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Débora Zuanny installing a permanent forest monitoring plot in white sand Caatinga woodland in Tucano (Bahia, Brazil) using the DRYFLOR protocol for permanent plots. Tropical dry forests are important biomes for biodiversity and the global carbon cycle, however, they are increasingly threatened and require effective monitoring. Please see Moonlight et al's article ‘Expanding tropical forest monitoring into Dry Forests: The DRYFLOR protocol for permanent plots’ in this special issue, that provides a protocol for permanent monitoring plots in tropical dry forests. Expanding monitoring into dry biomes is critical for overcoming the linked challenges of climate change, land use change, and the biodiversity crisis. Image courtesy of DRYFLOR, the Latin American Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest Floristic Network.