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Rebecca Kariuki contact and bio

Rebecca Kariuki contact and bio

Biography: I graduated from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, with a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry and Zoology) degree and a Master of Science (Biology of Conservation) degree. My M.Sc. project thesis involved ‘Assessing the Effects of Cattle Grazing and Trampling on Herbaceous Vegetation Quality of Semi-Arid Rangelands of the Laikipia Region of Northern Kenya’. I […]

Amboseli scenario planning workshop

Amboseli scenario planning workshop

ARCC held its fourth multi-stakeholder engagement workshop on 20-22nd Nov 2019 in Amboseli area in south-eastern Kenya. Like other stakeholder engagement workshops ARCC has held in north-western Tanzania, the workshop in Amboseli was interested in understanding long term changes in the interactions between people and nature using perspectives from different stakeholders across the Amboseli ecosystem. The […]

Land use and land cover changes

Land use and land cover changes

13 November 2019 The ARCC Project has a new paper published in the Anthropocene – “an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal answering questions about the nature, scale and extent of interactions between people and Earth processes and systems”. The new paper explores the role of academic scientific research in supporting dialogues on land use and land cover […]

Pastoralists under Pressure exhibit in York

Pastoralists under Pressure exhibit in York

University Of York Open Lectures Date And Time Pastoralists under Pressure: Political, socioeconomic, and climate challenges in East Africa Fri, 8 Nov 2019, 18:30 GMT Add to Calendar Location Stephen Town Meeting Room, JB Morell Library, University of York, York, UK   Description Population growth, climate change and environmental degradation are just some of the challenges […]

Western Serengeti stakeholder workshop

Western Serengeti stakeholder workshop

ARCC’s third stakeholder engagement workshop was held on 26-28th August 2019 workshop in Bariadi town in northern Tanzania. The stakeholders comprised of government and non-governmental bodies, local community, researchers and Wildlife Management Areas from Bariadi, Itilima, Meatu, Maswa and Busega Districts in Simiyu Region. Like other stakeholders workshops run by ARCC, the workshop was interested […]

ARCC hosts scenario development workshop in Mugumu

ARCC hosts scenario development workshop in Mugumu

  Between August 5 – August 7, 2019, the ARCC project hosted a scenario analysis workshop in the town of Mugumu. This workshop brought together NGO workers, conservationists, government officials, researchers and private sector representatives in order to develop possible scenarios for future land use change in the western Serengeti region. The western Serengeti region is […]

ARCC at the 10th IALE World Congress 2019 in Milan, Italy

ARCC at the 10th IALE World Congress 2019 in Milan, Italy

On July 1-5, 2019, Dr. Rebecca Kariuki and Dr. Claudia Capitani attended the 10th IALE World Congress in Milan, Italy. They ran a symposium titled ‘Reconstructing past landscapes to simulate future sustainable scenarios through multidisciplinary approaches’. In introducing the symposium, they presented their work in East Africa whose focus is on multidisciplinary approaches of assessing past, present […]

Participatory Scenario Planning Workshop in Ifakara

Participatory Scenario Planning Workshop in Ifakara

The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) is a 20 year agricultural commercialisation initiative launched by the World Economic Forum in 2010, with the ultimate goal of enhancing agricultural productivity, food security, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. The corridor runs through Tanzania’s Kilombero district, an incredibly fertile and biodiverse area with a future that […]

The KESHO framework

The KESHO framework

Researchers are challenged with exploring and understanding the future of social-ecological systems while addressing their inherent uncertainty. Consequently, scenarios are widely used to explore consistent and realistic narratives of possible future land cover/use patterns, to disseminate co-produced land cover/use change information, to inform policy, and enact positive change. The ARCC project incorporates the KESHO framework […]

Mountain Research Initiative

Mountain Research Initiative

Friday 26 April 2019 – Bern, Switzerland Several ARCC team members attended the Global Land Programme meeting as well as the Mountain Research Initiative networking function. The Mountain Research Initiative is an international network that promotes research on mountain regions across borders and disciplines through connection and collaboration – with a view to supporting pathways […]

Development Corridors Partnership Project (DCP) launching event in Dar es Salaam

Development Corridors Partnership Project (DCP) launching event in Dar es Salaam

On 27th to 29th Nov 2018, Rebecca Kariuki and Rob Marchant joined the Development Corridors Partnership (DCP) project in launching their project in Tanzania. The event was held at the Bahari Beach Hotel in Dar Es Salaam and involved DCP’s project partners in Kenya, Tanzania, China and the United Kingdom. Government officials from various agencies […]

Palaeoenvironments fieldwork in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Palaeoenvironments fieldwork in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

The second phase of ARCC palaeo fieldwork was done at the Serengeti National Park in November 2018 and was led by Colin Courtney-Mustaphi. Other ARCC researchers who joined the fieldwork were Rob Marchant, Linus Munishi and Rebecca Kariuki. Together with the driver, Alex Moshi, ARCC researchers travelled from Arusha to Serengeti on 17th Nov 2018 […]

First ARCC stakeholder’s workshop in Karatu, Tanzania

First ARCC stakeholder’s workshop in Karatu, Tanzania

On 12th November 2018, Rebecca Kariuki, Linus Munishi and Colin Courtney-Mustaphi travelled to Karatu, in northern Tanzania, for a two day stakeholder’s workshop at the Karatu Lutheran and Conference Hotel. The stakeholder workshop was the first among a series of workshops that ARCC plans to run across northern Tanzania in the coming months. The workshops […]

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