Seminar: East African Ecosystems and Global Change

 

January 18/19, 2014

 

January 18, 2014 9:00 s.t.

Seminar Room 120 Geisteswissenschaften I

 

  1. Climate change in East Africa during the Quaternary
  2. The Rift Valley: tectonics, volcanic activity, hydrology and lake biogeochemistry
  3. Major anthropological discoveries of Leakey family, discoveries at Olorgosailie and Rusinga Island
  4. Salt and soda lakes of the Rift Valley: ecology of bacteria, algae and surrounding vegetation
  5. Ecology of the fresh water lakes in Kenya
  6. Regulation of ecosystem processes in tropical savanna

Lunch Break

  1. Animal migrations in East Africa: links to climate, vegetation, and ecosystem functioning
  2. Interactions between animal populations and vegetation in determining the structure of savanna
  3. Desertification – what is it? The Drylands Development Paradigm
  4. East African tropical forest formations, deforestation, and summary of findings from BIOTA
  5. The deforestation/reforestation conflict in Kenya and its potential role in desertification – role of the Greenbelt Movement
  6. Water sources, deforestation, population growth and changes in water extraction
  7. Land use change and environmental management in the Nzoia River Basin

 

January 19, 2014 13:00 s.t.

Seminar Room 64 Rechtswissenschaften

  1. Population growth, fisheries management and land use impacts on Lake Victoria
  2. Convergent evolution in tropical alpine ecosystems: Paramo, island vocanos, and East African mountains
  3. Preservation of biodiversity in East Africa and sustainability of eco-tourism
  4. Across border cooperation in establishment of national parks and conservation areas
  5. Traditional diets, historical changes and future potentials of native crops
  6. Agriculture extension in East Africa – successes, failures, and challenges
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