Nyungwe data used in a Nature paper with Göran, Etienne and Brigitte N as co-authors: Canopy functional trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests" https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08663-2

Brigitte, Hampus, Cecilia and Simon measure leaf and branch water uptake, as well as branch capacitance, at all three sites.

Brand new Doctor Manzi with opponent Emanuel Gloor and supervisors at the University of Gothenburg

Leaf isoprene emission measurements in Rubona

Litter bag experiment being set up

Olivier Manzi nailing his PhD thesis!

Gudula is now a MSc!

PhD Aloysie Manishimwe has been rewarded!

Brigitte is now a MSc! Here celebrating with fellow Rwanda TREE team members.

New article published by Olivier, to be found here: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.20013

Göran presenting keynote at the annual meeting of Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC) held in Kigail.

Jacques and Aloysie monitoring tagged leaves, here at Makera site.

Olivier learning to master the optical method for embolism resistance determination in Sylvain Delzon's lab at INRA Bordeaux, France.

Workshop at Rwanda Forestry Authority, including training as well as planning for future collaboration regarding tree plantation monitoring and evaluation.

Increasing the height of masts with IR sensors for canopy temperature measurements at all sites.

Jacques tagging leaves in Makera

Leaf tagging team in Makera

Trees are growing bigger and bigger! Here a Ficus thonningii at the Makera site.

Aloysie tagging leaves for leaf longevity study.

Lousie, Emelyne and Assad making soil sampling in Ruhande Arboretum.