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The PAGES DiverseK working group will hold the data collection webinar "Fire in the Neotropics" online on 19 May 2021.
Logistics
The webinar will run from 13:00-15:00 UTC.
Description
This webinar is open to all potential data contributors working on pollen and sediment charcoal series from the Neotropics.
Developing interdisciplinary research and combining methodologies and disciplines to address future wildfire challenges are part of the research initiatives promoted by the Leverhulme Wildfires Centre and the PAGES DiverseK working group.
Data will contribute to the RPD (Reading Palaeofire Database).
Aims
The objectives of the webinar are to dicsuss:
- collaborative work aimed at increasing the spatio-temporral resolution of existing vegetation/fire reconstructions;
- the potential for data inegration of Indigenous knowledge data in the Neotropical context.
Program
13:00-13:15: Daniel Gallagher (RHUL)
Introduction
13:15-13:25 Paul Lincoln (Reading)
Current data within the RPD
13:25-13:35 Yicheng Shen (Reading)
Reconstructing burnt area
13:35-13:45 Esme Cruz-Silva (Reading)
Reconstructing palaeovegetation patters from pollen assemblages
13:45-13:55 Cathy Smith (RHUL)
Indigenous knowledge of fire use
13:55-14:05 Daniel Gallagher (RHUL)
Combining palaeodata and Indigenous knowledge
14:05-14:20 Break
14:20-15:00 Discussion and questions
How to join
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Further information
Contact the webinar organizer Daniel Gallagher: Daniel.Gallagher.2016@live.rhul.ac.uk
For any author who wishes to contribute data, please add some metadata of the site(s) to this document: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pGGUAXjhJRDnG9Uq6u4LUdrZYsGE2o3tLxftqRAe-2U/edit?usp=sharing
This will allow organizers to show an up-to-date map of the project's spatial coverage during the webinar. If you wish to send data through before the webinar, please contact Daniel Gallagher so you can be sent the appropriate excel document to complete.