.
Join us
Do you have chronosequence data in lowland tropical forest? Then you can contact us at 2ndfor.research[at]gmail.com to see if there are options to become a 2ndFOR member.
