1. Peru 2014Peru 2014
RainforestRainforest
RiversRivers
ExpeditionExpedition

2. BrazilPeru
Ecuador
Colombia
Bolivia
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
Paraguay
Venezuela
Guyanas
Manu Biosphere
Reserve

3. Manu Biosphere Reserve
 Manu is one of the world’s most biodiverse and
exciting rainforests in the world
 A UNESCO World Heritage Site covering
18,000 km2
of the Amazon Basin
 1000+ bird species, 200+ mammals & an
estimated 500,000 arthropod

4. Expedition will be
based at the Manu
Learning Center

5. MLC is in the Andes-AmazonMLC is in the Andes-Amazon
transition zonetransition zone

6. Peru Rainforest Rivers
Expedition
 Goal of the expedition will be
to survey and map 3 small
Amazonian rainforest rivers
and record the terrestrial
biodiversity using them

7. Peru Rainforest Rivers
Expedition
 Smaller rivers in the Amazon
are largely unmapped
 Yet are potentially important
- biodiversity habitats
- access routes for human
disturbance
- for carbon dynamics
- and aiding ecosystem
recovery

8. Peru Expedition
Main work will involve
1) Biodiversity surveys of large mammals,
butterflies, amphibians and hopefully birds with a
focus on how the biodiversity uses river corridors
2) Surveys of the rivers and streams to measure
flow rates, carbon transport and map human
disturbance effects of illegal logging

9. Mammal & Bird Survey
Methods
1. Day & night transect surveys along each river
and in adjacent forest
2. Camera traps recording when large
mammals use rivers
3. Mammal track and sign surveys

10. Camera trap photos taken byCamera trap photos taken by
previous university expeditionsprevious university expeditions

11. Amphibian Survey Methods
Visual encounter surveysVisual encounter surveys
both day and night alongboth day and night along
rivers and in adjacentrivers and in adjacent
forestforest

12. Butterfly Survey MethodsButterfly Survey Methods
Butterfly traps baited with fruit or fish alongButterfly traps baited with fruit or fish along
river and in surrounding forestriver and in surrounding forest

13. Mapping &
Surveying Rivers

14. Measuring Stream
Width and Depth
Measuring river
discharge with flow
meter
Gathering water
sample
Netting system
gathering debris

15. Expedition
Details
ExpeditionExpedition Leaders Robbie Waugh & Nicola
Andrews
Looking for 6 keen, hard working, enthusiastic
team members, possibility of 2 honors projects
(geography or biodiversity related)
Lots of physical work and exploring in hot
conditions so good fitness needed
Lodge base camp plus probably camping

16. Application forms at front and
on Ex Soc website
Applications in by 5 pm Monday,
with interviews Tues to Fri
(check email for interview list on
Monday night)
Cost ~£850 personal contribution
Dates late June to end August
2012 (~ 7 weeks in field)
Any questions?
Expedition Details