Operation Wallacea Expedition
Fundraising campaign by
lakshsoni
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£500.00raised of £2,500.00 goal goal
No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities
Campaign Story
Operation Wallacea is a biodiversity and conservation management research organisation running projects in Indonesia, Honduras, Cuba, South Africa, Madagascar, Romania, Peru, Guyana, and Mexico. The research is carried out in conjunction with academics from many European and North American Universities with over 200 academic staff in the field each survey season.
For my expedition I am going to South Africa for 2 weeks. The first week will be spent at Balule Reserve where the aims will be to:
- To quantify the impact of elephants around artificial and natural waterholes.
- To utilise these data to calculate carrying capacity of reserves for elephants.
- To assist with data collection on the distribution of large herbivores and predators.
- To complete annual surveys of winter bird community structure and density in areas of habitat with differing levels of elephant impact.
The second week will be spent at Sodwana Bay where I will undertake:
Indian Ocean reef ecology course: This consists of lectures and in water practicals by diving. The lectures in Sodwana Bay cover an introduction to coral reef ecosystem (characteristics of a reef, distribution of reefs in east Africa), coral and algal species (growth forms and common species), megafauna (whales, sharks, manta rays), mangrove and seagrass ecology (importance of connective systems, threats to mangroves), economically important invertebrates (lobster fishery, aquarium trade), identification of coral reef fish (main reef fish families), reef survey techniques (quadrats, transects, stereo video), threats to and conservation of reefs (protected marine areas in South Africa and Mozambique).
Whilst Operation Wallacea provides the research data the Operation Wallacea Trust (charity number 1078362) then uses this data to implement conservation management programmes.
I am fundraising to cover the costs of this expedition. In order to raise sufficient funds I will be undertaking specific fundraising activities and any support or help you could offer would be extremely welcome.
Organizer
- lakshsoni
Donors
- Mitu rakesh
- Donated on Apr 26, 2015
Well done Laksh!
- Bavani Arun
- Donated on Apr 26, 2015
Yorkshire Three Peaks Finished!
Update posted by lakshsoni at 03:16 pmI completed the Three Peaks on Sunday 19th April, after an early 5am start, in 11.5 hours which was under the 12 hour limit for what was deemed as a “good time”. Although there were some difficult points through the day, including several blisters & broken shoes, I really enjoyed
Three Peaks Challenge!
Update posted by lakshsoni at 03:06 pmFor futher fundraising, our team has decided to climb the Yorkshire Three Peaks on the 19th of April! The Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge takes on the peaks of Pen-y-ghent, Whernside and Ingleborough and totals a distance of 23 miles and nearly 1600m of ascent and descent.
Open Water Dive Video
Update posted by lakshsoni at 04:32 amHere is a link to a video that our diving club put together for us summarising our qualifying open water dives: Click Here
Open Water Dive Training
Update posted by lakshsoni at 03:17 pmIn preparation for the expedition it was recommended that we undertake our open water dive training before we go so that we can make the most of the experience diving in the Indian Ocean. After a 8 week course, I've now become a qualified open water diver and had an
Donors & Comments
- Bhuvana Chandrasekar
- Donated on Jun 01, 2015
Wish you all the best for your project
- Mitu rakesh
- Donated on Apr 26, 2015
Well done Laksh!
- Bavani Arun
- Donated on Apr 26, 2015
- Srinivasans, Preston
- Donated on Apr 26, 2015
We admire your hard work and commitment to this project. Well done and have a great time.
- Vikas kapoor
- Donated on Apr 21, 2015
- Muthu Ganapathi
- Donated on Apr 20, 2015
- Mongas
- Donated on Apr 19, 2015
- Toor's
- Donated on Apr 17, 2015
Good Luck Laksh. Proud of U
- Bharati
- Donated on Apr 16, 2015
Well done Laksh. Keep up yhe good work
- P Jauhari
- Donated on Apr 14, 2015
We are proud of you. Keep up the good work.
Wish you all the best for your project