Posted by Ted Feldpausch
1 August 2023Expert talk – ‘The history of people and fire in the Amazon rainforest’
Where: The Core Film Room (1st floor), The Eden Project, Cornwall, UK
When: 2pm, 11-Sept-2023
People have been living in the Amazon rainforest for 13,000 years. Their use of fire and plants has had long-term impacts on forest structure, composition, and soils. Join Professor Ted Feldpausch and Professor José Iriarte from the University of Exeter at the Eden Project to discover how evidence from the past can help us look after the rainforests today. The talk focuses on their research studying historical fire and pre-Columbian land-use across Amazonia, work funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council, European Research Council, and University of Exeter Public Engagement Springboard.
Ted R. Feldpausch
Prof. of Terrestrial Ecology and Global Change
Jose Iriarte
Prof. of Archaeology
Painted rock wall in Colombia (image credit: Jose Iriarte).
Satellite images show deforested and burned areas in southwestern Amazonia.
