UEA Climate Change & Development Studies

Climate Change and Development studies at the University of East Anglia 🌎💚. Currently ran by MSc Students.

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6/6 Effective fire management combines prevention, rapid response, and ecosystem resilience.

Kalapodis, N. and Sakkas, G., 2024. Integrated Fire Management and Closer Nature Forest Management at the Landscape Scale as Holistic Approach to Foster Forest Resilience to Wildfires.

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5/6 The impacts of wildfires are devastating:

🌲 Loss of biodiversity & habitats
🌍 Increased CO2 emissions, worsening climate change
🏘️ Displacement of communities
🌫️ Health crises from smoke pollution
The cost is enormous, environmentally and socially. #ClimateAction

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4/6 However, uncontrolled wildfires, fueled by climate change, human activity, and poor land management, are on the rise. Causes include:

🔥 Deforestation & land clearing
🌡️ Rising global temperatures
🌬️ Dry winds & droughts
🚬 Human negligence
#WildfireCrisis

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3/6 Ecosystems, like savannas & boreal forests, are fire-adapted. #FireEcology

Mitchell, R.M. and Martin, A.R., 2023. Fire, flammability and functional traits at the forefront of global change ecology. Functional Ecology, 37(11), pp.2767-2769.Vancouver

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2/6 Fires rejuvenate ecosystems by releasing nutrients, triggering seed germination (e.g., pinecones), and controlling overgrowth to boost biodiversity.

Wittenberg, L. and Shtober-Zisu, N., 2023. Restoring Fire-Affected Soils: The Potential of Nature-Based Solutions.

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1/6 🔥 Fire is a natural part of many ecosystems. It plays a critical role in nutrient cycling, habitat creation, and maintaining biodiversity. But when mismanaged, it becomes a destructive force. Let’s explore the importance, causes, impacts, and governance of fire. 🧵

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More information about the néré tree
https://t.co/XTEaD4SYAY

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1/10 🌳 Some trees don’t just provide shade, food, or livelihoods—they shape culture, strengthen communities, and influence ecosystems!

How can Cultural Keystone Species, like the African Locust Bean tree (néré), transform global #climate and environmental policies? 👇

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Reference:
Djoudi, H., Locatelli, B., Pehou, C., Colloff, M.J., Elias, M., Gautier, D., Gorddard, R., Vinceti, B. and Zida, M., 2022. Trees as brokers in social networks: Cascades of rights and benefits from a Cultural Keystone Species. Ambio, 51(10), pp.2137-2154.

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UNSDG 2: Zero Hunger

As you read this, thousands of UK residents are facing severe, crippling hunger. More heartbreaking is the fact that between Apr and Sep, more than half a million emergency food parcels were sought by children.

Long way to go.

https://t.co/BbxZrKqjn0

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UNSDG 8 and today's workpaces

We seem to be going in circles when it comes to ensuring the wellbeing of our workforce masses. We're still trying to overcome the same challenges as our previous generations, actually making things worse.

https://t.co/vEFDk3KqnV