Bob Ford on Mt. Karisimbi, Rwanda
On Mount Karisimbi in the
Virunga Mountains, Rwanda

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Mt. Muhabura, RwandaBanana plantations and bean fields and intensive farms along Lake RuhondoMt. Muhabura volcano in background--note line between agricultural front and park preserve forest on the slopes near Ruhengeri, Rwanda. See Presentation: Population-Environment Interactions and Sustainability in Africa: Rwanda Case (PDF)
Bunds near Rwerere, Ruhengeri, RwandaContoured Bunds near Rwerere, Ruhengeri, Rwanda.  Read more about landscape ecology in this region from Wiley Publishers - see Wiley - GeoSystems Today: an Interactive Casebook -  Landscape and Life along the East African Rift: the Virunga Mountains, Rwanda


Near Sodin, Yatenga, Burkina FasoFieldwork among agropastoralists of Yatenga, Northern Burkina Faso, West Africa Acacia albida tree in background--note lack of leaves during wet season and healthy field of sorghum underneath due to auto-fertilizing capacity of the tree. See presentation: Ethnobotany and Land Degradation in Yatenga, Burkina Faso (Ford) - ( PDF ) - Drylands management case
Village square - Ojojona, HondurasOjojona, Honduras in the Central Highlands south of Tegucigalpa--the capital.  A center of native indian pottery making and other crafts industries.
Bay Island sunsetHonduras, travel, geology, Bay Islands/Roatan--sunset. May Term Trip '99 - Honduras w/ focus on Hurricane Mitch (see Before and After PHOTOS) and Selected Trip Pictures. French Harbour, Roatan, HondurasSee map and other tourism information on Roatan  in the Bay Islands, Honduras where I grew up.  Note the fishing boats at dock in French Harbour.
Banana plantation HondurasBanana plantation owned by Dole Pineaple on the North Coast of Honduras (Atlantida Department) east of La Ceiba.  Note plastic cover on bunch in preparation for export.
Kids bringing water by canoe--RoatanChildren from French Harbour (Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras) bringing household water needs by boat.  In canal connecting two harbours of town.
Jiayuguan Fortress, Hosi Corridor, ChinaOn the Great Wall of China/Jiayuguan Fortress, Hosi Corridor, China (Gobi Desert) in August 1979 on an expedition with the National Geographic Society to the deserts of China.
Marshall IslandsDoing a health survey for DOE (Department of Enery) in the Marshall Islands, Central Pacific with a team from Loma Linda University, School of Public Health circa 1981.
Macchu Picchu, PeruOn the Inca Trail / Macchu Picchu, Peru, South America circa 1992.
Bob Ford on Mt. Karisimbi, RwandaOn the slopes of Mt. Karisimbi near the summit--Virunga Mountains, above Mudende, Gisenyi Prefecture, Rwanda.  Note rich carpet of sedges, mosses and other high altitude (Afro-montane) vegetation common to high African volcanic peaks.
Mapa areas protegidas Honduras norteSpanish map - Protected areas of the north coast of Honduras with hotspots linking to information about protected areas shown - click on names. Mapa areas protegidas Honduras norteEnglish map - Protected areas of the north coast of Honduras with hotspots linking to information about protected areas shown - click on names.

Additional photos are available from TERRAPHOTOGRAPHICS, Biological Photo Service--see address below. See current Honduras research page and also the 1999 trip pictures from Honduras where I led a May term study group doing reconstruction after impacts by Hurricane Mitch. If you would like to see more photos contact Robert E. Ford directly. See Personal Information or contact photo agent (below):
Carl May, Photo Agent
TERRAPHOTOGRAPHICS, Biological Photo Service,
P.O. Box 490,
Moss Beach, CA 94038.
Tel. (650) 359-6219
E-mail: Bpsterra@aol.com
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Professor (retired), International Sustainable Development
and Social Policy and Social Ecology

Doctoral Program in Social Policy & Social Research,
Department of Social Work and Social Ecology, and
D
epartment of Earth and Biological Sciences,
School of Science and Technology,
Loma Linda University
, Loma Linda, CA 92350


Email:
rford at igc.org
Research (LLU): http://resweb.llu.edu/rford/

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