ABOUT RAINFOR

Taking the Pulse of the Largest Rainforest
The Amazon holds more life, water and carbon than any other forest on Earth.
RAINFOR partners are dedicated to understanding its precious ecosystems.

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NEWS

Research reveals the importance of
water table depth – May 22
How Can we Make Forest Data Fair?
Put People – Not Data – First – May 22

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MANUALS

·       Fieldwork
·       Monitoring carbon processes in permanent plots
·       Supporting sustainable use of forest resources
.       Our Code of Conduct

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PUBLICATIONS

RAINFOR’s scientific contributions span more than 300 articles.
Read our latest publications

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FIELD CAMPAIGNS

Since 2000 the RAINFOR community seeks to track the Amazon tree-by-tree, ground-up, for the long-term

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WELCOME TO THE RAINFOR WEBSITE

The Amazon Forest Inventory Network is a long-term, international collaboration to understand the dynamics of Amazon ecosystems. Since 2000 we have developed a framework for systematic monitoring of forests from the ground-up. This is centred on plots that track the fate of trees and species, and includes soil and plant biogeochemical records, as well as intensive monitoring of carbon cycle processes at some sites. RAINFOR works with partners across the nations of Amazonia to support and sustain their forest monitoring and help develop new generations of Amazon ecologists. The work of RAINFOR is currently supported by funding agencies in Brazil, the UK, and the EU.