maringa_fieldtrip

Maringa-Lopori-Wamba Livelihoods and GIS Workshop — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 01-May-08 10:52

Basankusu, DRC, January 20 – 27 2008

map_graphic.jpg — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 08-Apr-08 06:36

 

Photos of a cleared field ready for burning — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 13:37

 

photos — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 08-Apr-08 07:07

 

Photos of a clearing — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 13:39

 

Photos of a fallow field at the CCP plantation — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 13:35

A cover crop called Pueraria Javanica, a type of leguminous creeper, is shown covering the soil. Cover crops such as Pueraria Javanica assist with soil conservation and will maintain the soil structure and increase fertility for future palm seedlings

Photos of palm tree seedlings at the CCP plantation — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 13:41

 

Photos of recently cut palm trees (trees are cut after every 20-year cycle) — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 13:44

 

Photos of a nursery for small seedlings of avocado, orange, and palm trees — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 13:47

 

Photos of a cleared field ready for burning — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 13:50

 

Photos of a fallow (or non-cultivated) field — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 13:52

 

Photos of the World Agroforestry Center’s (ICRAF) field for agroforestry — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 13:54

 

Photos of bamboo growing along the road — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 14:06

 

Photos of a forest clearing — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 14:09

 

Photos of a small village — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 14:11

 

Photos of a field, opened in 2006 — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 14:15

 

Photos of a cleared field ready for burning — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 14:17

 

Photos of a palm plantation (for palm oil production) — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 14:19

 

Photo of the field team waiting on the Maringa River for pickup — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 14:20

 

Photos of the village of Balondo — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 14:21

 

Photos of the town of Lisafa — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 14:22

 

Photos of the CCP company’s palm oil refinery — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 14:24

 

Photos of a coffee field, 2 years old, owned by the CCP company — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 14:25

 

Photos of a palm plantation at CCP — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 14:27

 

Photos of the field team investigating a part of primary forest — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 16-Apr-08 14:28

 

map_fieldtrip_locator.jpg — by CARPE Administrator — last modified 01-May-08 10:53