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• When young tree climbers helps scientists

  

  Tree climbing report : scientific expedition " CAFOTROP - Mission Canopée 2009 " in French Guiana.

  The biodiversity crisis, whether or not related to global warming, is result of human activity. Among the numerous approaches and attempts to curb the phenomenon, one of her and not least, is education and awareness of future actors and inheritors of the World Heritage : youth! For this reason, the scientist association CAFOTROP have decided to join at their program, six young tree climbers. The goal is to integrate a pedagogical approach in a scientific inventory of insects. These (...)

• The TREE SHADE SYSTEM

  

  A new tree climbing assessment chart

  Seven classes of difficulty The TREE SHADE SYSTEM is a new tree climbing assessment chart with seven classes of difficulty. Each one is divided into three subclasses. Altogether, there are twenty-one subclasses, from Ia (very easy) to VIIc (extremely difficult). Five indicators : The SHADE CODE The TREE SHADE SYSTEM is based on five indicators : Structure (tree shape), Height, Access (first footholds and handholds), special Difficulty and Extension (main interval between two (...)

• Professor Stephen C. Sillett - Humboldt State University

  

  Kenneth L. Fisher Chair in Redwood Forest Ecology

  Professor Stephen C. Sillett, Kenneth L. Fisher Chair in Redwood Forest Ecology at Humboldt State University, is recognized as the foremost expert on redwood trees. Sillett and his students changed the way scientists looked at redwood forests when they began climbing the trees and discovered crowns supporting a rich community of life. Sillett’s pioneering research and findings have been chronicled in scientific journals such as Nature, American Journal of Botany, Ecological Monographs, (...)

• Ascending the Giants - Champion trees conservation

  

  Tree climbing expeditions all around the world.

  The TEAM: Brian French Will Koomjian Jason Brown Chris French Sean O’Connor John Waller Bill Price Ascending the Giants is a progressive series of expeditions dedicated to climbing and documenting all aspects of champion trees. Ascending the Giants’ goal is to raise awareness of the importance of trees and the sensitive ecosystems that exist in and around them. Making updated accurate measurements and (...)