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Expedition handbook

The RGS-IBG Expedition Handbook has long been the primary source of information for all aspects of planning an expedition, from inception to the final report.

  • Overview
  • Planning and organisation
  • Finance and fundraising
  • Health and safety
  • Expedition logistics
  • Transport for expeditions and fieldwork
  • Recording your expedition
  • Field research projects

Field research projects

This information is taken from:

RGS Expedition Handbook
Shane Winser (ed.) Profile Books 2004. 502pp. ISBN I 86197 0447.

Important note: This book was published in 2004 so some of the information may have changed. 

 

Intended to suggest possible topics for field research projects in a wide variety of different environments.

Beginning with a step-by-step guide to designing a research project and gives specific advice on research in tropical forests and wetlands, arid lands and savannas, in the tundra and periglacial regions of the world.

Downloads

  • 1. Choosing a research project and putting it into action, by Dr Rita Gardner (.pdf)
  • 2. Projects in tropical forest, by Clive Jermy and Ian Douglas (.pdf)
  • 3. Projects in wetlands, by Edward Maltby (.pdf)
  • 4. Projects in savanna regions, by Malcolm Coe and Andrew Goudie (.pdf)
  • 5. Projects in arid lands, by Paul Munton and Andrew Warren (.pdf)
  • 6. Projects in tundra and periglacial regions, by John Matthews (.pdf)
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