Heiko’s expeditions, field and research trips around the world, had taken him to more than 800 destinations by the end of 2006. Here is a list of the same…
PRESENT – FUTURE
PAST
Expeditions & Field trips by Heiko Bleher – by continent and country (in some countries also the states he sampled) – always with number of field trips and/or destinations:
AFRICA
ALGERIA: 2 (Photoreports & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
ANGOLA: 2 (Photoreports & sampling – with 4×4)
BENIN: 1 (sampling)
BURUNDI: 3 (Photoreports & sampling – by boat and 4×4)
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
EGYPT: 2 (sampelings)
EQUATORIAL GUINEA: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
ERITREA 1 (sampling)
ETHIOPIA: 5 (Photoreports & sampling)
BURKINA FASO: 2 (Photoreports & sampling with the Heikomobile)
CAMEROON: 6 (Photoreports & sampling – twice with the Heikomobile)
CONGO: 4 (Photoreports & sampling)
CÔTE D’IVOIRE: 2 (Photoreports & sampling – twice with the Heikomobile)
DJIBOUTI: 1 (sampling)
GABON: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
GAMBIA: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
GHANA: 3 (Photoreports & sampling – with the Heikomobile and for the President)
GUINEA: 3 (Photoreports & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
KENIA: 3 (Photoreport & sampling)
LAKE TANGANJIKA: 4 (Photoreports & sampling)
LESOTHO: 1 (Photoreports & sampling)
LIBERIA: 2 (Photoreport & sampling – with the Heikomobile).
LIBYA: 1 (Photoreport & sampling)
MALAWI: 2 (Photoreports & sampling – on land and in the sea)
MALI: 2 (Photoreports & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
NIGERIA: 5 (Photoreports & sampling).
MAROCCO: 3 (Photoreports & sampling)
MAURETANIA: 1 (Photoreport & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
MOZAMBIQUE: 2 (Photoreport & sampling – with a 4×4)
SENEGAL: 4 (Photoreport & sampling).
SIERRA LEONE: 2 (Photoreport & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
SOMALIA: 1 (sampling)
SOUTH AFRICA: 4 (Photoreport & sampling)
SUDAN 1: (Photoreport & sampling)
TANZANIA: 3 (Photoreports & sampling)
TOGO: 1 (sampling)
TUNISIA: 2 (Photoreports & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
UGANDA: 3 (Photoreports & sampling)
ZAIRE (= Democratic Republic CONGO): 37 (Photoreports & sampling)
ZAMBIA: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
ZIMBABWE: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
Heiko completed in 2006 his 131th research destination in an African country
AMERICA
North America:
CANADA: 4 samplings in the following states: Ontario (1), Manitoba (2) and Saskatchewan (1)
USA: 42 samplings in the following states: California (2), Nevada (2), New Mexico (2), Arizona (2), Utah (1), Arkansas (2), Colorado (2), Texas (3), Louisiana (3), Mississippi (2), Alabama (2), Georgia (4), Florida (5), Kentuky (1) Missouri (1), North Dakota (2), South Dakota (1), Wyoming (1), Montana (2) and Hawai’i (2)
MEXICO: 5 (Photoreports & sampling)
Central America & Caribbean:
BELIZE 1 (Photoreports & sampling)
GUATEMALA: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
HONDURAS: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
EL SALVADOR :1 (sampling)
NICARAGUA: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
COSTA RICA: 4 (Photoreports & sampling)
PANAMA: 4 (Photoreports & sampling)
South America:
COLOMBIA: 12 (Photoreports & sampling)
VENEZUELA: 10 (Photoreports & sampling)
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: 3 (samplings)
GUYANA: 5 (samplings)
SURINAME: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
FRENCH GUIANA: 2 (samplings)
BRAZIL: 403 photoreports & sampling in the following states: Amapá (1), Amazonas (318 – including the states Pará, Tocantins, Roraima, Acre, Rondonia), Maranhão (2), Rio Grande do Norte (1), Paraíba (1), Pernambuco (2), Bahia (2), Piauí (1), Minas Gerais (5), Goiás (12), Mato Grosso (33 – including Mato Grosso do Sul), Espirito Santo (2), Rio de Janeiro (10+), São Paulo (5), Rio Grande so Sul (4), Paraná (3) and Santa Catarina (1).
PARAGUAY: 4 (Photoreports & sampling)
URUGUAY: 3 (sampling)
ARGENTINA: 3 (Photoreports & sampling)
CHILE: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
BOLIVIA: 5 (Photoreports & sampling)
PERU: 15 (Photoreports & sampling)
ECUADOR: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
Heiko completed in 2006 his 539th research destination in an American country
EUROPA & MIDDLE EAST
Europe:
BULGARIA: 1 (Photoreport & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
CROATIA: 1 (Photoreport & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
ESTONIA: 1 (Photoreport & sampling)
FRANCE: 3 (Photoreports & sampling)
GERMANY: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
HUNGERIA: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
ITALIA: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
JUGOSLAWIA: 2 (samplings – also – with the Heikomobile)
PORTUGAL: 1 (Photoreport & sampling)
RUSSIAN FEDERATION: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
SPAIN: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
SLOVENIA: 1 (Photoreport & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
TURKEY: 1 (Photoreport & sampling)
Middle East:
AZERBAIJAN: 1 (Photoreport & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
GEORGIA: 1 (Photoreport & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
ISRAEL: 1 (Photoreport & sampling)
Heiko completed in 2006 his 24th research destination in Europe & Middle East
CENTRAL ASIA
TURKMENISTAN: 1 (Photoreport & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
USBEKISTAN: 6 (Photoreports & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
KAZAKHSTAN 2: (Photoreports & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
KYRGYSTAN: 3 (Photoreports & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
TAJIKISTAN: 1 (Photoreport & sampling – with the Heikomobile)
Heiko completed in 2005 his 13th research destination Central Asia including four trips to the Aral Sea area
EURASIA – ASIA & FAR EAST
CHINA: 4 (Photographing & sampling)
PAKISTAN: 1 (sampling)
INDIA: 3 (Photoreports & sampling)
BANGLADESH; 1 (sampling)
MYANMAR: 3 (Photoreports & sampling)
THAILAND: 5 (Photoreports & sampling)
LAO: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
KAMPUCHEA: 1 (sampling)
MALAYSIA: 3 (Photoreports & sampling)
SINGAPORE: 1 ((Photoreport & sampling)
HONG KONG: 1 (Photoreport & sampling)
PHILIPPINES: 4 (Photoreports & sampling)
JAPAN: 2 (Photoreport & sampling)
KOREA: 2 (Photoreport & sampling)
TAIWAN: 2 (Photoreport & sampling)
Heiko completed in 2006 his 35th research destination in Asia & the Far East
AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA : 22 Photoreports & sampling in the following states: Queensland (6 – including Fraser Islands), NSW (2): South Australia (2), Victoria (3), Northern Territories (5), Tasmania (2), Three Hummock Island (1) and Outback (1)
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND: 2 (Photoreports & sampling)
FIJI ISLANDS: 1 (sampling)
INDONESIA: 36 Photoreports and sampling in the following regions: Java (1), Sumatra (1), Kalimantan (2), Sulawesi (6), Molluccas (2), Aru islands (2), Bali (2) Irian Jaya (22 – including the islands Waigeo (2); Batanta (2); Misool (1); Biak (4); Selawati (2))
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 10 (Photoreports & sampling)
SALOMON ISLANDS: 1 (Photoreports & sampling)
NEW CALEDONIA: 1 (Photoreport & sampling)
NEW ZEALAND: 1 (Photoreport & sampling)
Heiko completed in 2006 his 74th research destination in Australasia & Oceania
End of 2006 the total amount of collected and researched areas came to 817 in 111 diferent countries – but he visted already 163 countries…
2007
AMERICA
Central America & Caribbean:
NICARAGUA, 18-27 November 2007
South America:
BRAZIL: Amazon, Jari Region in October 2007
BRAZIL: Amazon, Aracá Region in October 2007
BRAZIL: Amazon, Aiapuá Region in November 2007
CENTRAL ASIA
TAJIKISTAN, 8-23 August 2007 – with the Heikomobile
EURASIA – ASIA & FAR EAST
INDIA : 1 (southern India – Photoreport & sampling)
AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA
ARU ISLANDS: 1 (Photoreport & sampling)
KAI ISLANDS: 1 (Photoreport & sampling)
WESTERN KALIMANTAN: 1 (Photoreport & sampling)
NORTHERN AUSTRALIA: Photoreport & sampling
2008
EUROPA:
ROMANIA: field trip, collecting & photography
CENTRAL ASIA
TAJIKISTAN: the Pamirs – with the Heikomobile
AMERICA:
South America:
BRAZIL: Alto Aracá expedition, photography & discovery
BRAZIL: Tabatinga
COLOMBIA: Leticia – discovery trip
AFRICA:
ETHIOPIA: northern region & Blue Nile
EURASIA – ASIA & FAR EAST
MALAYSIA: Peninsula Malaysia field trip
INDIA: Kerala field trip – collecting & photography
AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA
ARU ISLANDS: several islands
INDONESIA: KAIMANA & more
2009
EUROPA & MIDDLE EAST:
U.A.E. : Collecting its only freshwater species
TURKEY : Asian side collecting & research
GREECE : photography & research of two river basins
IRAN: Collecting, research & photography
EURASIA – ASIA & FAR EAST
INDIA : Northeastern India – field trip
AMERICA:
North America:
CANADA: Collecting in the Thames river, Ontario
South America:
COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA: Collecting, research & photography in the Inirida & Atabapo basins: Caño Sardiña; Caño Raia
COLOMBIA: Collecting in the vicinity of Leticia
COLOMBIA-BRAZIL: Collecting, research & photography in the Caquetá & Apaporis basins: Caño Libertad ; Caño Tonina
AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA: Southwestern Australia field trip
PHILIPPINES: aquatic research in the Pinacauan River, Luzon
PHILIPPINES: aquatic research in the Wangag River, Sierra Madre
2010
AMERICA:
South America:
BRAZIL: several still unexplored Amazon areas
COLOMBIA: Putumayo, Apaporis & Inirida rivers
VENEZUELA: Amazon region
EURASIA – CENTRAL ASIA – ASIA & FAR EAST
CHINA: Guangxi Province: Search for blind cave fishes; Search for Gobies & Loaches; Giant Salamander
INDIA: Brahmaputra Valley & Nagaland
PHILIPPINES: Luzon & Mindoro & Mindoro Occidental & Mindoro Oriental
2011
AMERICA
South America:
AMAZON REGION:
PERU: Yavari tributaries
BRAZIL: Igarapé do Belém
COLOMBIA: Rìo Calderón
EURASIA – CENTRAL ASIA – ASIA & FAR EAST
TAJIKISTAN – UZBEKISTAN – TURKMENISTAN – IRAN : Aquatic research & photography
AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA:
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Kiunga region
INDONESIA: Borneo: Kalimantan Tengah: Aquatic research & photography
2012
AMERICA
Mexico & USA:
SOUTHERN MEXICO & Chiapas
USA: Virginia
South America:
BRAZIL: Rio Içá, Rio Purité, Igarapé do Belém
COLOMBIA: Leticia – Rìo Calderón
COLOMBIA: Río Negro – Río Meta
PRESENT
2013
AMERICA:
South America:
AMAZON REGION: Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
CHILE: the most southern region
Central America:
MEXICO: Chiapas
EURASIA – CENTRAL ASIA – ASIA & FAR EAST
BHUTAN: unexplored fish regions
JAPAN: Okinawa
INDIA: Eastern Ghats & Brahmaputra Valley
AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA
KAI BASAR: the islands creeks
INDONESIA: Aru-Archipelago & West Papua
AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, Victoria & Queensland
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Kiunga and Kutubu regions
FUTURE
Heiko is planning present and ahead and has still more than 200 destination he still wants to research and sample before it is to late – most of them are threatened by habitat destruction:
AFRICA:
CAMEROON: the south eastern region
CONGO – DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC: Kananga & Gemena regions
GUINEA-BISSAU: southern area
NIGERIA: upper Cross River region GUINEA: the Niger River tributaries
SIERRA LEONE
GHANA
ERITREA
MOZAMBIQUE: the northern region
AMERICA:
South America:
AMAZON REGION: Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil
ARGENTINA: Chaco
CHILE: the most southern region
ECUADOR: Oriente
BOLIVIA: Cochabamba region & Cobija
Central America:
COSTA RICA
EURASIA – CENTRAL ASIA – ASIA & FAR EAST
BHUTAN: unexplored fish regions
INDIA: Northeastern States
TURKMENISTAN: Amau Darya
AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA
INDONESIA: Kalimantan, Java, Sumatra, Aru-Archipelago & West Papua
More to come soon…
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