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A new paper about vegetation change on Kilimanjaro

Three ARCC team members contributed to developing the study with partners at the National Museum of Kenya in Nairobi, and TAWIRI in Tanzania! The study reports on paleoenvironmental data from Maua mire, a high-elevation wetland that was analysed to understand how vegetation changed over the past 3000 years. All photos by Rob Marchant.

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Publication:

Courtney Mustaphi CJ, Kinyanjui R, Shoemaker A, Mumbi C, Muiruri V, Marchant L, Rucina S, Marchant R. in press 2020. A 3000-year record of vegetation changes and fire at a high-elevation wetland on Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Quaternary Research. doi: 10.1017/qua.2020.76

Kinyanjui, Rahab, and ARCC collaborators. 2020. “Phytolith research in East Africa: Major milestones, opportunities and challenges“. Via Zoom from NMK, Nairobi. PAGES ECN webinar series: The paleoresearch landscape in Africa – Lessons learnt from East Africa. 26 November 2020.

 

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🇬🇧In an exciting new publication led by Colin Courtney-Mustaphi from the Geoecology group, sediments from a mire on #Kilimanjaro were used to learn about vegetation and fire changes over the past 3000 years. ⛰️🔥🌳 With this research paper, the team from Basel, York, Tanzania, and Kenya contributes to the understanding of land use changes on Kilimanjaro. For more information, have a look at the publication – link in bio. 📄 🇨🇭In einer spannenden, neuen Publikation, die von Colin Courtney-Mustaphi von der Geoökologie Gruppe angeführt wurde, wurden Sedimente von einem Sumpf auf dem #Kilimandscharo verwendet, um mehr über Änderungen der Vegetation und des Feuerregimes über die letzten 3’000 Jahre zu erfahren.⛰️🔥🌳 Mit diesem Artikel hilft das Team aus Basel, York, Tansania und Kenia zu verstehen, wie sich die Landnutzung auf dem Kilimandscharo geändert hat. Für mehr Informationen – der Link zur Publikation ist in der Bio! 📄 Photos: Rob Marchant #duwunibas #unibas #research #quarternaryresearch #sediment #vegetation #fire #landuse #landnutzung #mire #sumpf

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Recent fires on Kilimanjaro during October and November highlight the need to generate more information on the changing fire regimes and vegetation cover on Kilimanjaro as land use pressures increase and cutural heritage use, ecotourism and conservation strategies continue to evolve. See the TANAPA notice dated 12 October 2020 on the fires.

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