2022

2nd Annual African Dendrochronological Fieldweek (ADF)
The Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia

Local organizing team:

Dr. Justine Ngoma, Dr. Philimon Ng'andwe, Dr. Francis Munalula, Dr. Stephen Syampungani, Dr. Felix Kalaba, Dr. Charles Mulenga, Mr. Geophat Mpatwa, Mr. Tom Kamanga

Groups

Dendroecology: Dr. James H. Speer (Indiana State University)

Dendrochemistry: Dr. James H. Speer and Dr. Charles Mulenga

Dendroclimatology I: Dr. Stockton Maxwell (Radford University)

Dendroclimatology II: Dr. Paul J. Krusic (University of Cambridge) 


Quantitative Wood Anatomy: Dr. Matthew F. Bekker (Brigham Young University)


Final Presentations

Dendroecology of a Wet Miombo Woodland 2022.pdf

Dendroecology of a wet miombo woodland

Presentation dendrochemistry_Brice.pdf

Dendrochemistry in the Copperbelt Province

Report_DendroClimGroup (2).pdf

Unraveling the climate response of Brachystegia longifolia from the Chembe Bird Sanctuary in Zambia

Krusic Group Presentation.pdf

climate response in plantATION TREES

QWA Zambia Field School Presentation 2022.pdf

Using anatomical structures to differentiate three miombo woodland species in Zambia

Collaborators and funding support for the 2022 fieldschool include: The Copperbelt University (CBU), The Copperbelt University Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Mining (CBUACESM), Indiana State University (ISU), World Forest ID, University of Cambridge, Radford University, Association for Tree-ring Research (ATR), Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation Limited (ZAFFICO), Copperbelt Forestry Company (CFC),  Africa Explosives Limited, Brigham Young University, and Mukuba University, and anonymous donor