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Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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The loggers carry their scuba diving equipment to the barges, starting a new day of work on the lake.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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A view of the dry sorting area. The man on the log is the mechanics, he can fix pretty much every engine with one wrench.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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These plastic tanks will act as floats to get the trees out of the depths.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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Hunting for appropriate trees. Some of the barges are autonomous, equipped with an engine.
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Hunting for trees... Sometimes the time between trees can be up to an hour or more.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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The barges not equipped with engines are pulled to their working locations. The same boat brings back the logs and sometimes the workers at the end of the day.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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Depth is measured using the compressed air hose as a lead line. The diver-loggers go down to 25 to 30m deep.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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In order to evaluate the size of the tree (and know whether it should be cut or not) Oscar uses the compressed air hose as a lead line.
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The above water parts of the trees are rich in biodiversity. Here a bat is trying to dry after having been thrown in water when the part was cut.
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The teams are of 4 people, always two in the water while two stay on the barge. They then swap for the next tree.
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A diver is getting ready to go down, using the diver's umbilical system.
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Chainsaw handling is delicate, they are compressed-air driven.
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Chainsaw handling, they are compressed-air driven.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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One of the diver-loggers.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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The divers often come back to the surface to discuss what to do down there. Visibility is null at the bottom of the lake.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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The top of the trees are rotten and therefore cut in order to facilitate the bringing them back to the sorting beach.
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Trees get to the surface when cut thanks to plastic tanks filled with air and attached along the trunk.
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One of the divers went to fetch a plastic tank from another team.
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Views of the lake with dead trees here and there. The lake Bayano also sports a very rich bird biodiversity.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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Lago Bayano.
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Chainsaws size vary according to the diameter of the trees to cut, they are regularly sharpened as well.
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Compressed-air driven chainsaw. The size of the blade is quite irrelevant due to the weak influence of gravity down the lake.
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A man sleeps during the trip between two trees, between to dives.
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Barges are named after CoastEcoTimber CEO's nieces.
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Plastic tanks are tied to the tree to act as floaters once it is cut.
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One man jumps in the water while another one prepares more equipment. In teams of four, two divers are in the water simultaneously.
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Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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The top of the trees are rotten and therefore cut in order to facilitate the bringing them back to the sorting beach.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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This man hold the compressed-air supply hose going to the chainsaw. It can shake quite violently and needs to be held.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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Preparation of the diver's umbilical equipment. There is radio transmission between the diver and the person manning the barge.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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Chainsaws size vary according to the diameter of the trees to cut, they are regularly sharpened as well.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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Oscar is preparing to dive, using the surface-supplied breathing gas equipment, the diver's umbilical from the surface.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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Communication between divers, one on the barge and the other down below.
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Chainsaw handling is delicate, they are compressed-air driven.
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One of the divers gets out of the depth and removes his equipment.
Underwater logging in Lago Bayano, Panama
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Chainsaw handling is delicate, they are compressed-air driven.
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Henri, on a log.
