A short film about fires in tropical peatlands to indicate the importance of protecting peatlands (working on the screenplay now)
Month: April 2022
November Workshop
A two-day hybrid workshop (both online and in-person) was held on 25th and 26th November 2021 that included 20 participants from different institutions in the United Kingdom, Australia, Colombia, Spain, and Brazil. This workshop was paper-oriented, with data from the HOLOPEATFIRE project, which focuses on peatlands fires in the Holocene, and seeks potential contributions and assistance. The… Continue reading November Workshop
UK talks
| How has fire changed over time in Neotropical peatland ecosystems? Some study cases from northern South America |
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| Encarnación Montoya Romo Environmental Geology and Geohazards, CSIC – Geociencias Barcelona (Geo3Bcn), Spain |
| Gas and particulate emissions from peat burning in the Paraíba Valley: potential impacts on climate and human health |
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| Kelly Ribeiro Earth System Science Center (CCST), National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil |
| Holocene fire in high-latitude peatlands |
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| Thomas Sim School of Geography, University of Leeds, United Kingdom |
| Use of charcoal beyond fire record |
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| Mark Hardiman School of the Environment Geography and Geosciences, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom |
| Holocene fire in tropical peatlands |
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| Yuwan Wang Department of Geography, University of Exeter, United Kingdom |
| Fire in North Stradbroke Island |
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| Patrick Moss School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia |
| Fire drivers and global fire modelling |
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| Apostolos Voulgarakis Department of Physics, Imperial College London, United Kingdom |
| The role of peat fires in shaping future atmospheric composition, the carbon cycle and climate |
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| Katie Blackford Department of Physics, Imperial College London, United Kingdom |
| Fire and land use in the Amazon |
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| José Iriarte Department of Archaeology, University of Exeter, United Kingdom |
| History of fire in terra firme forests in Amazonia |
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| Ted Feldpausch Department of Geography, University of Exeter, United Kingdom |
AU talks
| Spring peatlands of inland Australia |
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| Peter Negus Queensland Department of Environment and Science, Australia |
| Palaeoecology of 18 Mile Swamp |
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| Jonathan Marshall Queensland Department of Environment and Science, Australia |
| Land change analysis and vegetation thickening – Moon Point – Fraser Island |
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| Philip Stewart and Patrick Moss School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia |
| Wetlands degradation and restoration: reconstructing peat, hydrology and vegetation dynamics using paleoecology and geochemical proxies |
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| Khairun NISHA Mohamed Ramdzan School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia |
| From coast to uplands – A palaeoecological perspective of Tasmanian peatlands |
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| Patrick Moss School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia |
| Fire Management on Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) |
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| Short film Jarlo Jargu Boma (Striking Fire to Ground) fire management on Minjerribah project. |
Some talks are available online to watch, click the title to learn more!