The Climate through time poster and online map illustrates the links between our planet’s changing climate and the different rocks that formed as environmental conditions varied through geological time. Earth’s climate has changed throughout the billions of years of our planet’s geological history. Evidence for past…
The free mobile apps listed below allow volunteers to quickly access information ‘on-the-go’. Using GPS and camera technology embedded in smart phones, these apps allow citizen scientist volunteers to collect verifiable records in the field. These records are used by our scientists to further our…
FIT Counts: if you can spare ten minutes to sit and watch insects and flowers you can carry out a FIT Count (Flower-Insect Timed Count)! This simple survey collects data on the total number of insects that visit a particular flower, ideally chosen from our…
BioResiliance in Columbia. This video highlights the importance of the water system, where water comes from and how the paramos are essential for producing drinking water for the local population. Other examples of engagement activities can be found here. Made in collaboration with NERC
Towards BIO-smart livestock farming in Colombia: cultural landscapes, silvo-pastoral systems and biodiversity The BioSmart project is an interdisciplinary, collaborative initiative with partners in the UK and Colombia. Together, we carry out research in the Colombian Amazon basin on different factors that influence the adoption of…
How does the Páramo capture and store water? The role of plants and people. UK and Colombian scientists are collaborating on PARAGUAS, a project studying how the diversity of plants and activities of people contribute to the water regulation and provision of the Páramo, a…
Towards environmental reconciliation in Páramo land in Boyacá: resolving ecosystem trade-offs in post-conflict spaces This project integrates a group of multi-disciplinary scholars from environmental and veterinary sciences, cultural and historical geography, anthropology, economics and design, working with an understanding of the social and ecological nature…
BIFoR has catalysed some game-changing education initiatives at the University of Birmingham. In collaboration with the University of Birmingham’, Higher Education Futures Institute (HEFI) we have developed a number of teaching materials around the water and carbon cycles which are being embedded both the in…
The Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity has created a series of online programmes, broadcast on Notts TV and Facebook Live, called Wollaton Watch. The Wollaton Watch programme brings different partners together to create content, promote environmental science appreciation and understanding across a wide range…
The Virtual community Science Camp (now online due to the Coronavirus pandemic) comprises a series of events run from February to May 2021. The programme presents research learning opportunities for early career environmental researchers to boldly re-imagine how to co-create environmental solutions with community partners…