Entomological Baseline Data

The 103 10 km2 grids of the Block 1 area were divided amongst five field teams. Each team consists of a team leader, a technician and 5 to 7 assistants, and is equipped with transport, traps and full field equipment to make them fully mobile. The teams were trained in the selection of trap sites, deployment of traps, and fly identification and catch recording. In addition they were trained in the classification of vegetation into 10 classes. The initial task for the teams was to familiarize themselves with the grids assigned to them. They studied each grid, recording the distribution of vegetation types, and checking on access routes, updating the survey maps to show new tracks.

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