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CongoPeat field team explores new river system in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

15th July 201915th July 2019

The hardcore CongoPeat roaming field team are exploring a new river system (Ruki, Busira) in the DRC, testing the accuracy of our peatland maps and new data. On 9 July scientists Bart Crezee and Dr Greta Dargie (University of Leeds), Professor Corneille Ewango and Joseph Kanyama (University of Kisangani), Dr Nick Girkin (University of Nottingham) …

Fieldwork in pictures: Global Ecosystem Monitoring sites, Likouala, RoC

25th April 20198th April 2019

Taking dendrometer readings on high point of measurement (POM) trees
Camp at Raffia palm swamp
Village chief and field assistants Risha & Tresor, Ekolongouma
Field assistants Risha, Gi, Tresor & Misho & Technician Dafydd at terra firme (“solid ground”) plot
Field assistant Tresor and PhD student Wen measuring palm fronds for biomass growth

Monitoring stations in the peatlands

17th April 201928th January 2019

The first boat went off this morning down the Ubango River, with all the kit to begin setting up three monitoring stations in the peatlands to track carbon flows from atmosphere to vegetation to peat and back again. This will allow us to calibrate and refine a model of peatland development, so that we can …

Press Conference in Brazzaville

3rd June 201924th January 2019

The first CongoPeat field campaign launched with a press conference in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, convened by the Congolese Minister for Environment and Tourism, Her Excellency Arlette Soudan-Nonault. Professor Simon Lewis (Chair in Global Change Science, University of Leeds/UCL) and Dr Yannick Bocko (Researcher, Marien Ngouabi University) explained the project to the public and …