Seminar: East African Ecosystems and Global Change
January 18/19, 2014
January 18, 2014 9:00 s.t.
Seminar Room 120 Geisteswissenschaften I
- Climate change in East Africa during the Quaternary
- The Rift Valley: tectonics, volcanic activity, hydrology and lake biogeochemistry
- Major anthropological discoveries of Leakey family, discoveries at Olorgosailie and Rusinga Island
- Salt and soda lakes of the Rift Valley: ecology of bacteria, algae and surrounding vegetation
- Ecology of the fresh water lakes in Kenya
- Regulation of ecosystem processes in tropical savanna
Lunch Break
- Animal migrations in East Africa: links to climate, vegetation, and ecosystem functioning
- Interactions between animal populations and vegetation in determining the structure of savanna
- Desertification – what is it? The Drylands Development Paradigm
- East African tropical forest formations, deforestation, and summary of findings from BIOTA
- The deforestation/reforestation conflict in Kenya and its potential role in desertification – role of the Greenbelt Movement
- Water sources, deforestation, population growth and changes in water extraction
- Land use change and environmental management in the Nzoia River Basin
January 19, 2014 13:00 s.t.
Seminar Room 64 Rechtswissenschaften
- Population growth, fisheries management and land use impacts on Lake Victoria
- Convergent evolution in tropical alpine ecosystems: Paramo, island vocanos, and East African mountains
- Preservation of biodiversity in East Africa and sustainability of eco-tourism
- Across border cooperation in establishment of national parks and conservation areas
- Traditional diets, historical changes and future potentials of native crops
- Agriculture extension in East Africa – successes, failures, and challenges