Uganda Blog
Uganda Blog
Sep 12, 2012
Into the Bush - The misadventures of a geographer
A baboon chased Assistant Professor of Geography Joel Hartter into the Indian Ocean in South Africa. In Uganda, hippos chewed grass underneath his tent—while he was in it. He has stumbled upon armed poachers, outrun an elephant, and almost died from African Spotted Fever in the worst case doctors had ever seen. Apparently, it's all in a day's work for Hartter, who has conducted research in Africa... Read more
Oct 02, 2011
UNH Receives NSF Grant to Study Changes in Climate, Population, and Land Use in Africa
The University of New Hampshire has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study changes in land use and conservation around national parks in Africa as part of a larger investigation of tropical deforestation and degradation, which are major causes of global climate change. Read more
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Oct 24, 2012
Sustainable Agriculture Research in Uganda Funded by NSF SEES Grant
Lisa Tiemann, a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, has been awarded a prestigious three-year, $520,299 fellowship through the National Science Foundation’s Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (NSF SEES) program. The grant will fund interdisciplinary research on sustainable agricultural practices in Uganda Read morePosted in: Agriculture & Biosciences, Sustainability & the Environment, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
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