Dr. Uromi Manage Goodale, M.F.S. (Masters in Forest Science), Ph.D., Editor of Journal of Sustainable Forestry, teaching students in a woodland area surrounding Guangxi University, Nanning, China, in May.
The images show Dr. Goodale teaching forestry sustainment to the university students, including initiatives to maintain the ecosystem, tips to collate and record data, and ways we use natural resources from woodlands in everyday life that we may be unaware of. The second photograph shows Dr. Goodale using the Li-6400 machine that measures plant photosynthesis and physiological stress via CO2 intake and outtake.
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Dr. Uromi Manage Goodale, originally from Sri Lanka, is a renowned expert in the field of plant physiology and forest regeneration dynamics. As someone who grew up in Sri Lanka, a country blessed with natural beauty and tropical forests, Dr. Goodale is passionate about understanding the mechanisms that underlie the ecological properties of plant species, communities, and ecosystems.
Her research investigates the mechanisms that drive seed germination, growth, and development, and how these processes contribute to forest regeneration dynamics in tropical and subtropical systems.
Dr. Goodale's work is not just important for conservation and management plans but also has implications for understanding the impacts of human activities like deforestation and climate change on forest ecosystems. By studying how plants respond to environmental stressors, she and her team can predict and mitigate the effects of these threats on forest ecosystems, making her work critical in the fight for a sustainable future.
