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Fires in the Scottish Uplands and their future impacts on ecosystem services
Photo: Prescribed fires in the Cairngorms National Park, February 2023. Source: M. Valette In this article, PhD student Michel Valette, from Imperial College London, reports on his findings from a research secondment with The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, in which he investigated future impacts of prescribed fires and woodland restoration in the Cairngorms National […]
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Reflections from our Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference bursary recipients – Aline Naawa and Naftal Kariuki
For our Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2023, we offered two fully-funded bursaries for PhD or MSc students from countries with low-middle income economies, to visit London for one week – to present a poster at our conference, and also give a talk at FiredUp2023, a student-led conference which was also held at Imperial on the same […]
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Leverhulme Wildfires Research Workshop – Data Integration (17 Oct 2023)
Tues 17th October, 14:00-16:45 BST Hybrid Meeting: MS Teams and KCL Bush House NE Wing 6.05* (see map for directions) *potential for room change depending on number of people attending in person. If you are external to the Centre but are interested in joining this meeting, please email wildfire@imperial.ac.uk **All participants: please complete this poll […]
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Data Dive (6 Nov 2023)
Data Dive on Monday 6th Nov, King’s College London. More information coming soon! For this Data Dive, we ask that participants look at the Global Fire Use Survey Dataset before the workshop. The Global Fire Use Survey dataset includes over 300 responses to a survey about human fire use that was filled out by fire […]
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Trade-offs and synergies in multi-level fire governance (29 Nov 2023)
People around the world use fire to support small-scale livelihood and cultural practices. In many countries over the past centuries, colonial and post-colonial states have suppressed burning activities, but in recent decades there has been growing interest among state agencies in partnering with fire users for land management. Such engagements are taking place both in […]
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United Nations Association Climate and Sustainability Youth Summit 2023
This youth summit is hosted by the United Nations Association Climate & Oceans, Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires for Environment and Society, and Grantham Institute for Climate Change. We are inviting young people between 15 to 30 years to join us for this youth summit in London, in the context of COP28. The Climate and Sustainability Youth […]
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Wildfires FAQs
Working in collaboration with the Grantham Institute, we have together produced a set of FAQs relating to wildfires and climate, including: What is the impact of human-caused climate change on wildfires?; What are the impacts of wildfires on humans and the environment?; What can be done to reduce the increased risk of wildfires due to […]
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Scientific Programmer and Data Manager
We are seeking a Scientific programmer and database manager, based at the University of Reading, to work as part of a dynamic team studying land-atmosphere interactions in the past, present and future. Job reference: SRF45415 Salary: £33,966 per annum Closing date: 12/10/2023 Department: School of Archaeology Geography & Environmental Science Location: Whiteknights Reading UK Employment […]
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Leverhulme Wildfires Poster Session 2023
Welcome to the Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference Poster Hub! Here you can view a list of posters that were presented at the poster session, organised into the four main conference themes. To view the poster abstracts, please download here (xcel). Where provided, pdfs of the posters can accessed below. A big thank you to the […]
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Wildfires Research through the Lens (PhD Photography Competition)
In association with the Leverhulme Wildfires Summer Conference 2023, we ran a competition to find photographs and accompanying narratives that best communicate the impressive work of PhD students studying wildfires from across the world. We received 13 eligible entries from PhD students studying in the UK, USA, Greece and Switzerland, with photographs taken in Guyana, […]
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