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Research Stories
Here you can find blog posts and first hand accounts from our researchers.
Wawili Toolbox Entry 6: Contested Roles and Expectations
The arrival at Mt. Paka and life among the pastoral community is something that will be explored below. Of course, in retrospect, many experiences appear in a new light when you know the story has ...
11. June 2024
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Short Film: The Southern Buffalo Fence
By Wisse van Engelen (Project A04 Future Conservation). Disease transmission is an often overlooked form of human-wildlife conflict, yet animal diseases and veterinary interventions often mediate human-wildlife relations. As part of my PhD project, I ...
6. June 2024
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UNAM Students gain hands-on experience during field practical in Namibia with scientists from project A01 “Future Carbon Storage”
By Ezequiel Fabiano, Katharina Stein, Julian Krausen and Anja Linstädter (Future Rural Africa Project C01 “Future Carbon Storage”). After ecological fieldwork in southern Zambia, a team of researchers from project A01 “Future Carbon Storage” at ...
29. April 2024
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Wawili Toolbox Entry 5: The Start of Fieldwork
When does research actually start? As a doctoral candidate, you don’t just hop on a plane, arrive in Kenya, travel to the research region, and get started. Usually, the Ph.D. begins with thorough preparations at ...
11. March 2024
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Wawili Toolbox Entry 4: Introduction to our research area – The Amboseli ecosystem
The Amboseli ecosystem is the land that surrounds the Amboseli National Park found in south-western Kenya along the Kenya-Tanzania border, and lies on the northern steppes of Mount Kilimanjaro. The name Amboseli, comes from a ...
19. February 2024
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