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AfroMont is a network of scientists and environmental and resource specialists that promote research into and implementation of sustainable livelihoods in mountain areas of Africa within the context of long term climate change. It has been launched at the Kampala Workshop in July 2007. The aim is to connect and support global change researchers working in different mountain regions on the African continent.
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PALEOCLIMATE, PALEOLIMNOLOGY, AND GLACIER HISTORY OF THE RWENZORI MOUNTAINS, UGANDA/CONGO
Project Personnel:
James M. Russell, Brown University, US (James_Russell@brown.edu)
Hilde Eggermont, Ghent University, Belgium (Hilde.Eggermont@ugent.be)
Dirk Verschuren, Ghent University, Belgium (Dirk.Verschuren@ugent.be)
Leen Audenaert, Ghent University, Belgium (Leen.Audenaert@ugent.be)
- Immaculate Ssemmanda, Makerere University, Uganda (issemmanda@sci.mak.ac.ug)
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS OF THE RWENZORI MOUNTAINS
Contact: Richard Taylor, Department of Geography, University College London
r.taylor@geog.ucl.ac.uk
Project team:
The project features close collaboration between Ugandan scientists and students from Makerere University and Water Resources Management Department, and their counterparts from University College London (UK) and Institut für Geographie (Austria). To develop new scientists, six students from Makerere University and University College London participated in this expedition. Overall, the team possesses expertise in key fields of hydrology, alpine glaciology, palaeolimnology, palynology, ecology, hydrogeochemistry and geomorphology. Critical logistical support was provided by the Rwenzori Mountaineering Service (guides, cooks, porters) and Uganda Wildlife Authority (project liaison, rangers). Members of the project team are listed on the website.
Project website: http://www2.geog.ucl.ac.uk/~rtaylor/rwenzori.htm