Laos - iNaturalist World Tour
We're in Laos for the 123rd stop on the iNaturalist World Tour. The top observer is @edelaquis, an agricultural scientist currently based in the capital Vientiane. @keomanylth7777, also based in Laos, has her observations clustered here along with @affifi @siwnaturalist. There are quite a few observations that were posted by questagame as well. @thelittleman, living in Hainan, China, has observations clustered around Vang Vieng to the north of the capital. Further north, several top observers such as @michi1 have observations clustered around the historic region of Luang Prabang near the Mekong River. @gabesachter has observations clustered even further north while @nomascus, @tommarshall, and @deanthompson have observations clustered towards the south.
The graph of observations per month has been ramping up since late 2018 peaking in August of this year.
@edelaquis is not just the top observer but also the top identifier overall and in the insect category. Other top identifiers include @rajibmaulick, @nopcoeur, @anilamanalil, and @noppadon.
What can we do to get more people in Laos using iNaturalist? Please share your thoughts below or on this forum thread.
@edelaquis @tommarshall @keomanylth7777 @thelittleman @siwnaturalist @nomascus @rajibmaulick @nopcoeur @anilamanalil @noppadon
We’ll be back tomorrow in Iran!
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Nice Summary, thanks for the mention. There are active facebook groups in Laos for Nature, Snakes, Birds. maybe someone could promote this site there, or collect the observations shared there and add them here?
Very good point about the facebook groups @tommarshall - some of them are quite active with high-quality contributions.
An additional general plea to anyone posting from Southeast Asia - my project "Cassava flora & fauna" is always looking for observations coming from any of the ~5 million hectares of cassava grown in Asia (or elsewhere for that matter). I'm trying to get a first appreciation for the diversity in these landscapes.
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