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Analysing 6000 years of dynamic change to build pathways to sustainable futures
"Focused on a range of contrasting East African mountain landscapes, the ERC-funded AFRI-CAN project is investigating how people interact with nature, how ecosystems evolve, and how nature contributes to the well being of communities. Understanding these dynamics and the value they provide to society is essential to plan for sustainable and equitable futures"
Professor Rob Marchant, Corresponding Principal Investigator, AFRI-CAN
AFRI-CAN has three integrated workpackages looking at the past, present and future, and a fourth exploring how insights from our work in east Africa can be applied globally
Understanding the Past
Understanding the Past
The 'Past’ workpackage uses palaeoecology, archaeology,
anthropology, history, and ecosystem and climate modelling to characterise and understand the entangled nature of East African Mountain Social-Ecological Systems from 6000 years ago to the present day.
Understanding the Present
Understanding the Present
The 'Present’ workpackage will employ anthropology, history, ecology, ecological-economics, remote sensing, ecosystem and climate modelling and participatory approaches to understand the recent changing nature of montane ecosystem composition, and the impacts of this on the food-water-energy nexus during the past 50 years.
Planning for the Future
Planning for the Future
The 'Future’ workpackage will use data from workpackages 1 and 2 to co-design future scenarios with a diverse range of stakeholders for the periods 2030, 2063 and 2100, with these dates chosen as they resonate with assessments for IPBES and IPCC, and span the targets of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Convention on Biological Diversity, and the African Union’s ‘Agenda 2063: The Africa we want'.
Nature and People in East Africa and Beyond
Nature and People in East Africa and Beyond
The 'East Africa & Beyond' workpackage has two interrelated foci. Firstly, we will disseminate and communicate AFRI-CAN project findings through a series of exhibitions in Africa, Europe, and beyond. A second focus will be to take insights from our East African case studies and apply these to other mountain social-ecological systems around the world.
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