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Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Community meeting in Mushindamo, Zambia.
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Assisted Natural Renegeration demonstration plot.
Photo by Gabriel Mulenga/CIFOR
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Channel that contains thin pipes for the transport of air flows towards the gas analyzer.
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Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping of Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Photo by Yvonne Baraza/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Wiring for the transport of air flows to the gas analyzer.
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Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Training on accounting and monitoring of greenhouse gas fluxes from peatlands, Peru.
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An outstanding depiction, ca. 1966/67 of ALSEP deployment/“thumper” employment. Note the squat nature of the central station. The round-topped cylindrical object to its right is the passive seismometer. I have no idea what the two low-profile square devices in its immediate vicinity are. Confirmation of the year & devices are available at the following wonderful site:
www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/ALSEP/pdf/31111000674190.pdf
Credit: LPI website
I didn’t expect the thumper to have already been under planning during this time period. Did YOU??? Along those lines, since I believe in going into the weeds…for my own edification & since it’s the primary activity being depicted:
“The Active Seismic Experiment apparatus is comprised of two parts, the seismic energy sources and the detection system. Two energy sources will be employed. One is a mortar device from which four explosive grenades will be launched to detonate at various distances up to one mile from the geophone detectors. The mortar package, including grenades and the explosives, will be armed and activated after about one year by earth command. The second energy source is a “thumper” device containing 20 explosive squibs which will be activated by the astronaut at specified locations along the geophone line as he returns to the ALSEP. The detection system will be a linear array of three geophones together with amplifier systems and necessary electronics.
The mechanical design of the Active Seismic Experiment is based on inputs from both Drs. Kovach (the Americanized version of Kovacs, it being the original Hungarian spelling) and Watkins. The design concerns two areas, the seismic energy sources and the common detection system. The thumper device is for investigation of the materials within about a 75-ft depth of the lunar surface. This device will be about 4 ft long, and stored in two sections for transportation. The upper section will contain necessary electronics for the firing mechanism, the squib barrel, and contact points. The lower section will be a hollow cylinder which will be bayonet-connected to the squib barrel. It will serve to couple the energy source to the lunar surface, and impart seismic waves to the surface materials for detection by the geophones.”
The above being an extract from the aforementioned document.
The ‘thumper’ was used on Apollos 14 & 16.
If this artwork isn’t by John Gorsuch, I’m a monkey’s uncle.
Saint-Stephen Cathedral Metz, France, is a Rayonnant Gothic edifice built with the local yellow Jaumont limestone. Like in French Gothic architecture, the building is compact, with slight projection of the transepts and subsidiary chapels. However, it displays singular, distinctive characteristics in both its ground plan and architecture compared to most of the other cathedrals. Because of topography of Moselle valley in Metz, the common west-east axis of the ground plan could not be applied and the church is oriented north-northeast. Moreover, unlike the French and German Gothic cathedrals having three portals surmounted by a rose window and two large towers, Saint-Stephen of Metz has a single porch at its western facade. One enters laterally in the edifice by another portal placed at the south-western side of the narthex, declining the usual alignment of the entrance with the choir. The nave is supported by flying buttresses and culminates at 41.41 metres high, making one of the highest naves in the world. The height of the nave is contrasted by the relatively low height of the aisles with 14.3 metres high, reinforcing the sensation of tallness of the nave. This feature permitted the architects to create large, tall expanses of stained glass. Through its history, Saint-Stephen Cathedral was subjected to architectural and ornamental modifications with successive additions of Neoclassical and Neogothic elements.
The edification of Saint-Stephen of Metz took place on an Ancient site from the 5th century. The construction of the Gothic cathedral began in 1220 within the walls of an Ottonian basilica dating from the 10th century. The integration into the cathedral's ground plan of a Gothic chapel from the 12th century at the western end resulted in the absence of a main western portal; the south-western porch of the cathedral being the entrance of the former chapel. The work was completed around 1520 and the new cathedral was consecrated on 11 April 1552. In 1755, French architect Jacques-François Blondel was awarded by the Royal Academy of Architecture to built a Neoclassical portal at the West end of the cathedral. He disengaged the cathedral's facade by razing an adjacent cloister and three attached churches and achieved the westwork in 1764. In 1877, the Saint-Stephen of Metz was heavily damaged after a conflagration due to fireworks. After this incident, it was decided the refurbishment of the cathedral and its adornments within a Neogothic style. The western facade was completely rebuilt between 1898 and 1903; the Blondel's portal was demolished and a new Neogothic portal was added.
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Chronicle of the parish | parish church | parsonage
Parish Centre | Lourdes Chapel
History of the parish
1187, Wolkersdorf was for the first time as "Wolfkersdorf" in a deed of donatio by Manhard and Ulrich von Hintperch (= Himberg) mentioned. The parish Wolkersdorf appears in 1328 for the first time as a manorial establishment. The parish has always been limited to the local area. Over the centuries, the residents of the parish brought it through diligence and thrift to a modest prosperity. As to infestations, natural disasters and two plague epidemics are mentioned. The parish, located in the eastern border area of Austria, in times of war through occupation and looting had to suffer much. Mention should be made in this respect of the Turkish threat, the incursion of the Swedes during the 30 Years War, the plundering by the French under Napoleon as well as the Prussian army, which had advanced after the defeat of Austria in Hradec Králové in 1866 to the Rußbach (brook); finally the difficult time of the Soviet occupation after the Second World War should be mentioned. By order of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government of 14th November 1968 Wolkersdorf was conferred upon it the town charter. By the archbishop of Vienna the deanery Pillichsdorf on 1st January 1996 was renamed into the deanery Wolkersdorf. The parish has about 3,000 Catholics.
Parish Church
The parish church was built by Stephan von Slaet 1341-1350 and dedicated to Saint Margaret. This small gothic church (9.40 m long, 5.45 m wide, about 9 m high) is the presbytery for the today's parish church. 1727 Emperor Charles VI. the house of God by the Baroque nave had to its present size expanded (21.8 m long, 9.9 m wide, 12.5 m high). Despite the uniform external facade design, the two phases of construction are still recognizable, the Gothic presbytery and the Baroque ship. In 1754 Empress Maria Theresa the tower had built (37 m high).
Interior equipment: When you enter the church through the main gate under the tower, you are received by a bright, in cheerful colors decorated space. In the vertex of the presbytery wall the mighty Habsburg imperial eagle can be seen. The heart shield of the double eagle is surrounded by the insignia of the Order of the Golden Fleece and bears the monogram Emperor Charles VI . - CVI. In the claws the eagle holds sword and scepter, while a banner the motto of the Emperor and the year of the expansion of the church shows: "Constantia et Fortitudine" (with steadiness and fortitude) 1727.
The Baroque high altar was built in 1768 in imitation marble. The structure has over the tabernacle yet a Drehtabernakel (revolving tabernacle) for exposure of the Blessed Sacrament. Above it forms a plastic, the apocalyptic Lamb of God representing, flanked by two adoring angels, the conclusion. The retabel structure fits organically into the Gothic choir. Right of the altar is on a high pedestal saint Rochus represented, on the left, in the same way the holy Sebastian. In the middle part is behind the high altar in a picture larger than life the church patron, saint Margaretha represented (the painting is signed "FB 1832" - painter unknown). The saint stands upright and holds in her left hand a cross against the dragon (symbolizing the temptation to apostasy), while Schwurhand (oath hand) and look to our Heavenly Father are elevated, which appears above her. In the right wall of the presbytery there are seating niches with small ribbed vaults in the Gothic style (around 1350) with the coat of arms of the Counts of Nuremberg worked off.
On the side altars are two late Baroque wood-carved figures (1760), saint Joseph and the most blessed Virgin Mary, erected. The pulpit in the Rococo style dates back to 1770. The Stations of the Cross - by Viennese artist Eduard Kerschbaum 1968 of basswood carved - are attached to the side walls of the nave. The organ was built in 1897 by the Viennese organ builder Johann M. Kauffmann as a mechanical cone chests organ with 16 registers.
From the church square the church staircase on a bridge (flying buttress) above the Mittelstraße (central road) leads to the parish church. In 1727, this staircase was decorated with six life-sized Baroque stone sculptures. This is probably an expression of gratitude for the successful baroque church reconstruction under Emperor Charles VI. Initiator of the edification of the saints was the then minister Christoph Leopold Edler von Guarient and Raall. The work was financed by donations from the guilds and by donations from individual citizens.
On the right side of the ascent there are statues
of saint Charles Borromeo, who was regarded as the patron saint against the plague.
of saint John of Nepomuk, who as a "bridge saint" was very revered among the people, and above
of st. Florian, who was popular as a patron of the fire and the forge.
On the left side there are the statues
of st. Joseph, who was called on as a patron for a good hour of death, and as a protector against an unprepared, sudden death,
the Mother of God as immaculately received Virgin who crushes the serpent's head, and above
of saint Leopold, the country's (Lower Austria) patron saint, who is represented as founder of churches and monasteries (church on the right arm).
Vicarage
The vicarage was built around 1727. The building with a Gothic core in 1797 was increased and adapted as parsonage. During the March battles against Napoleon, Emperor Franz I had from 16th May to 6th July 1809 here his headquarters installed. In 1997, the exterior facade was renovated.
Parish centre
By 1970 the parish center was built as a meeting place. Inside is an auditorium and seminar rooms which are used by the parochial groups. The parish center was built from 1971 to 1973 under Pastor Karl Ponweiser as a meeting place. The house is intended for cultural and pastoral events. It is used by all parish groups and for individual events (eg lectures, concerts, theatrical performances, balls) also leased.
Lourdes Chapel
At the point where yet in 1783 a cross was erected "to the glory of God and the consolation of the poor souls", the chapel was built in honor of Our Lady of Lourdes in 1890. 1909 this church was enlarged in the neo-Gothic-Romanesque style, so this first chapel is forming the presbytery for the present chapel.
In the curvature of the chancel 1971 a by Viennese artist Eduard Kerschbaum of basswood carved statue of Mary (1.3 m high) was erected. The statue is carved in the style of "lovely Madonnas" of the Gothic. The Mother of God carries in her right arm the Infant Jesus and in her left hand she holds a bunch of grapes, and she is therefore worshiped as "Wine-Producing Country Madonna", too.
www.pfarre-wolkersdorf.at/frameset.htm?http://www.pfarre-...
LI-COR LI-7810 equipment. CO2, CH4 and water vapor gas analyzer.
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Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Degraded peatland area. Field visit during training on peatlands' emissions accounting.
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A sugar plantation; an abandoned investment property; a cattle ranch; a landscape of defiance in the face of the Army Corps of Engineers--Oak Alley has been many things in its over 200 years of history. Today it is a historic site, dedicated to preserving and interpreting each chapter of this plantation’s memory. Our mission, established by Mrs. Josephine Stewart is as follows:
Oak Alley Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public non-profit trust organized and operated exclusively for charitable, literary and educational purposes. Its trustees are charged with maintaining and preserving the mansion (Big House) and surrounding sixty-three (63) acre National Historic Landmark site for public exhibition as an historical monument to the times and area in which the property was built and for the instruction, education, enlightenment, information, edification and cultural benefit of the citizens of the State of Louisiana, the United States and the public generally.
Open to the public since 1976, our institutional values include complete respect for the National Landmark with which we have been entrusted. This not only is evident in our dedication to it’s preservation and maintenance but in our complete adherence to narrative integrity, in deference to this iconic historic site whose past includes serving as a place of enslavement even as it was celebrated for its stunning landscape. SOURCE: OAK VALLEY PLANTATION WEBSITE.
Field visit to aguajal area in Loreto during training on peatlands' emissions accounting.
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Field visit to aguajal area in Loreto during training on peatlands' emissions accounting.
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Field visit to aguajal area in Loreto during training on peatlands' emissions accounting.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Field visit to aguajal area in Loreto during training on peatlands' emissions accounting.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Le château de Chambord est un château français situé dans la commune de Chambord.
Construit au cœur du plus grand parc forestier clos d’Europe (environ 50 km2 ceint par un mur de 32 km de long), il s'agit du plus vaste des châteaux de la Loire. Il bénéficie d'un jardin d'agrément et d'un parc de chasse.
Le site a d'abord accueilli une motte féodale, ainsi que l'ancien château des comtes de Blois. L'origine du château actuel remonte au XVIe siècle et au règne du roi de France François Ier qui supervise son édification à partir de 1519.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Château_de_Chambord
The royal Château de Chambord at Chambord is one of the most recognizable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures. The building, which was never completed, was constructed by King Francis I of France.
Chambord is the largest château in the Loire Valley; it was built to serve as a hunting lodge for Francis I, who maintained his royal residences at the châteaux of Blois and Amboise.
■ Santa Maria's Gate at Hita, a small village in La Alcarria (Guadalajara, Spain), a 15th century military gothic fortification.
Taken handheld with my Panasonic Lumix TZ7 (ZS3) in strong available morning light using a super wideangle focal length ( 25 mm, F5.6, 1/800 sec., ISO 80, EV -2/3 ).
■ Puerta de Santa Maria en Hita, un pequeño pueblo de La Alcarria (Guadalajara), una fortificacion militar gotica del siglo XV.
Tomada a pulso con una Panasonic Lumix TZ7 (ZS3) en intensa luz ambiente matinal utilizando una longitud focal super granangular ( 25 mm, F5.6, 1/800 seg., ISO 80, EV -2/3 ).
Rossauer Barracks
9th district
The Rossauer Barracks should be together with Franz Joseph's Barracks and the arsenal part of a planned fortress triangle, which should provide protection against internal unrest. On 1 August 1864, ground was broken for the construction of the barracks in the Rossau. Full six years took the edification, and 5 July 1870 the entire area was handed over and the first troops moved. The Barracks underwent several alterations and changes of use over time. During World War II falling bombs destroyed the Danube side infantry officer tract completely, but then it was mostly true to the original rebuilt.
The Rossauer barracks is built in the style of late romantic historicism and recalls the medieval fortress architecture with towers, battlements, attachments and eaves. The equipment of the barracks was already inadequate and doubtful designed in the early days when it came to spatial proportions and sanitation. It was sometimes the story that the architect committed suicide because he had forgotten to install toilets. The barracks offered after their completion accommodation for 2,900 men and 390 horses. Next to it 99 officers flats of different sizes, 43 apartments for married officers, a chapel and office spaces were housed. The building has huge proportions. The length is 269m and width of 136m. In the barracks there are three large courtyards. Due to the proximity to the water, when building a very strong foundation was needed, which is located on about 30,000 pilots. It is worthwhile to make the approximately 850m long walk around the building.
www.planet-vienna.com/spots/Rossauerkaserne/rossauerkaser...
Saint-Stephen Cathedral Metz, France, is a Rayonnant Gothic edifice built with the local yellow Jaumont limestone. Like in French Gothic architecture, the building is compact, with slight projection of the transepts and subsidiary chapels. However, it displays singular, distinctive characteristics in both its ground plan and architecture compared to most of the other cathedrals. Because of topography of Moselle valley in Metz, the common west-east axis of the ground plan could not be applied and the church is oriented north-northeast. Moreover, unlike the French and German Gothic cathedrals having three portals surmounted by a rose window and two large towers, Saint-Stephen of Metz has a single porch at its western facade. One enters laterally in the edifice by another portal placed at the south-western side of the narthex, declining the usual alignment of the entrance with the choir. The nave is supported by flying buttresses and culminates at 41.41 metres high, making one of the highest naves in the world. The height of the nave is contrasted by the relatively low height of the aisles with 14.3 metres high, reinforcing the sensation of tallness of the nave. This feature permitted the architects to create large, tall expanses of stained glass. Through its history, Saint-Stephen Cathedral was subjected to architectural and ornamental modifications with successive additions of Neoclassical and Neogothic elements.
The edification of Saint-Stephen of Metz took place on an Ancient site from the 5th century. The construction of the Gothic cathedral began in 1220 within the walls of an Ottonian basilica dating from the 10th century. The integration into the cathedral's ground plan of a Gothic chapel from the 12th century at the western end resulted in the absence of a main western portal; the south-western porch of the cathedral being the entrance of the former chapel. The work was completed around 1520 and the new cathedral was consecrated on 11 April 1552. In 1755, French architect Jacques-François Blondel was awarded by the Royal Academy of Architecture to built a Neoclassical portal at the West end of the cathedral. He disengaged the cathedral's facade by razing an adjacent cloister and three attached churches and achieved the westwork in 1764. In 1877, the Saint-Stephen of Metz was heavily damaged after a conflagration due to fireworks. After this incident, it was decided the refurbishment of the cathedral and its adornments within a Neogothic style. The western facade was completely rebuilt between 1898 and 1903; the Blondel's portal was demolished and a new Neogothic portal was added.
Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Papua, Indonesia.
Photo by Manuel Boissière for CIRAD and CIFOR
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Michael Besa, sub-chief of Mushindamo.
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Participatory 3 Dimensional Mapping of Kwaebibirem municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Photo by Yvonne Baraza/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Degraded peatland area. Field visit during training on peatlands' emissions accounting.
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Training on accounting and monitoring of greenhouse gas fluxes from peatlands, Peru.
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Another reprocess of an old file. This kit fox showed up at my camp in Death Valley a few years ago, and after a lot of work I finally got the pose I wanted. This is also about the only shot I've ever used a flash for! Good thing I got the shot back then, as I no longer have that flash :)
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Degraded peatland area. Field visit during training on peatlands' emissions accounting.
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Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Degraded peatland area. Field visit during training on peatlands' emissions accounting.
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Field visit to aguajal area in Loreto during training on peatlands' emissions accounting.
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Peat soil.
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Les fontaines Wallace sont des points d’eau potable publics qui se présentent sous la forme de petits édicules en fonte. Dessinées par Charles-Auguste Lebourg, elles tiennent leur nom de Richard Wallace, le philanthrope britannique qui finança leur édification. Elles sont souvent associées par les étrangers à l'image de Paris où elles furent implantées en premier et qu’on en trouve le plus en France. Celle-ci fut d'ailleurs offerte par la ville de Paris.
Wallace fountains are public drinking water points in the form of small cast iron kiosks. Designed by Charles-Auguste Lebourg, they take their name from Richard Wallace, the British philanthropist who financed their construction. They are often associated by foreigners with the image of Paris where they were first established and that we find most in France. Moreover, this one was offered by the city of Paris.
So close and yet so far.
Every once in a while, the little wooden ship would appear on the large map on the aft wall of the bridge to mark our approximate location. Since it wasn't done regularly, I don't think it was required. Instead, I suspect one of the crew did it for the edification of anyone who happened to see where we were or had been recently.
Here, I'm seemingly just a few steps from my past: the Orinoco, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados.
Then there's theterra incognita of my South America: Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana. I've convinced myself that this is the last undiscovered corner of the continent, a place lost in time, pristine tropical jungle home to toucans, cacao trees and blue morpho butterflies.
If I wait until there's a tourist infrastructure, then I'll just be part of the herd. If I go now, I may be setting myself up for an experience straight out of a Paul Theroux story.
At sea, aboard the MV Monte Rosa.
Les Gorges du Verdon
Le Verdon prend sa source tout près du col d'Allos, dans le massif des Trois Evêchés (2819 m). Il va se jeter dans la Durance, près de Vinon-sur-Verdon après avoir parcouru près de 175 kilomètres. Son parcours le plus intéressant se trouve entre Castellane et le Pont du Galetas, sur le lac de Sainte-Croix. Ce lac était il y a quelques dizaines d’années la grande plaine des Salles-sur-Verdon, avant la mise en eaux du lac artificiel créé par l’édification du barrage de Sainte-Croix. Lors de la montée des eaux en 1973, le vieux village des Salles a été noyé et reconstruit plus haut.
Les Gorges du Verdon se divisent en trois parties distinctes :
* les Prégorges, qui vont de Castellane à Pont de Soleils ;
* les Gorges qui vont de Pont de Soleils à l’Imbut ;
* le Canyon qui va de l’Imbut au Pont de Galetas.
Les Gorges du Verdon sont étroites et profondes : de 250 à 700 mètres de profondeur, pour 6 à 100 mètres de large au niveau de la rivière du Verdon, et 200 à 1500 mètres d’un versant à l’autre au sommet des gorges.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorges_du_Verdon
The Verdon Gorge
The Verdon Gorge (in French: Gorges du Verdon or Grand canyon du Verdon), in south-eastern France (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), is a river canyon that is considered by many to be Europe's most beautiful. It is the world's second largest gorge, at about 25 kilometers in length and up to 700 meters deep. It was formed by the Verdon River, which is named after its startling turquoise-green colour, one of the canyon's most distinguishing characteristics. The most impressive part lies between the towns of Castellane and Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, where the river has cut a ravine up to 700 metres down through the limestone mass. At the end of the canyon, the Verdon river flows into the artificial lake of Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon (in French: Lac de Sainte-Croix).
Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
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Degraded peatland area. Field visit during training on peatlands' emissions accounting.
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Water tank Financed by Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) at the University of Science of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR
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Pisciculture workshop in Yangambi - DRC.
Photo by Axel Fassio/CIFOR
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Visit to IIAP Carbon monitoring site, Quistococha.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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Field visit to aguajal area in Loreto during training on peatlands' emissions accounting.
Photo by Junior Raborg/CIFOR-ICRAF
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