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)
Dendroecology of a wet miombo woodland
Dendrochemistry: Dr. James H. Speer and Dr. Charles Mulenga
Dendrochemistry in the Copperbelt Province
Dendroclimatology I: Dr. Stockton Maxwell (Radford University)
Unraveling the climate response of Brachystegia longifolia from the Chembe Bird Sanctuary in Zambia
Dendroclimatology II: Dr. Paul J. Krusic (University of Cambridge)
Quantitative Wood Anatomy: Dr. Matthew F. Bekker (Brigham Young University)
Using anatomical structures to differentiate three miombo woodland species in Zambia
Final Presentations
Dendroecology of a wet miombo woodland
Dendrochemistry in the Copperbelt Province
Unraveling the climate response of Brachystegia longifolia from the Chembe Bird Sanctuary in Zambia
climate response in plantATION TREES
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