Expedition Guyana

An expedition was conducted in 1992 by a group of ecologists surveying the flora and fauna of an area of lowland rainforest near the village of Kurupukari, but this data was never published. With this, we, 10 2nd year Biology students of Imperial College London, aim to mirror the previous projects’ bird, butterfly, rodent, primate and flora surveys and then comparing the previous data to our data and determining how and increase in traffic has affected the biodiversity of the region. A study will also be conducted to determine to what extent the road has an effect on the ambient air through measurements of NO2 concentration. The collected data will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and that conclusions drawn from this important project will be used as a putative model for the changes occurring to the world’s rainforests.


Contact Details:
Hitoshi.Takano@Imperial.ac.uk
07936270007

Wednesday, 27 June 2007

Emma Keller Profile

I have not encountered a jungle environment before but feel ready to embrace the new experiences that I will endear. I am a self-motivated individual and am always eager to learn new things and be confronted with places and situations alien to me. As a person I am organised, happy and will always strive to succeed as I believe the greater the goal the riper the reward. I am easy to get along with and enjoy working as part of a team and co-operating with others. Leadership is a strong quality of mine and I can step in and out of this role when required.

As part of my A-levels I undertook a camp-craft trip whereby survival in a woody area, living in tents with limited facilities and conductance of research throughout the day were involved. Although completely different, I feel that I will be able so extract some of the skills I learnt here and apply them to the jungle situation

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