TITLE: Kit list for tropical fieldwork
DATE: 2020-04-10
AUTHOR: John L. Godlee
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I've had some time to digest my most recent fieldwork experience
and I've updated my generic tropical fieldwork kit list
accordingly. This list is meant to be one where items should be
excluded based on the circumstances, so if I'm working in a grassy
savanna for instance, it's probably unnecessary to take a mosquito
headnet. Similarly, if I am working in an area with no trees, a
hammock doesn't make a lot of sense. Obviously the list is specific
to me, but I guess it could be used as a loose guide and
inspiration for others carrying out their first ecological
fieldwork in the tropics.
I haven't included basic clothing on the list because it seemed
like it was too obvious.
The first aid kit is one that can be taken into the field everyday
and contains the bare essentials. It doesn't include antibiotics or
more serious first aid supplies like SAM Splints, needles, sutures.
These should be added if one knows how to use them competently, and
depending on the remoteness of the fieldwork.
