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Field stations have tremendous, largely untapped potential to turn these targets into on-the-ground achievements. This is particularly true in the tropics, where biodiversity and carbon mitigation opportunities are highest. Strengthening tropical field stations creates powerful opportunities to partner with locals, support sustainable livelihoods at the interface of wildlands and protected areas, and integrate Indigenous and traditional knowledge with scientific inquiry to develop informed conservation strategies grounded in context-specific evidence. If we invest in them now, tropical field stations can become the connective tissue between global ambition and local action, translating policy into practice. 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