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    Wildfires from above – What can and can’t we “hear”?

    3rd March, 23 / Latest News

    By Olivia Haas This article is associated with the event – Stolen Climate: Global Perspectives of Fire on Earth Wildfire seasons in the last few years have been some of the deadliest on record. Increasingly, images of a world on fire are being used to demonstrate the current climate emergency. However, our history with fire […]

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    Stolen Climate exhibition highlights the complexity of wildfire and its relationship with culture, climate and colonialism

    21st February, 23 / Events , Latest News

    In a world where changing patterns of wildfire are affecting people in more extreme ways, what can global perspectives on fire offer us? And how can different ways of knowing inform how we face the future? A new exhibition features a collection of artwork, film and photography which presents First Nations Peoples’ perspectives on fire, […]

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    Stolen Climate: Global Perspectives of Fire on Earth (1 Mar 2023)

    15th February, 23 / Events

    An multidisciplinary exploration of wildfire, and its relationship to people and the planet. 1st March 2023 Register on Eventbrite here Wildfires are one of the most pressing environmental issues of our time, affecting nearly every continent on Earth, from Australia to as far north as the Arctic. But wildfires are a complex puzzle – they […]

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    Moto katika mazingira yanayoshindaniwa-kufanya kazi na washikadau wa Kenya kuelekea mbinu ya udhibiti wa moto iliyoondolewa ukoloni

    1st February, 23 / Latest News

    Muhtasari kutokana na sayansi ya kuondoa ukoloni wa moto-Warsha ya moto kote katika mandhari yaliyogombewa(1-2 disemba,2022, Nairobi), na Adriana Ford na Abigail Crocker. iliyotafsiriwa na Elijah Praise [English version here]   Katika mahali kwingi ulimwenguni,simulizi za kikoloni za kupambana na moto,kama vile Imani kwamba watu wa kiasili na jumuiya za mitaa huchoma ovyo,yanazidi kueleza mikakati […]

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    New FIRE-ADAPT project investigates how integrated fire management contributes to biodiversity, carbon, and cultural values

    31st January, 23 / Latest News

    A new project, FIRE-ADAPT, will investigate the benefits of fire in nature and society by integrating diverse areas of knowledge, from both the academic and operational world. The project, which is part of the Staff Exchanges program of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions of the European Union,  involves 15 European and 9 Latin American organizations, including […]

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    Forest carbon credits: report shows new ways to manage risks and returns

    29th January, 23 / Latest News

    Investors wanting to finance forest carbon credit projects should look to diversified investment portfolios in the tropics, says a new report. “The study sheds light on the biodiversity potential of forest projects, and the risks of wildfire and other weather and climate hazards, leveraging support from the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society” Read […]

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    Fire Across Contested Landscapes – working with Kenyan stakeholders towards a decolonised fire management approach

    14th December, 22 / Latest News

    Summary from the Decolonising Fire Science – Fire Across Contested Landscapes workshop (1-2 Dec 2022, Nairobi), by Adriana Ford and Abi Croker. [The full workshop report will be available, in English and Swahili, in the New Year. This summary is also available in Swahili]   In many parts of the world, colonially derived anti-fire narratives, […]

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    Progress in Fire Modelling in the UK & Europe (11-12 Jan 2023)

    27th November, 22 / Events

    The Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society is hosting the next in a regular series of meetings that brings together members of the UK fire modelling community, particularly those working with JULES-INFERNO, to discuss ongoing work. The meeting offers an opportunity to discuss synergies with other fire-related projects both in the UK and Europe, […]

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    Decolonising Fire Science – Fire Management Across Contested Landscapes (1-2 Dec 2022)

    26th November, 22 / Events

    The Leverhulme Wildfires EDI Working Group presents the third workshop of the Decolonising Fire Science programme, in collaboration with the Centre of Biodiversity Information Development, Strathmore University, with support from the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment. Title: Decolonising Fire Science: Fire Management Across Contested Landscapes Date: 1st and 2nd Dec 2022 Time: Nairobi: […]

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    The impact of landscape fire smoke on insects

    5th November, 22 / Latest News

    by Yanan Liu Landscape fires are expected to increase in many regions because of rises in temperature and changes in precipitation from global climate change. Smoke emissions from landscape fires contain many harmful atmospheric pollutants and will have ecological impacts. In particular, as insects play essential roles in many ecosystems, they may be sensitive to […]

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