Photos of Training on Carbon Assessment in Mangroves

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Participants in LEAD/SWAMP training on carbon assessment of forested wetlands
Participants in LEAD/SWAMP training on carbon assessment of forested wetlands
Participants in LEAD/SWAMP training on carbon assessment of forested wetlands
Group about to depart for the mangrove field site
Participants in LEAD/SWAMP training on carbon assessment of forested wetlands
Participants in LEAD/SWAMP training on carbon assessment of forested wetlands
Participants in LEAD/SWAMP training on carbon assessment of forested wetlands
Longtail boat taking participants to mangrove field forest
A team sets the transect for taking samples
A participants walks in heavy mud to the sample site
A trainee meansures the girth of woody debris
Participants take a soil core sample in the forest
Participants discuss next step in setting a sample plot
Participant measures the diameter of a mangrove tree
Participant rests after setting sample plots area
LEAD trainer and participant in a sample plot
Viper (snake) in the mangrove forest
Team 2 (Cambodia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam) with US Forest Service trainer
Team 4 (Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines) inputting data
Fighting crabs in the mud
Trainer from US Forest Service
Mangroves are an essential nursery area for many species
Participant from Cambodia
Participants and trainers cleaning up after day at field site
Participants practice taking soil samples
Participants practice measuring weight of woody debris
Participants practice measuring weight of woody debris
Trainer from CIFOR explains how to take soil samples
Trainer from US Forest Services demonstrates how to use a pH meter
Participants organize samples taken from the field
After field work, participants listen to trainers on next steps
Participants during team discussion further dissemination of the mangrove protocol
Participants take soil samples
Participants from Singapore and Thailand
Participants depart from hotel to the field site in Trang City
Participants in the training for policymakers vist the Laem Phak Bia Royal Environmental Research and Development project
Plants treat waste water as part of the Laem Phak Bia Royal Environmental Research and Development project research efforts.
Path through the rehabilitated mangrove forest at the Laem Phak Bia Royal Project at Petchburi Province, Thailand
US Forest Service trainer demonstrates how to take soil samples to determine carbon content
LEAD program trainer with participants
Participant from Indonesian shares his views during the classroom training in Bangkok