The Science Council & Academic Cross-Index
Every claim is cross-indexed to peer-reviewed literature and to leading forest scientists. The Council's 100 seats are reserved for the world's most-cited forest scientists, stratified across continents and disciplines.
Honorary founding scholars (representative of the 100-seat Council)
Prof. Thomas E. Lovejoy (1941–2021)
Coined "biodiversity"; tropical forest fragmentation pioneer.
Prof. E.O. Wilson (1929–2021)
Half-Earth proposal — the wilderness-endowment thesis.
Prof. Suzanne Simard
Mycorrhizal networks — forest intelligence.
Prof. Peter Raven
Plant conservation biology; Missouri Botanical Garden.
Prof. Georgina Mace (1953–2020)
Ecosystem services & biodiversity metrics.
Prof. Carlos Nobre
Amazon tipping-point science.
Prof. Sandra Díaz
IPBES co-chair; functional trait diversity.
Prof. Simon Lewis
Tropical forest carbon sink; Congo Basin science.
Prof. Thomas Crowther
Global restoration potential mapping.
Seat allocation: 60 by citation-impact, 20 by continent-stratified nomination, 10 by indigenous knowledge-holder selection, 10 by rising-researcher election — reviewed at each Generation Review.
Journal cross-index
Citations drawn from: Science, Nature, PNAS, Global Change Biology, Forest Ecology and Management, Biological Conservation, Conservation Biology, and other leading journals.