Research projects are a key element of our Environmental Ambassadors’ expeditions. The scholarship holders prepare a topic of their own choosing, which they explore in detail whilst in Canada. After the expedition, they carry out a comprehensive analysis of the data they have collected. One of the research questions for this year’s expedition focuses on the various habitats of insects within the temperate rainforest – from deadwood on the forest floor right up to the tree canopies of the primeval forest giants. In order to explore the treetops and capture new photographic and video footage from a unique perspective, planning and organisation for the tree-climbing expedition began whilst the students were still in Germany. This was made possible thanks to the support of our partners Freeworker and Air Canada: Freeworker sponsored the extensive equipment, whilst Air Canada covered the excess baggage allowance on the flight to Canada. This enabled the foundations to be laid for research into the canopy ecosystem during this expedition. The data collected is now being analysed in collaboration with the Senckenberg Natural History Collection in Dresden. Over the next few years, Wilderness International will continue to advance this research in order to better understand biodiversity and species distribution in the tree canopy of the temperate rainforest. *Das Kletterblatt* – the course magazine of the Munich Tree Climbing School – has published an in-depth article on this new research project. From page 18, former environmental ambassador Johannes Kaul describes what it feels like to climb the giant arborvitae trees and set up a research base camp at a height of 65 metres.