Photographs

Gallery

Two summers spent outside the classroom, in pictures.

The full write-ups for both placements sit on Research & Work Experience.

Mai Po Nature Reserve • Hong Kong • Summer 2025

With WWF Hong Kong

Mai Po Nature Reserve entrance building under a clear blue sky — Arriving at Mai Po Nature Reserve, WWF Hong Kong's wetland field base.

Students planting seagrass shoots in shallow wetland water — Planting seagrass shoots by hand in the shallows of the restored pond.

Wetland restoration work with the Shenzhen skyline in the distance — Restoration work at the border of a wetland and one of the world's densest skylines.

The field team standing in the water after finishing a planting session — The field team at the end of a planting session.

Camera trap photo with AI bounding boxes detecting people on a boardwalk — AI image recognition tagging camera-trap footage for the biodiversity monitoring platform.

Wayanad, Kerala • Summer 2026

With MSSRF

Aveer beside an M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation sign at the Madamkunnu Paniya settlement — At the Madamkunnu Paniya settlement, one of MSSRF's food and nutrition security sites in Wayanad.

Aveer drawing a hand-written kinship chart on large sheets of paper in a research library — Mapping the kinship chart behind Cheruvayal Raman's seed bank, sheet by sheet.

Aveer sitting beside seed keeper Cheruvayal Raman outside his home — With Cheruvayal Raman, the farmer who has kept dozens of traditional rice varieties alive.

Cheruvayal Raman seated outdoors talking with two people holding survey documents — Cheruvayal Raman in conversation during a field interview, the source of much of the survey data.

A hand holding two deep purple bean pods in front of dense green foliage — A traditional purple bean variety, still grown and saved by families in the region.

Aveer and a fellow intern standing in front of bamboo at the research centre campus — At the Community Agrobiodiversity Centre campus in Kalpetta.