Tak and Ryan recently attended a Center for Tropical Forest Science – Forest Global Earth Observatory (CTFS-ForestGEO) workshop at Jianfengling Nature Reserve in Hainan, China. CTFS-ForestGeo maintains a network of over 60 permanent forest plots around the world containing over 6 million individual trees. The picturesque surroundings at Jianfeng made the perfect backdrop to 11 days of data analysis, seminars, and field trips.