Past Events
Interdisciplinary Symposium
Trees, Rain and Politics in Africa. The dynamics and politics of climatic and environmental change
The launch of the African Environments Programme was marked by an interdisciplinary symposium on diverse aspects of the science, social science and politics of environmental change in Africa, which took place between the 29th September and 1st October 2004.
The main themes of the conference included
- Climate Change
- Palaeoecology and Archaeology
- Recent Environmental Histories
- Histories and Social Studies of Science
- Vegetation change, remote sensing and resource use
- The winners and losers of degradation and regeneration
- Environmental change and political discourse in states and villages
Download the Symposium Programme
Download the proceedings from the programme. This includes papers presented.