The Bay Area Tropical Forest Network (BATFN) is an informal social network in the Bay Area broadly interested in tropical forest conservation and ecology. We gather monthly, typically for a happy hour beverage in the Peninsula area. Our goal is to foster peer-to-peer networking in a relaxed atmosphere where ideas, data, and collaboration flow freely! This is a great opportunity to connect with media, scientists, economists, foundations, activists, artists and many others thinking about these issues. Everyone is welcome! Next meeting When: March 4, 2010 Time: 6:00-8:00pm Where: Stanford University Address: TBA The March BATFN will feature an expert from the Natural Capital Project on emerging payments-for-ecosystem services programs. Contact Rhett Butler or Holly Gibbs if you have questions about BATFN. History: BATFN 1 (Jun 2009): Stanford University. BATFN 2 (Jul 2009): Stanford University. Presentation: Tropical forest news highlights for June 2009 (Rhett Butler) BATFN 3 (Aug 2009): California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco BATFN 4 (Sep 2009): UC Berkeley. Presentation: What we know and what we still need to find out about deforestation in Brazil (Maria Bowman) BATFN 5 (Oct 2009): UC Berkeley. BATFN 6 (Nov 2009): Stanford University. Presentation: Oil palm plantation expansion in Indonesian Borneo: Tipping points and tradeoffs (Kim Carlson) BATFN 7 (Dec 2009): Stanford University. Presentation: How rainforest shamans heal (Chris Herndon) BATFN 8 (Jan 2010): UC Berkeley. Presentation: An overview of REDD and what happened in Copenhagen (Rhett Butler) BATFN 9 (Feb 2010): RAN-San Francisco. Presentation: Palm oil and plantation forestry in Indonesia (Lafcadio Cortesi) The idea for BATFN emerged somewhere between the Stanford campus and nearby walking trails, as Holly Gibbs and Rhett Butler discussed ideas to strengthen the tropical forest community in the Bay Area. Both Rhett and Holly saw a huge potential for community-building around a critical research and communication area. BATFN has been a great success from the start owing to the strong and sociable community surrounding us. { About | Facebook Page | Board | Participants | Supporters | Tropical Forest News }