Hi Everyone,
I am living camp for a few days to help out with some aerial surveys that are taking place over the concession where we work and the neighbouring one.
I am very excited about it as I have only ever read about aerial surveys and the methodologies involved so I am looking forward to learning a new skill and helping out with this important work.
We work in a concession which is 1/2 a million hectares, the largest in the delta, so we shall be sampling it as it is too large to cover in the time that we have. I hope to see lots of animals and also see the affect of the buffalo fence on the western side.
We have had an increase in poaching in the area and so this will also be an opportunity to see what is going on there and if there is any patterns.
We have had three nights of early rains and storms and we shall also be able to see if the lightening has started any fires in the area.
So I will be very busy until Wedneday, but I am sure the rest of the team will be keeping you updated.
TTFN
Kate
Donations made here are
Dec 22nd John R USD 27.00
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Hi Kate, we regularly do aerial surveys in Kenya – you should hook up with Iain Douglas Hamilton on this stuff. He’s a total guru – he’s on the Save the Elephants blog
Best of luck with your aerial surveys Kate, I’m sure the data you gather will come in extremely handy.
Aerial survey is a geomatics method of collecting information by using aerial photography or from remote sensing imagery using other bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, such as infrared, gamma, or ultraviolet.