The Climate Through Time
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…