The REAL ESRs from Ghent University carried out field work in Lakes Baringo and Bogoria in the Kenyan rift valley in July. Together with Prof. Dirk Verschuren, ESRs Geert van der Plas and Aynalem Degefa and other members of the Limnology Unit at Ghent University (Gijs de Cort and Yoeri Torsi), were involved in the […]
Amboseli fieldwork
Assorted REALers accompanied Esther and Colin on their fieldwork trip to the Amboseli region. Two swamps were targeted for analysis, resulting in some beautiful cores and a ton of fun, all under the watchful eye of Mount Kilimanjaro. Further activities included mapping the sediment depth, taking pictures with the trusted Quad “Don’t land me in […]
Workshop in Palaeoenvironmental Approaches
This week some of the REAL members came together with researchers of the National Museums of Kenya to participate in a workshop in palaeoenvironmental approaches organised by Stephen Rucina, Rob Marchant, and Colin Courtney Mustaphi. The workshop was held at the National Museums in Nairobi. Some of the REAL members enjoying the sun Colin talked […]
ESR 3: Landscape and environmental change
Fellow: Geert van der Plas Supervision: Dirk Verschuren Host Institution: Limnology Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University Duration: 3 years – beginning December 2013 Project description: “Millennial scale landscape and environmental change in the northern Rift Valley and Mount Kilimanjaro regions” In my project I will reconstruct past interactions of humans with their environment, driven […]
ESR 10: Negotiating land in a contested environment
Fellow: Marie Ladekjær Gravesen Supervision: Professor Dr. Michael Bollig Host Institution: Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Cologne Duration: 3 years – starting from 1 October 2013 Project: ‘Negotiating Access to Land in a Contested Environment: Actors, Policies, Visions and the Fragmentation of Land-Use in Western Laikipia‘ This project focuses on past and present negotiations […]