Browsing by Author "Taylor, Alex"
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Building Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience through Soil Organic Carbon Restoration in Sub-Saharan Rural Communities: Challenges and Opportunities
Taylor, Alex; Wynants, Maarten; Kelly, Claire; Mtei, Kelvin; Mkilema, Francis; Ndakidemi, Patrick; Nasseri, Mona; Kalnins, Alice; Patrick, Aloyce; Gilvear, David; Blake, William (MDPI, 2021-10-02)Soil organic carbon (SOC) is widely recognised as pivotal in soil function, exerting important controls on soil structure, moisture retention, nutrient cycling and biodiversity, which in turn underpins a range of provisioning, ... -
Determining tributary sources of increased sedimentation in East-African Rift Lakes.
Wynants, Maarten; Millward, Geoffrey; Patrick, Aloyce; Taylor, Alex; Brendonck, Luc; Gilvear, David; Boeckx, Pascal; Blake, William; Munishi, Linus; Mtei, Kelvin; Ndakidemi, Patrick (Elsevier B.V., 2020-05-15)Temporal and spatial sediment dynamics in an East-African Rift Lake (Lake Manyara, Tanzania), and its river inputs, have been evaluated via a combination of sediment tracing and radioactive dating. Changes in sedimentation ... -
Soil erosion and sediment transport in Tanzania: Part I – sediment source tracing in three neighbouring river catchments
Wynants, Maarten; Munishi, Linus; Mtei, Kelvin; Bodé, Samuel; Patrick, Aloyce; Taylor, Alex; Gilvear, David; Ndakidemi, Patrick; Blake, William; Boeckx, Pascal (Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2021-12)Water bodies in Tanzania are experiencing increased siltation, which is threatening water quality, ecosystem health, and livelihood security in the region. This phenomenon is caused by increasing rates of upstream soil ... -
Soils, Science and Community ActioN (SoilSCAN): a citizen science tool to empower community-led land management change in East Africa
Kelly, Claire; Wynants, Maarten; Patrick, Aloyce; Taylor, Alex; Mkilema, Francis; Nasseri, Mona; Lewin, Shaun; Munishi, Linus; Mtei, Kelvin; Ndakidemi, Patrick; Blake, William (IOPscience, 2022-08-02)Pastoralist communities worldwide face complex challenges regarding food and feed productivity. Primary production systems are under stress, nutritional choices are changing and the relationship between development and ...