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Safeguarding Anthropocene tropical forests

05 - 06 October 2026 09:00 - 17:00 The Royal Society Free Watch online
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Science+ meeting organised by Professor Jane Hill OBE FRS, Datuk Dr Glen Reynolds MBE, Dr Lindsay Banin, Dr Ophelia Wang, Professor John Pyle FRS

The conservation of tropical forests is vital for addressing the global biodiversity crisis, and forests provide opportunities for green financing through nature-based solutions. There is good understanding of the factors influencing forest ecosystems and this meeting will explore how this science can be deployed to ensure that green finance developments safeguard biodiversity.

Programme

The programme, including speaker biographies and abstracts, will be available soon. Please note that the programme may be subject to change. 

Attending the event

This event is intended for researchers in relevant fields.

  • Free to attend
  • Both virtual and in-person attendance is available. Advance registration is essential
  • Lunch is available on both days of the meeting for an optional £25 per day. There are plenty of places to eat nearby if you would prefer to purchase food offsite. Participants are welcome to bring their own lunch to the meeting

Please note that scientific meetings hosted by the Royal Society do not necessarily represent a Royal Society position or signify an endorsement of the speakers or content presented.

Enquiries: contact the Scientific Programmes team

Organisers

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    Professor Jane Hill OBE FRS

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    Datuk Dr Glen Reynolds MBE

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    Dr Lindsay Banin

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    Dr Ophelia Wang

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    Professor John Pyle CBE FRS, University of Cambridge, UK

    John Pyle has made major contributions to our understanding of the chemistry of the stratosphere and the troposphere, both by numerical modelling of the atmosphere and by interpretation of atmospheric measurements. In the 1970s, he developed the first interactive two-dimensional model of stratospheric chemistry and transport. This enabled him to be the first person to demonstrate that ozone depletion by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) varies with latitude. He pioneered the analysis of satellite data for dynamical and chemical studies, for instance by testing chemical steady state relationships there and elucidating the role of the semi-annual oscillation in controlling the abundance of trace species. Since the mid-1990s, he has been in the forefront of the development of three-dimensional models incorporating chemical and transport properties. His group is the largest in Europe and a world leader scientifically. This work has demonstrated unequivocally that chemical destruction of ozone in the Arctic spring has increased during the 1990s and has shed new light on the processes which destroy ozone in mid latitudes.