MegaTransect

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The MegaTransect was a project in 1999 by J. Michael Fay to spend 455 days hiking 2000 km across the Congo Basin in Africa to survey the ecological and environmental status of the region. It is named for the transect methodology.

Shortly after the hike, Fay lobbied along side the President of Gabon to create 13 new national parks, a project that succeeded successfully.

In 2002, US Secretary of State Colin Powell and other Bush Administration members gave 53 million dollars to help preserve the Congo Basin.

Mike Fay later went on to carry out the MegaFlyover in 2004.

Also in 2004, an international team conducted a "Megatransect" of the island of Madagascar. Dubbed "Hike Madagascar" the journey covered the entire island. Members met with rural farmers to help them improve their agricultural techniques and discuss their impact on the environment.

External links

• [National Geographic page on the transect]
• [Account of "Hike Madagascar" transect]

 

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