African Mountain Research Foundation
@AfricanMt
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Registered UK Charity No 1194644 Facilitating research & restoration across the mountain systems of southern Africa to safeguard biodiversity & water security
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Joined July 2019
Work has begun on our new residential Field Research Centre on Mount Mulanje in Malawi. A brilliant effort by so many people - all the equipment (several tonnes) had to be carried up by hand. #Research #ClimateAction #Malawi
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Fascinating lecture @RGS_IBG by the inspirational Dr Callum Munday @UniofOxford about his project to gather met observations in South Africa, Zambia & Kenya, using weather balloons. Proud to be providing high elevation data across the region #ClimateActionNow.
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Great to have @drsteveboyes explorer, conservation biologist &ornithologist speaking at our conference next year SAMC2025. He's dedicated his life to conserving Africa’s wilderness and launched @NatGeoExplorers Wilderness Project, exploring & protecting the Angolan highlands
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Annual maintenance at our Nyika Plateau site. Great to be providing our data to the team at Nyika National Park for their conservation work. 🙌
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Happy to report that all is in good order on Mount Mulanje after our annual service despite the extreme weather the station has to endure at 1890 metres 🙌🙌 if you want access to any of the data 📊 📈 from our sites please visit our website.
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Excited to install our new AWS at QwaQua Campus.@ufsweb at the base of the Maloti-Drakensberg! Our first in 🇿🇦 and first in an "elevation transect" of 5 stations (highest at 3,050m) to compare weather data from top to bottom. #Mountains #ClimateChange #Weather #researchtips
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The count down has begun for our 2nd Southern African Mountain Conference in March '25 @ChampagneSports. Gutted that the amazing @stevebackshall will be filming so can't be with us in the Maloti-Drakensberg. To book your place click here: #Deadly60 @cbbc
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Looking at adding some more high elevation sites to our portfolio with the collaboration of the @UFSweb very exciting to be at the top of the Maloti-Drakensberg 3,069 m high at the head of the Namahadi Pass #africanmountainresearch
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Great to welcome Prof Alistair Clulow.@AlistairCl67818 who has joined our team as Chief Technical Advisor 👏 Alistair has worked as an expert with environmental monitoring equipment for 20 years + and brings a wealth of expertise with him @UKZN We're lucky to have him!
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RT @JulianBayliss1: Published today Nature Scientific Reports a new ecoregion for Africa for the mountains of southern Malawi / Northern Mo….
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Brilliant article on the Impact of the invasive alien plant Vernonanthura polyanthes - commonly known as Bee bush written by one of our very talented post grad students Lameck Kachena. Wellworth a read 🙌🙌.
link.springer.com
Biological Invasions - Biological invasions can have major social-ecological consequences for rural communities across the world. However, the dimensions (characteristics, infestation and...
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Our hydro met station in Nyanga National Park now fully serviced and ready to go! 🙌🙌 @Campbellsci_Af
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Completing a much needed service at our Bvumba hydro met station yesterday replacing worn out bearings, wiring and sensors. all looking good now 🙌@seldomseencottages #africanmountainresearch @Campbellsci_Af
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🏔 Happy #InternationalMountainDay! 📷 Let's celebrate restoring mountain ecosystems—crucial for #ClimateChange adaption & vital to life. #MountainsMatter #OurChangingMountains.#IMD2023 @UNmountains
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Do you know that forests cover 39% of the worlds mountains? Mountain forests & grasslands.⛰️cool local temperatures.⛰️increase water retention.⛰️store carbon.⛰️reduce risk of erosion & landslides.Let’s recognize the importance of our mountain ecosystems #MountainsMatter #IMD2023
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What an inspiring talk by @Schafernaker last night at @DauntseysSchool highlighting the significance of weather data, and the range of hydro-met sources in UK. Proud to be building southern Africa’s only network of high elevation weather stations! @Campbellsci_Af
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Fantastic meeting with Shingi, Tinasche and Lameck to hear about the projects they are developing after their Manica Highlands research trip, protecting this precious area and the biodiversity in it 🙌thank you @waterfallmaniac and @UFSweb
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Listen to this episode of #TheLifeScientific 👆with the brilliant Prof Alex Antonelli talking to @jimalkhalili about mountains - 1/8 of the earths surface are covered in mountains and they comprise 1/3 of all different species @KewScience #biodiversity
My guest on #TheLifeScientific today is Alexandre Antonelli, Director of Science at Kew Gardens. Last in the current run. Back on 31 Oct.
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