Jean-Remy Makana has been involved with the Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo FDP since 1993 and presently serves as a PI of the Plot. His love of teaching forest ecology belies his commitment to protect both forests and local livelihoods.
Cao Min is PI of two ForestGEO plots in China: Xishuangbanna and Ailaoshan. He decided to start his first long-term monitoring plot after visiting Pasoh, Malaysia FDP.
Members of the Emberá community (Darién, Panama) and the Neotropical Lab (McGill University, Canada) traveled to Barro Colorado Island to receive training in field methods from the ForestGEO Panama Team.
Bonus: one more installment of our series on census updates from across the network! Thank you, field crew members, for your careful measurements and your dedication to the work.
Part three of our three-part series that celebrates the observations and experiences of field crew members currently conducting censuses across the network.