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Dr Sara A. Thornton

Dr Sara A. Thornton

Wetland social ecology and biocultural relationships

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Indonesia (2013-2017) (PhD)

 

Sara Thornton and Dudin conducting fish and water surveys in the Sabangau Peat-swamp Forest, Indonesia, 2014.
Learning to make a traditional fish trap (Dudin on left and Sara on right), photo by Julie Lasne.
Iwan, Dudin and Sara: Tim Ikan! Photo by Joey Markx.
Iwan, member of our fish team, with one of our fish traps, a local trap called a tampirai. Fish were quickly measured, counted and released. Photo by Sara Thornton.
A family of fishers checking their catch on the Sabangau River. Photo by Sara Thornton,
Tanjung Taruna, Central Kalimantan. Photo by Sara Thornton.
Fisherwoman in Tanjung Taruna processing her catch. Photo by Sara Thornton.
Taruna Jaya, Central Kalimantan. Photo by Sara Thornton.
Tanjung Taruna on the Kahayan River - where focus groups and interviews were also held. Photo by Sara Thornton.
Pusaka (Taruna Jaya), Central Kalimantan. Photo by Sara Thornton.
Being shown local fishing traps in Pusaka (Taruna Jaya). Photo by Sara Thornton.
Fish net in the ex-Mega Rice Project area. Fishing in the canals is done through the year. Photo by Sara Thornton
Fisherwoman in Taruna Jaya making a fishing net. Photo by Sara Thornton.
A focus group in Kereng Bangkirai. Photo by Sara Thornton.
Fishers trying their luck in Kereng Bangkirai, Central Kalimantan. Photo by Sara Thornton.
Dudin measures the Standard Length (SL) of a fish before returning it to the Sabangau River unharmed. Photo by Sara Thornton.
Severely degraded peatland landscape in the ex-Mega Rice Project area where focus groups and interviews were also held. Photo by Sara Thornton
A member of our fish team looks at a fish in a small fish tank. All fish were released once photos were taken of them for identification. Photo by Sara Thornton
Dudin, who is also an experienced fisherman, checks one of his large fish traps. Photo by Sara Thornton
Measuring the Standard Length of a Belontia hasselti. Photo by Sara Thornton
A traditional wire fish trap in a canal in the Sabangau Peat-swamp Forest. Photo by Sara Thornton.
Dudin setting a fish trap in the Sabangau Peat-swamp Forest. Photo by Sara Thornton.
Heading into the forest for fish trapping, we leave our boats waiting on the peaty banks of the River Sabangau. Photo by Sara Thornton
Fisherwoman in Tanjung Taruna processing her catch. Photo by Sara Thornton
A surprise in our fish trap - a Wagler's pit viper that was later release unharmed. Photo by Jessica Thornton
Sara Thornton down a peat hole in the Sabangau Peat-swamp Forest.
Peat swamp forest wet season
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