Walter is an experienced botanist and plant biologist who focuses on carbon cycling in tropical forest ecosystems. He has been working on the Andes to Amazon transect established by the ABERG group since 2005. He recently completed his degree at the Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco. As of 2012, Walter will be coordinating fieldwork campaigns on the Andes to Amazon transect.
Dear GEM team around the world
Photos of last campaign in Benta and Danum Valley, Sabah-Borneo. A new model of litter trap easy to make, deadwood respiration collar and ingrowth core mesh.
Malaysian monitoring intensive carbon team lead by Terhi Riuta, Rostin Tien, Nani Suhaini and Rohit Kailoh and the wonderful guys from Danum Valley staff at the moment they have been measuring in two new hectare plots.
My special thanks to the managers Alex Karolus, Johnny Larenus, Byan Gray and Unding Jami.
Well done Beisit and Fernando in Belize and all the best in Cusco with Cloud project.
Abrazos GEM team.
Walter