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Camera Traps

Camera traps provide the TEAM Network an efficient way to monitor the status of tropical forest mammals and birds. At 17 sites on three continents, site managers deploy arrays of cameras for one month in the dry season. Each array consists of 30 cameras spaced every two square kilometers, covering an area of 120-180 square kilometers. Shown here is fieldwork from Uganda, Peru and Malaysia.

Conservation International (2011-2013)

L-R: Badru Mugerwa, Lawrence Tumugabirwe, Aventino Nkwasibwe, and Job Nahabwe.
Badru Mugerwa, Lawrence Tumugabirwe and Park ranger Job Nahabwe.
Job Nahabwe and Badru Mugerwa arm a camera trap in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
The Bwindi camera trapping team. L-R: Aventino Nkwasibwe, Moses Kapalata, Badru Mugerwa, Lawrence Tumugabirwe and Job Nahabwe
Badru Mugerwa, Lawrence Tumugabirwe and Aventino Nkwasibwe.
Badru Mugerwa and Lawrence Tumugabirwe.
Badru Mugerwa checks each camera's range before leaving it for 30 days, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Badru Mugerwa captures the first frame in a camera trap.
Aventino Nkwasibwe grabs a cable lock to secure a camera in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Badru Mugerwa and his team approach the forest in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Moses Kapala, Aventino Nkwasibwe and Lawrence Tumugabirwe.
Site manager Badru Mugerwa works his way through dense forest to set a camera trap.
Site manager Badru Mugerwa works his way through dense forest to set a camera trap.
Badru Mugerwa and Lawrence Tumugabirwe.
Moses Kapalata and Aventino Nkwasibwe cut their way towards a camera trap location in array two, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Aventino Nkwasibwe and Badru Mugerwa postion a camera.
Aventino Nkwasibwe, Lawrence Tumugabirwe and Badru Mugerwa.
Badru Mugerwa prepares to set camera traps from a field camp near Harushasha, outside Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Badru Mugerwa downloads images into DeskTEAM software for analysis, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda.
Badru Mugerwa looks up from reviewing camera trap images in his office at ITFC.
A technician selects the next camera location in an array in Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania
A camera can be triggered day and night by passing animals or birds, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania.
Aggrey Uisso, Emanuel Martin and Steven Shinyambala set a camera in Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania.
Patricia Alvarez and Ingrid Serrano Zubileta arrive at the Cocha Cashu field station in Manú National Park, Peru.
Equipment is stored in slica due to high humidity.
TEAM Network site manager Patricia Alvarez sets a camerta trap in Manú National Park, Peru.
TEAM Network site manager Patricia Alvarez sets a camerta trap in Manú National Park, Peru.
TEAM Network site manager Patricia Alvarez sets a camerta trap in Manú National Park, Peru.
Camera trap collection tally.
Camera trap map.
Khairul breaks trail to a camera trap location in Pasoh National Forest, Malaysia.
Khairul sets a camera.
Christine unlocks a camera trap after 30 days in the forest.
Christine unlocks a camera trap after 30 days in the forest.
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