{"id":552,"global_id":"ipn.paleofire.org?id=552","global_id_lineage":["ipn.paleofire.org?id=552"],"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2017-12-19 16:15:42","date_utc":"2017-12-19 16:15:42","modified":"2018-07-06 13:26:36","modified_utc":"2018-07-06 13:26:36","url":"https:\/\/ipn.paleofire.org\/?tribe_events=afqua-national-museum-of-kenya-nairobi-kenya","rest_url":"https:\/\/ipn.paleofire.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/552","title":"AFQUA, National Museum of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya","description":"

We are pleased to announce the organization of a\u00a0session<\/strong>\u00a0and a\u00a03-day workshop<\/strong>\u00a0during and after the AFQUA conference (July 14-22, 2018<\/strong>) next summer in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p>\n

Organizers: B. Vanni\u00e8re, C. Courtney-Mustaphi, J. Aleman, C. Adolf, D. Colombaroli and the GPWG2<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

See here<\/a> for\u00a0more information, in particular on how to apply and regarding the session and workshop contents. The deadline to apply for the\u00a0session<\/strong>\u00a0(F05: Africa on Fire: state-of-the-art and perspectives about fire history, fire ecology and fire-vegetation-climate interactions across tropical biomes) is\u00a0April 30, 2018<\/strong>. To apply for our workshop\u00a0\u201cAfrican Fire History and Ecology: Building Understanding and Capacity through Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange\u201d (<\/strong>July 20-22,\u00a02018 at the National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi)<\/strong>, send an email to\u00a0paleofire@univ-fcomte.fr<\/a>\u00a0with a short letter (about half a page) describing your interest in the workshop, how you would like to contribute and what you would like to learn, by\u00a0May 15, 2018<\/strong>. Limited financial support is available. Early career scientists and African researchers who use or would like to develop paleofire analyses in their research are especially encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n

Before the workshop, attendees are asked to prepare a 5 minutes presentation on:
\n1) their research background and expertise,
\n3) what are their interests, expectations and goals from this workshop,
\n2) one key research question from their area of investigation in Africa.<\/p>\n

You are welcome also to bring your own charcoal dataset (e.g. xls file) for discussion. We invite attendees to come at the workshop with their own laptop\/computer. If possible, please install the latest version of the software R* (r-project.org\/) and RStudio (rstudio.com\/). Guidance and a short introduction to R and RStudio will be provided during the first day. <\/strong>* suggested R packages to install for this workshop: mgcv, vegan, ggplot2, xlsx, gridExtra, car, rpart,GCD, rworldmap, paleofire.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

FINAL PROGRAM<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Day 1: Knowledge transfer: data collection and data analyses<\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

09.30-10.00 Introduction: welcome and aims of the workshop (All organizers).
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10.00-11.00 Thematic session I: \u2018Charcoal as a fire proxy\u2019: (D. Colombaroli\/C. Courtney-Mustaphi\/), followed by discussion.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11.00-11.30 Coffee break
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11.30-12.30 Short individual presentations (part 1)
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12.30-13.30 Lunch break
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13.30-14.00 Short individual presentations (part 2)
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14.00-15.00 Thematic session II: \u2018Modern continental-scale proxy calibrations\u2019 (C. Adolf),
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

15.00-16.00 Practical session I: Charcoal identification, counting, morphology (C. Courtney-
\nMustaphi\/C. Adolf)
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16.00-16.30 Coffee break
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16.30-18.00 Practical session II: Quantitative analyses of palaeoecological data in R (D.
\nColombaroli)
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

D<\/span><\/strong>ay 2: African paleofire records: spatio-temporal gaps and challenges<\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

09.30-10.00 Thematic session III: The Global Charcoal Database (GCD): data upload and data
\nmining (B. Vanni\u00e8re)<\/span><\/p>\n

10.00-11.00 Practical session III: The Global Charcoal Database (B. Vanni\u00e8re), followed by
\ndiscussion about the Global Modern Charcoal Database.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11.00-11.30 Coffee break
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11.30-12.30 Breakout session III: Identification of geographical and temporal gaps using the GCD
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12.30-13.30 Lunch break
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13.30-14.30 Thematic session IV: Biome distribution and critical transitions in the Afrotropics
\n(video conference with J. Aleman)
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14.30-16.00 Breakout session IV: State-of-the art and assessment of charcoal data from Africa.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16.00-16.30 Coffee break
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16.30-18.00 Breakout session IV (Continued): with group report and plenary discussion
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Day 3: Global changes, fire and conservation: capacity building and collaborations<\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

09.30-10.00 Thematic session V: Applied paleoecology in the African context: diverse knowledge
\nsystems for fire policy and biodiversity conservation (@diverse_K<\/a>; All organizers)
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

10.00-11.00 Breakout session V: paleo-informed biodiversity conservation
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11.00-11.30 Coffee break
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

11.30-12.30 Breakout session V (continued): paleo-informed fire policy (with plenary discussion)
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

12.30-14.00 Lunch break
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

13.30-14.00 Thematic session VI: future projects (J. Aleman)
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

14.30-16.00 Breakout session VI: drafting new projects based on the research gaps\/challenges
\nidentified before. Potential funding sources and new collaborations opportunities.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

16.00-17.00 Wrap-up, research agenda and concluding remarks (plenary)
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