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Raymond Glover’s Diary
Tidal Forests of Kenya
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May 1, 2009: Research on the research
I have spent a lot of my spare time in the last few weeks reading up on
the expedition. I started by reading the diaries of the
previous Alcoa Earthwatch Fellows to gain an insight into their
experience on the project, and also of course the expedition briefing.
This will be the fifth year of the project at Gazi, and this year's team
will be involved in monitoring tree growth and survival rates from previous
years along with animal colonization in the plantation areas. We will
be planting new plots of trees and will also undertake experiments on
carbon sequestration. This information has given me a real feel for the
work to be carried out during our time there and how important our
work will be at not only a local level for the community at Gazi but
hopefully it also at a regional/national level and to
the scientific community.
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