Details of Award
NERC Reference : NE/P015786/1
War Impact on Dryland Environments and Social-Ecological Resilience in Somalia (WIDER-SOMA)
Grant Award
- Principal Investigator:
- Dr K Michaelides, University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor E Herring, University of Bristol, Politics
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor M Rainsborough, King's College London, War Studies
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr P Sanchez-Baracaldo, University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor RA Francis, King's College London, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Professor N Drake, King's College London, Geography
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr M Dudley, University of Bristol, School of Humanities
- Co-Investigator:
- Dr S Fox, University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
- Co-Investigator:
- Miss C Haenlein, Royal United Services Institute, Homeland Security and Resilience
- Grant held at:
- University of Bristol, Geographical Sciences
- Science Area:
- Freshwater
- Terrestrial
- Overall Classification:
- Unknown
- ENRIs:
- Biodiversity
- Environmental Risks and Hazards
- Global Change
- Natural Resource Management
- Science Topics:
- Agricultural systems
- Nat Resources, Env & Rural Dev
- Genomics
- Remote Sensing & Earth Obs.
- Photography HTP
- Abstract:
- Current wars are concentrated disproportionately in dryland regions yet little is known about their impacts and long-term socio-environmental consequences. The aim of this project is to understand the impacts of war on dryland environments and establish the foundations on which to build socio-ecological resilience to environmental degradation during- and post-conflict. We focus this proposal on Somalia, one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world. Decades of internal conflict have directly and indirectly degraded Somalia's vulnerable dryland environment with deleterious impacts on its people, the majority of whom rely on the land for their livelihoods. This project will: 1) produce new multifaceted socio-environmental and historic datasets and analyses; and 2) build the interdisciplinary capacity and framework to understand the multiple dimensions of the land degradation problem and its causes. The long-term goal of this research is to convert this knowledge into sustainable land use in Somalia in partnership with local agencies and communities in the context of ongoing conflict.
- NERC Reference:
- NE/P015786/1
- Grant Stage:
- Completed
- Scheme:
- Directed - International
- Grant Status:
- Closed
- Programme:
- GCRF-Resilience
This grant award has a total value of £159,368
FDAB - Financial Details (Award breakdown by headings)
| DI - Other Costs | Indirect - Indirect Costs | DA - Investigators | DI - Staff | DA - Estate Costs | DI - T&S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £18,265 | £57,111 | £15,394 | £48,323 | £9,306 | £10,968 |
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