{"id":2386,"date":"2017-05-16T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/?p=2386"},"modified":"2017-05-12T10:25:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T10:25:09","slug":"25th-may-2017-soil-erosion-challenges-in-east-africa-an-interdisciplinary-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/2017\/05\/16\/25th-may-2017-soil-erosion-challenges-in-east-africa-an-interdisciplinary-approach\/","title":{"rendered":"25th May 2017: Soil Erosion Challenges in East Africa- an interdisciplinary approach"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image Credit: Carey Marks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

6pm | Stonehouse Lecture Theatre<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Jali Ardhi project aims to evaluate the impact of soil erosion on both the environme<\/p>\n

ntal and social resilience of communities in East Africa. With growing land-use pressures and consequent severe soil erosion, many East African socio-ecological systems are at a tipping point. Field-based research is being undertaken in Northern Tanzania, in collaboration with Maasai communities, to develop knowledge of the complex interactions and feedbacks between people and the land.<\/p>\n

The lecture will be given by Patrick Ndakidemi (Professor of Agricultural Sciences, The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania) and Will Blake (Professor of Catchment Science from the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Plymouth University).<\/p>\n

The project is an interdisciplinary collaboration between Plymouth University (Geography), The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (Agricultural Science), University of Exeter (Psychology), Schumacher College (Ecological Design Thinking) and the International Water Management Institute.<\/p>\n

Following the lecture, there will be a photojournalism exhibition, by Carey Marks, of the landscape, its people \u2013 and the challenges they face. Wine and light refreshments will be available. The exhibition will be running from 23 to 31 May in Atrium B, Portland Square Building.<\/p>\n

This event is free to attend, please book here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

6pm | Stonehouse Lecture Theatre The Jali Ardhi project aims to evaluate the impact of soil erosion on both the environme ntal and social resilience of communities in East Africa. With growing land-use pressures and consequent severe soil erosion, many East African socio-ecological systems are at a tipping point. Field-based research is being undertaken in… Continue reading 25th May 2017: Soil Erosion Challenges in East Africa- an interdisciplinary approach<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":2388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,138],"tags":[776,290,761,777,778],"class_list":["post-2386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-public-events-all-welcome","category-transdisciplinary-creative-practices","tag-gcrf","tag-interdisciplinary","tag-photographies","tag-photojournalist","tag-tanzania","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386\/revisions\/2389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/artsinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}