Geoscience for Sustainable Futures

Lead Research Organisation: British Geological Survey
Department Name: BGS Global

Abstract

Whether at the scale of a field, a village, a city, a country, or a continent, geology is fundamental to understanding human-environment interactions and delivering the UN SDGs. This project will, for the first time, integrate BGS research on groundwater, soils, minerals, energy, urban planning, environmental modelling, and geohazards. Such an approach will deliver applied science that positively impacts on lives, livelihoods, and the natural environment.

Three interlinked Research Platforms (RPs) will help address the development needs of up to 13 countries on the DAC list of ODA recipients (our ODA partners). Key to success is research co-designed and delivered with our partners, sharing experience and building capacity to ensure effective knowledge and data exchange. We aim to leave behind a long-term legacy of UK-international interdisciplinary research networks.

Eastern Africa (RP1) faces severe natural resource challenges due to exponential population growth, rapid urbanisation, and economic development. BGS has strong and diverse research experience in this region. We will build on this to address the responsible use of natural resources by: (i) quantifying how climate and human stressors impact water resources and identifying the appropriate water abstraction technologies and how these are governed to ensure they remain functional in the long term; (ii) enhancing the understanding of the mineral and energy resource potential in the region to facilitate informed policy development, support effective governance mechanisms, and aid inward investment; and (iii) using geological science to increase agricultural productivity and tackle micronutrient deficiencies by carrying out research linking bedrock geology and minerals to soil type thus informing decisions on improving soil quality, use of fertilisers, water retention, and plant nutrition.

Asian cities (RP2) are exposed to multiple natural hazards, the pace of urbanisation is often overwhelming and their resilience to environmental change unknown. Our research will: (i) identify how innovative use of data-informatics, sensor technologies, and modelling systems can improve urban planning; (ii) assess the effect of multiple environmental and demographic stresses on the city and its rural catchment, and the extent to which further urbanisation can be sustained; and (iii) determine inter-dependencies between human and Earth systems in cities, and whether this understanding can be used to make city services more resilient.

Natural geological hazards and their associated risk (RP3), including volcanoes, earthquakes, and landslides, and their impacts, are of key concern to long-term economic growth. Our research, focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, and the regions covered by RPs 1 and 2, will: (i) advance research into environmental processes and the interactions of multi-hazards (e.g., an earthquake triggering landslides); (ii) develop and utilise novel data collection, monitoring, and communication/ visualisation techniques to improve disaster resilience; and (iii) build on our humanitarian assistance activities, and long-term planning experience to co-develop proactive systems to support NGOs, governments and mandated authorities when geohazards occur.

Research will be co-designed using participatory workshops. It will aim to build sustainable networks of scientists, policy makers, NGOs, and communities. The long-term benefits of this research are knowledge exchange and its contribution to achieving the SDGs. Throughout the project, the RPs will act as a catalyst for BGS and UK-based research applications to GCRF, Newton, Royal Society and other funds. It is anticipated that leveraged and parallel funding will provide the principle mechanism to support project partners. Other return benefits to the UK research community will include advances in interdisciplinary understanding of human-Earth systems, open-access data, and new research partnerships.

Planned Impact

The three Research Platforms have been designed to address key development needs in 13 ODA partner countries. Our proposal reflects BGS strengths in multiple sub-disciplines of geoscience. This will allow the development of (inter)nationally outstanding research which will benefit the academic geoscience community. However, the main beneficiaries of this research will be:

(i) Government and policy makers: BGS has experience in informing a wide range of policy and we work with UK Government ministries to provide expert advice (e.g., guidance on the use of subsurface geology in city planning for UK Government Office for Science)1. We will work with overseas government ministries to co-design research to meet their development priorities (e.g., Ministry of Health, Malawi; Minerals and Geoscience Department, Malaysia), to ensure our research has impact from the outset. This will include research to assist establishing/updating procedures and measures related to the sustainable use of natural resources (RP1), urban planning (RP2), and responses to natural hazards (RP3). As part of this collaborative work, we will co-design technological products (e.g., smart phone apps) for data collection, and facilitate (through training) the development of national databases for geoscientific data, advising on long-term data use and stewardship.

(ii) Civil society: Voluntary organisations, including national and international NGOs, are critical to facilitating development impact at multiple scales (local, national, international). We will partner with civil society (e.g., African Collaborative for Earth System Science, Institute for Social and Environmental Transition International), drawing on their expertise of community development. As these partners are helping to shape the research questions and types of output, this work will be of direct benefit to the challenges civil society seek to address. For example, research into groundwater management and protection in eastern Africa and Asia will support NGOs implementing UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 (clean water and sanitation for all). Further benefits for NGOs include provision of capacity building in the use of geoscientific research to inform and improve development outcomes.

(iii) Regional and global development bodies: BGS has established links with coordinating organisations such as the European Space Agency, European Cooperation in Science and Technology (TU1206 Sub-Urban), World Health Organisation, and 100 Resilient Cities (100RC), so that our research can inform their work. For example, city resilience strategies are being produced by 100RC for Asian cities, and could be informed by the combined understanding of the subsurface developed through RP2, and the multi-hazard dynamics in RP3.

(iv) Local communities and the wider public: Local communities in all our ODA partners will benefit through improved welfare and economic growth. In the long-term, our research will support health and sustainable livelihoods of rural populations (RP1), resilient cities that have a more secure future for millions of people (RP2), and improved disaster risk reduction, a foundation for sustainable development (RP3). For example, as part of our research into sustainable groundwater use, we will work closely with women so they are directly involved in the management of water supply and sanitation. This will help empower women, and improve access to safe water for all (SDGs 5, 6). Communities will have opportunities to contribute to this research (e.g., through a citizen science initiative in RP3). Previous research in ODA partners has highlighted community involvement and engagement as critical to understanding development issues.

The level of our impact and the timescale on which it will occur will vary across the RPs and will depend on the maturity of science collaboration in the different countries.

[1] Bricker et al. (2015). Available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications

Publications

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Title Asia II 15-16 April 2019: Contemporary Art Exhibition, Indonesia 
Description Co-funded by the BGS Global Geological Risk platform of the ODA Programme, we organised a contemporary art exhibition in Bandung, Indonesia that explored the themes of 'People, Place and Hazard'. Local artists created exhibits for the event. We hosted a live discussion and Q&A between Indonesian artists and community members with artists in Chile who we had worked with on previous projects. Both shared their experiences of earthquakes and how that translated into their artistic works. 
Type Of Art Artistic/Creative Exhibition 
Year Produced 2019 
Impact This south-south partnership building was highly successful. The main purpose of the exhibition was to engage the creative community on using the experience of natural hazards as a medium for creation. The event had local and national media coverage in newspapers. 
 
Description Our programme has continued to work with our 9 core countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, India, Malaysia, St Vincent & Grenadines, Tanzania, Vietnam, Zambia and Zimbabwe) and peripherally with several others (Philippines, Bangladesh) primarily on disaster response activities.
We have evidence of influence into policy and planning particularly in
• Establishment of African working groups in groundwater information sharing, water quality, and groundwater resources as part of the BGS contribution to the African Union's African Ministers' Council on Groundwater (AMCOW) and African Groundwater Programme (APAGroP),
• In SE Asia with multi-million proposals submitted by government agencies to progress urban geology and subsurface development in Malaysia and Vietnam,
• Co-delivered (with METEOR project) research results into the Tanzania Government National Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction, highlighting pathway from collection analysis of robust hazard data to inform policy at the national level.
Research outcomes include, paper linking urban development and resource consumption combining land use and material flow analysis for Hanoi Province, Vietnam, laboratory analysis of sediment samples from informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya confirmed the presence of a number of emerging contaminants, joint with Nairobi University; development of predictive geochemical maps (e.g. soil type, chemistry) with University of Eldoret to identify environment pathways of contaminant exposure and associated risk and health consequences among local communities.
Planned non-research activities and partnerships have been variably affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, some stalled or curtailed, others well maintained, though in most cases outputs have not been fully delivered. Adjustment to partner and development activities including workshops, student supervision and partnership exchange has been partly achieved through remote learning, virtual meetings and sharing datasets. Three areas of success despite COVID were,
1) For some experienced partners unsupervised fieldwork operations were able to be undertaken with BGS staff providing, advice via Zoom and capacity strengthening in H&S - field work risk assessments.
2) As a result of the lack of travel BGS were able to transfer limited funds to help key partners in the Caribbean to progress additional tasks and commit to the ODA work programme alongside other pressures.
3) In Vietnam virtual training in IT systems and real-time shared access to databases allowed progress with implementing digital workflows and development of 3D models.
Exploitation Route Too early to say award still active and in data acquisition phase, covid-recovery over next 6 months
Sectors Construction

Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software)

Environment

Healthcare

Government

Democracy and Justice

 
Description The BGS ODA programme spans 9 core DAC countries and contributes in various ways to their economic and welfare development through sustainable use of natural resources (water, soils and minerals in Kenya, Ethiopia, India), building resilience to disaster risk and understanding of multi-hazards (St Vincent & Grenadines, Ethiopia,Tanzania, Philippines, India, Sierra Leone and China), urbanisation and infrastructure development (India, Malaysia, Vietnam). Key findings include, - establishment of consortia of geoscientists, city planners, engineers and academics in Hanoi and Kuala Lumpur to co-design urban geology research and coordination and management of large datasets - integral to the creation of an Ethiopian government task group for geohazards guidance documents and action plans for roles and responsibilities in disaster preparedness and response have been prepared. This work has been extended to link Ethiopia with Tanzania via joint studentships and partner exchange - delivery of a beta version of a co-designed multi-hazard app in the Caribbean and initiation start of south-to-south learning with hazard experts in E Africa - raising external profile with input to UN pre-briefing SDG meetings, invited speakers at international conferences - capacity building via training workshops, fieldwork sampling and partner exchange has resulted in improved research practices, data skills and modelling in several countries - building direct links to, and enhancing existing ODA programmes including the DfID-World Bank Tanzania Resilience (TURP) and UKSA-GCRF Modelling Exposure (METEOR) projects in Tanzania to share protocols and results for multi-hazard characterisation and build resilience at community and national scale In terms of the SDG the BGS ODA programme is adressing the following, 2 - Zero Hunger (targets 2.1, 2.2, 2.4) e.g., via our evaluation of the nutrient status in soils, crop and human biomarkers in western Kenya. 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation (targets 6.1, 6.4, 6a) e.g., via our research investigating the contribution of groundwater and soils to increased water and food security in Ethiopia, 11 - Sustainable cities and communities (targets 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11A and 11B) e.g. via our research focussing on building resilience and reducing the number of people affected by disasters, research into subsurface geology informatics and 3d modelling for planning, and 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production (targets 12.2, 12.8, 12a) e.g., via our research into the critical metal raw materials in eastern Africa required for a low carbon future. Our partnership approach to research including organisation of and participation in knowledge exchange visit and workshops also contributes to SDG targets 9.5 (enhance scientific research) and 16.6 (effective institutions). In terms of gender impact we have encouraged balanced gender engagement whenever possible and in several of our stakeholder inception and baseline interviews (e.g. in Nepal and Tanzania) we included questions on gender and encourage female particpipation in all training, workshop and fieldwork activities.
First Year Of Impact 2018
Sector Construction,Education,Government, Democracy and Justice
Impact Types Economic

 
Description BGS provided independent geoscientific expert opinion via UNOPS to help set up a Sierra Leone Mudslide Prevention Inter-Agency Committee (MPIAC)
Geographic Reach Africa 
Policy Influence Type Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health
Impact In August 2017 the city of Freetown in Sierra Leone was devastated by a rainfall-triggered mudslide/landslide that resulted in 1141 fatalaties, >3000 persons displaced and ~US$14M damage. BGS was requsted by UNOPS the day of the event to provide expert advice on the location and type of landslide(s), the impacts to lives and livelihoods, and to assess continuing hazard to the general public and the emergency services on the ground. BGS provided rapid mapping and advice based on satellite imagery from the Intl Charter on Space and Major Disasters. The maps and advice were widely disseminated to groups including NGOs and the President of Sierra Leone. BGS also sent experts on site to help assess the event, and also provided training to the National Geological Survey (NMA). A significant policy impact of the collaborative work (with organisations such as UNOPS) was the setting up of a governmental Sierra Leone Mudslide Prevention Inter-Agency Committee (MPIAC) to help plan for, and mitigate against future events.
URL https://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/earthHazards/epom/sierra-Leone-2017.html
 
Description Government legislation, Malaysia
Geographic Reach Asia 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact BGS staff noted existence of extant (c.1950s) legislation detailing legal rights for the Geological Survey of Malaysia (JMG) to geotechnical investigations to enhance data capture in an urban environment. The legislation was subsequently redrafted to modern context and is out to public consultation in Malaysia in 2019. This legislation will now improve the flow and common data standards for all site investigation data related to the Kuala Lumpur City to be compiled in a central database managed by the national geological survey with planned web portal access for city planners, engineering consultants and academic researchers. This portal potentially will be the first of its kind in SE Asia and will result in improved efficiency in data use, sharing and adherence to agreed standards. Long term aim is better decision making and cost saving in construction of major infrastructure projects e.g. underground metro systems
 
Description Submission of BGS ODA Case Studies to UK Voluntary National Review on the SDGs
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
URL https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uks-voluntary-national-review-of-the-sustainable-developm...
 
Description contribution to SDG 11 briefing meeting as part of High-Level Political Forum at the United Nations (HLPF2018)
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
 
Description Climate Change and Hidden Heritage: Lessons from Majuli
Amount £75,000 (GBP)
Organisation Queen's University Belfast 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start  
 
Description Dynamic Risk at Fuego Volcano: Communities living in a post-eruption but still persistently active context
Amount £56,360 (GBP)
Funding ID NE/S01148X/1 
Organisation Natural Environment Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2018 
End 09/2019
 
Description GCRF Urban Disaster Risk Hub
Amount £17,657,278 (GBP)
Funding ID NE/S009000/1 
Organisation United Kingdom Research and Innovation 
Department Global Challenges Research Fund
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2019 
End 05/2024
 
Description Geoscientists without Borders
Amount $50,000 (USD)
Funding ID SEG GWB 202007032 
Organisation Egypt Exploration Society 
Sector Learned Society
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2021 
End 05/2023
 
Description Institutional Links Round 5
Amount £99,990 (GBP)
Funding ID 332418244 
Organisation British Council 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2018 
End 12/2018
 
Description Modelling Exposure Through Earth Observation Routines (METEOR); International Partnership Programme (II) UK Space Agency
Amount £2,700,000 (GBP)
Organisation UK Space Agency 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2018 
End 01/2020
 
Description Nutrient estimates for geospatial residences in East Africa
Amount £30,000 (GBP)
Funding ID NV/92/16-NOTTINGHAM 
Organisation International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) 
Sector Academic/University
Country France
Start 03/2022 
End 03/2023
 
Description Researcher Links Climate Challenge workshops
Amount £45,000 (GBP)
Organisation British Council 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2021 
End 11/2021
 
Description Royal Society - International Collaboration Programme
Amount £225,000 (GBP)
Funding ID ICA\R1\191077 
Organisation The Royal Society 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 12/2019 
End 12/2022
 
Description Strengthening capacity in soil analysis in Liberia
Amount $83,756 (USD)
Funding ID TCP/LIR/3804 
Organisation United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organisation 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country Italy
Start 12/2022 
End 08/2023
 
Title 8 groundwater chemistry datasets uploaded to NGDC with 7 for external access with DOIs 
Description Over 25 projects captured all overview sheets have lists of outputs and webpages with links where possible Interactive map is on the development server and all grid refs have been checked development 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Interactive map is on the development server and all grid refs have been checked development 
 
Title A century of groundwater accumulation in Pakistan and northwest India - dataset 
Description The groundwater systems of northwest India and central Pakistan are amongst the most heavily exploited in the world. Groundwater has been monitored in the region for more than a century resulting in a unique long-term record of groundwater level change. The BGS has compiled groundwater level data from northwest India (Haryana and Punjab) and Pakistan (Punjab) between 1884 and 2020. The dataset, was compiled from various sources between 2018 and 2020. The excel file consists of two tabs both containing groundwater level data (in metres below ground level) and location information. In the first tab (Full_dataset), which contains the full dataset, there are 68783 rows of observed groundwater level data from 4028 individual sites. In the second tab (LTS) there are 7547 rows of groundwater level observations from 130 individual sites, which have water level data available for a period of more than 40 years and from which at least two thirds of the annual observations are available. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2021 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://www2.bgs.ac.uk/nationalgeosciencedatacentre/citedData/catalogue/150c95f7-18bf-4f66-880b-8364...
 
Title BGS - contributed to the GRIPP infographic publication: Groundwater: critical for sustainable development 
Description BGS - contributed to the GRIPP infographic publication: Groundwater: critical for sustainable development https://wle.cgiar.org/thrive/photo-stories/infographic-groundwater-critical-sustainable-development. This has been widely distributed and available freely online 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact BGS - contributed to the GRIPP infographic publication: Groundwater: critical for sustainable development https://wle.cgiar.org/thrive/photo-stories/infographic-groundwater-critical-sustainable-development. This has been widely distributed and available freely online 
 
Title Comparative performance of rural water supplies during drought - dataset. British Geological Survey 
Description Online portal to access appropriate BGS groundwater chemistry data for Africa and make available in an interactive online portal. Help convert BGS groundwater atlas to Wikipedia 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact MacAllister, D.J., MacDonald, A.M., Kebede, S., Godfrey, S., Calow, R. (2020): Comparative performance of rural water supplies during drought - dataset. British Geological Survey. (Dataset). https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/cb950f2f-4c79-4ea8-ba9a-92a6dcc4f388 
 
Title Geological database for 3DKL Malayasia 
Description This database has been developed to support a standardised digital workflow, allowing the digitisation of paper geological records to support the development of better understanding of Urban Geology, in this case specifically in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact The database has been used to generate the first version of a 3D geological model for Kuala Lumpur. The success of this initial phase has led to a proposal by project partner JMG to establish a national scale database for Malaysia using the same technology, 
 
Title Geological database for Hanoi Urban Geology 
Description This database has been developed to support a standardized digital workflow, allowing the digitization of paper geological records to support the development of better understanding of Urban Geology, in this case specifically in Hanoi, Vietnam. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact The database is being used to generate GDGMV's first digital model, in 3D of Hanoi's Geology - and already feeding in to understanding of lithostratigraphic and hydrogeological controls on land subsidence in the city. 
 
Title Rapid technique for screening for faecal contamination in drinking water 
Description Globally, two billion people consume water contaminated with faeces. This exposure increases the incidence of infectious disease such as diarrhoea, which alone results in more than half a million deaths per year in low- and middle-income countries. The most at-risk age group is children under five, with diarrhoea the second leading cause of death. In higher-income countries, risks remain due to the consumption of undertreated water from private supplies, or in public supplies, from failures in either water treatment or the integrity of the distribution network. To help address these issues, scientists at the BGS have led a number of studies to assess the microbiological quality of drinking water supplies. Recent BGS sensor research has focused on on-site testing using portable tryptophan-like fluorescence (TLF) sensors that require no reagents and provide instantaneous readings. While not a substitute for standard culturing methods, TLF sensors have the potential to be used for real-time microbial risk screening of drinking water supplies. 
Type Of Material Data analysis technique 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact TLF testing offers a rapid, portable, easy-to-use method of undertaking high-level screening of water supplies and identifying higher risk sites for further investigation. TLF is a more precautionary indicator of microbial risk than FIOs since TLF is more stable and mobile in groundwater than FIOs. TLF can be used as a high-level screening, real-time indicator of FIOs in drinking water. This has been demonstrated in case studies in Zambia, Kenya, Malawi, UK and India using both snapshot surveys and in-line raw water applications (UK). TLF has also been shown to vary seasonally in studies in Zambia, UK and Malawi. 
 
Title Scanning, accessioning and databasing of legacy data on countries in eastern Africa held by the BGS 
Description Target datasets include Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenyan maps; items from Zimbabwe collections analysis. Examples of data captured cover the full range of geoscience themes including geology maps, geochemistry, geothermal, coastal charts, soils, tectonic maps, petroleum surveys, engineering geology maps, airborne geophysical surveys, hydrology and hydrogeology. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Rescued items will be made available via appropriate BGS portals as IPR restrictions allow. The work enhances the discoverability and access to data through the use of online data portals. It is too early to assess any onward use of this information since being made publicly available. Metadata is available via the BGS on-line NGDC deposited data search facility. 
URL https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html
 
Title Tierz, P. VOLCano ANalogues Search (VOLCANS) 
Description datasets used to parameterise the Aluto event tree model 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact datasets used to parameterise the Aluto event tree model 
 
Title Uganda legacy geochemistry data 
Description A legacy dataset of around 6000 boreholes drilled and sampled in the 1960s has been digitised and attributes captured from 12 map sheets covering the spatial extent of Uganda. The borehole records dataset are produced from a geologist's or surveyor's observations of the rock core extracted from the ground and typically include locality and lithological descriptions with depth and thickness. They also include details of water level measurements and geochemistry data. Data were used to produce the geochemical atlas of Uganda (1973) 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2020 
Provided To Others? No  
Impact This dataset will be made openly available as an interoperable web map service that can be integrated into any number of relevant data portals including the Uganda Pilot Portal. This activity democratises access to information and helps demonstrate the value of open data access for the purposes of research focussed on achieving the sustainable development goals. The database has yet to be utilised by wider stakeholders, but future access will be monitored through various portals through which the dataset will be accessible. 
 
Title Wikipedia edit-a-thon September 2019 The Africa groundwater Atlas 
Description Ten Wikipedia articles written using the African groundwater Atlas e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundwater_in_Nigeria#References 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2019 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Ten Wikipedia articles written using the African groundwater Atlas e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundwater_in_Nigeria#References 
 
Description APAGROP - the African Ministers Council for Water groundwater programme 
Organisation African Ministers' Council on Water
Country Nigeria 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Kirsty Upton is leading a working group for this programme on groundwater information.
Collaborator Contribution -
Impact -
Start Year 2020
 
Description ARIES Doctoral Training Partnership. PhD Studentship Titled: Micronutrient and pollution transfer in East African lake catchments: impacts on the food-water-energy security nexus 
Organisation Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
Country Kenya 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution British Geological Survey - Expertise in Aquaculture fisheries and the study of food security and the implications of pollution in Lake Victoria for food safety. Experience in land-water interactions from soil erosion and river inputs into the lake (Winam Gulf catchment). University of Nottingham (UoN), Expertise in the drivers of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) from anthropogenic pollution, with implications for fish productivity and nutritional quality, traceability of antimicrobial resistant bio markers and bacterial pathogens. Additionally, access to existing data, knowledge, facilities and equipment from Newton project partners i.e. BGS, UoE and KMFRI partners.
Collaborator Contribution University of Eldoret (UoE) and the Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) - Experience and expertise in environmental sampling in western Kenya to determine geochemical influence on spatial incidence of health problems, including oesophageal cancer (W. Kenya). Plymouth University. Experience and expertise in interdisciplinary research to reduce soil erosion and degradation, including linking soil erodibility processes to land management change, environmental diagnostic tools to evaluate erosion processes in time and space, and socioeconomic strategies to improve soil stability and health. Access to data, knowledge, facilities and equipment from Newton project partners i.e. BGS, UoE, UoN and KMFRI.
Impact ARIES Doctoral Training Partnership. PhD Studentship now awarded (11th March 2019), student start date October 2019 Plymouth University in collaboration with BGS, UoE & KMFRI.
Start Year 2019
 
Description ARIES Doctoral Training Partnership. PhD Studentship Titled: Micronutrient and pollution transfer in East African lake catchments: impacts on the food-water-energy security nexus 
Organisation University of Eldoret
Country Kenya 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution British Geological Survey - Expertise in Aquaculture fisheries and the study of food security and the implications of pollution in Lake Victoria for food safety. Experience in land-water interactions from soil erosion and river inputs into the lake (Winam Gulf catchment). University of Nottingham (UoN), Expertise in the drivers of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) from anthropogenic pollution, with implications for fish productivity and nutritional quality, traceability of antimicrobial resistant bio markers and bacterial pathogens. Additionally, access to existing data, knowledge, facilities and equipment from Newton project partners i.e. BGS, UoE and KMFRI partners.
Collaborator Contribution University of Eldoret (UoE) and the Kenya Marine Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) - Experience and expertise in environmental sampling in western Kenya to determine geochemical influence on spatial incidence of health problems, including oesophageal cancer (W. Kenya). Plymouth University. Experience and expertise in interdisciplinary research to reduce soil erosion and degradation, including linking soil erodibility processes to land management change, environmental diagnostic tools to evaluate erosion processes in time and space, and socioeconomic strategies to improve soil stability and health. Access to data, knowledge, facilities and equipment from Newton project partners i.e. BGS, UoE, UoN and KMFRI.
Impact ARIES Doctoral Training Partnership. PhD Studentship now awarded (11th March 2019), student start date October 2019 Plymouth University in collaboration with BGS, UoE & KMFRI.
Start Year 2019
 
Description City MOUs - Kuala Lumpur 
Organisation Kuala Lumpur City Council
Country Malaysia 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution BGS undertook a series of geoscience stakeholder engagement activities in Kuala Lumpur aimed at promoting awareness of urban geoscience and the application of geoscience data and information to urban planning and development. BGS also led a number of workshops aimed at enhancing the technical skills of geoscience practitioners in KL such that they are able to adopt a digital workflow for the acquisition, storage, processing and manipulation of geoscience data and information. Participants of the stakeholder engagement exercises and workshops included geoscience practitioners and stakeholders from government authorities (JMG, the Malaysian Public Works Department [JKR], PlanMalaysia), local government (DBKL), industry (MRT Corp, MMC Gamuda) and academia (University of Malaya, National University of Malaysia, Uniten).
Collaborator Contribution As a consequence of the stakeholder engagement activities and workshops a number of the parties have signed agreements to share data and facilities with the objective of developing a 3D geological model of Kuala Lumpur. These agreements include MOUs between JMG and DBKL, JMG and MRT Corp and JMG and Uniten.
Impact 3DKL v1.0 was completed by parties mentioned above in August 2019, and presented at the Malay National Geoscience Conference in Sabah in October 2019. JMG are preparing their next five year plan (21-25). A major project proposal for the Selangor Office is '3D Urban Geology Subsurface Mapping'. The proposal is valued at RM10,000,000 and will include the development of a 3D geological model of Greater Kualal Lumpur and the Klang Valley area. It will also include the development of a national-scale borehole database. The project is supported by DBKL, JKR, and MRT.
Start Year 2018
 
Description City MOUs - Kuala Lumpur 
Organisation Mass Rapid Transit Corporation Sdn Bhd
Country Malaysia 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution BGS undertook a series of geoscience stakeholder engagement activities in Kuala Lumpur aimed at promoting awareness of urban geoscience and the application of geoscience data and information to urban planning and development. BGS also led a number of workshops aimed at enhancing the technical skills of geoscience practitioners in KL such that they are able to adopt a digital workflow for the acquisition, storage, processing and manipulation of geoscience data and information. Participants of the stakeholder engagement exercises and workshops included geoscience practitioners and stakeholders from government authorities (JMG, the Malaysian Public Works Department [JKR], PlanMalaysia), local government (DBKL), industry (MRT Corp, MMC Gamuda) and academia (University of Malaya, National University of Malaysia, Uniten).
Collaborator Contribution As a consequence of the stakeholder engagement activities and workshops a number of the parties have signed agreements to share data and facilities with the objective of developing a 3D geological model of Kuala Lumpur. These agreements include MOUs between JMG and DBKL, JMG and MRT Corp and JMG and Uniten.
Impact 3DKL v1.0 was completed by parties mentioned above in August 2019, and presented at the Malay National Geoscience Conference in Sabah in October 2019. JMG are preparing their next five year plan (21-25). A major project proposal for the Selangor Office is '3D Urban Geology Subsurface Mapping'. The proposal is valued at RM10,000,000 and will include the development of a 3D geological model of Greater Kualal Lumpur and the Klang Valley area. It will also include the development of a national-scale borehole database. The project is supported by DBKL, JKR, and MRT.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Commonwealth Scholarship Council UK-DFID 
Organisation Association of Commonwealth Universities
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution On the job training at BGS via work shadowing of lab staff, provision of technical training (labs, I.T.) alongside management systems.
Collaborator Contribution Commonwealth Scholarship for one Kenyan and one Zambian to undertake a research & training secondment at BGS focused on soil geochemistry. Kenya: University of Eldoret & Zambia: Copperbelt University
Impact Training provision has resulted in further project opportunities and career enhancement in home country for the individuals and adjustment in training and teaching to university students. Follow-up research continues. Ongoing support through linking to a BGS African laboratory network and to an FAO-UN Global soil laboratory network-GLOSOLAN.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Commonwealth Scholarship Council UK-DFID 
Organisation Government of the UK
Department Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution On the job training at BGS via work shadowing of lab staff, provision of technical training (labs, I.T.) alongside management systems.
Collaborator Contribution Commonwealth Scholarship for one Kenyan and one Nigerian to undertake a research & training secondment at BGS focused on soil geochemistry and analytical chemistry training. Kenya: University of Eldoret-Kenya & University of Lagos-Nigeria.
Impact Delayed due to COVID-19. Facilitated remote exchange of training and research interests in anticipation of resumption. Two research papers, one under review, one in final preparation. One grant proposal pending.
Start Year 2020
 
Description Dynamics of soil erosion in the Lake Victoria Basin 
Organisation The Royal Society
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution On-going commitment for BGS staff time specifically and that of partners - grant provides for cash costs only. Therefore, in-kind contributions for BGS staff time to support partners in training, planning for field strategy and laboratory analyses, as well as geochemistry modelling.
Collaborator Contribution University of Eldoret (Co-PI) - local logistical management for fieldwork, management of Kenyan research assistants with ongoing assistance in data interpretation and dissemination to stakeholders.
Impact To date, training programmes in field, lab skills and in GIS-geospatial mapping tools and sampling strategy. Commencement of independent Kenyan field sampling of soil and river sediments for source apportionment of soil-to-lake transfer of soils to Lake Victoria. Completion of soil erosion predictive model for the Winam Gulf catchment of Lake Victoria is complete.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Integrated Resources Research in Western Kenya 
Organisation University of Nairobi
Country Kenya 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Co-developed research activity. Undertook fieldwork in 2019. Follow-up research continues.
Collaborator Contribution Co-developed research activity. Undertook fieldwork in 2019. Follow-up research continues.
Impact Fieldwork in 2019 in western Kenya. Initial fieldwork report compiled.
Start Year 2017
 
Description MOU - The Copperbelt University, Zambia. 
Organisation Copperbelt University
Country Zambia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution An MoA was completed in August 2019 following a visit to the UK by Professor Kakoma Maseka from the Copperbelt in Zambia for the British Geological Survey to collaborate with the Copperbelt University on their World Bank funded African Centre of Excellence ($10k/year) focusing on Sustainable Mining. BGS will participate through staff exchanges, PhD co-supervision, provision of training and development of teaching modules for postgraduates through to 2024.
Collaborator Contribution As a consequence of the stakeholder engagement activities and workshops a number of the parties have signed agreements to share data and facilities with the objective of developing a 3D geological model of Kuala Lumpur. These agreements include MOUs between JMG and DBKL, JMG and MRT Corp and JMG and Uniten.
Impact Delayed owing to COVID-19 and World Bank administration. Contribution from BGS to technical training programme for 50 African PhD students, staff exchange visits and co-supervision of projects in the theme of sustainable mining. Additional collaborative grants won via a Royal Society International Exchange award (£12k 2018-22) and a Commonwealth Council UK Fellowship award (£8k in 2018 and £8k in 2019) for staff exchanges. Peer review paper (Nakaona et al. 2019) for study of mine tailing pollution of Mugala Village in the Copperbelt.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Pegmatite Research Collaboration - University of the Witwatersrand 
Organisation University of the Witwatersrand
Country South Africa 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Established contact and co-developed pregmatite fieldwork activity and research in Zimbabwe to better understand the mineral and economic potential for lithium.
Collaborator Contribution Co-developed pregmatite fieldwork activity and research in Zimbabwe to better understand the mineral and economic potential for lithium.
Impact Fieldwork activities in Zimbabwe 2019 and 2020. Delivery of a one-day workshop in Harare attended by government, academic and industry representatives.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Research partnership with AFSIS (Africa Soil Information Service) 
Organisation Columbia University
Department Africa Soil Information Service
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution BGS undertaken research to examine whether the use of NIR and MIR spectra from soil scans can be used to identify soil minerals, particularly potassium containing ones. In addition, lab work was carried out to assess the implications of release from potassium containing minerals with respect to mineralogy.
Collaborator Contribution AFSIS have provided soils, data and scans for us analyse and use. We are in discussions about how to further develop the partnership.
Impact -
Start Year 2019
 
Title OneGeology Eastern Africa 
Description Complete update and rearrangement of all OneGeology technical documentation focussing on provision of complex feature WFS for geological and mineral information. The project contributed to the reorganization of the OneGeology cookbook materials, and the migration to a new open platform to encourage wider use and community contributions. Cookbooks were also updated to take into consideration changes in client software functionality (including the OneGeology portal itself), for example with the introduction of analysis tools for services using minerals codelists. Similarly, cookbooks were updated with the aim of providing assistance to service providers wishing to supply minerals services conforming to EarthResourceML-Lite schema. The project contributed to work to investigate the provision of a sample database of minerals data, to be used as an exemplar dataset for configuring EarthResourceML-Lite and EarthResourceML services. 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2021 
Open Source License? Yes  
Impact Focussed on the East Africa region, the work is relevant to all global locations. It demonstrates and promotes the provision of standardised, harmonised, interoperable web services that enable the integration of data from many different sources. Promotion of such standards-based data delivery enhances and increases the use and usability of data. It is anticipated that the ODA project will enhance the number and quality of data available through portals such as OneGeology by helping to advance the use and uptake of such interoperable services by data providers. It is too early to assess the extent to which these ODA activities have contributed to this goal. 
URL http://www.onegeology.org/
 
Title myHAZ-VCT Platform - a citizen science app and decision-support system for collecting and sharing observations of natural hazards and their impacts in near real-time 
Description The system, called myHAZ, includes: (1) a smartphone app primarily designed for reporting natural hazard observations and for gaining a 'quick glance' at the status of hazards on the islands; (2) an observation management system for use by authorities and scientists to manage and respond to incoming observations; and (3) a public web portal for viewing and downloading data gathered by the app and for more complex data visualisation. 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2020 
Impact Three user applications developed: myHAZ-VCT App (Apple App Store, Google Play Store) - Cross-platform application for data collection and simple data visualisations. myHAZ-VCT Manager - Local management of data, verification of submitted observations and targetted push notifications for registered users. myHAZ-VCT Portal - Full open access to all submitted data, comprehensive filtering and data download in a range of interoperable formats through a Web Map GIS application. myHAZ-VCT Platform webpage - Background information about the platform, including purpose and partner organisations involved in the development. The multi-hazard system was requested in St Vincent by the government organisation (NEMO) that has the mandate to prepare for disasters, and to disseminate advice and information when they occur. The system was also co-developed with the Seismic research Centre in Trinidad who produce hazard advice across the English-speaking Caribbean. Co-developing the system with these organisations is ensuring that it is fit for purpose and will gain traction when launched. 
 
Title myHaz multi-hazard app and systems for crowd-sourcing of hazard data in the Caribbean 
Description The British Geological Survey have worked with stakeholders in the Caribbean to co-design and co-develop a new multi-hazard smartphone app and associated systems to enable citizens in St Vincent and the Grenadines to collect and view information on a wide range of hazards and their impacts. The National Emergecy Management Organisation (NEMO) of St Vincent had requested the system to improve knowledge about the locations and impacts of multiple hazards (such as landslides, earthquakes, floods and volcanic activity) across the island. The system was co-designed through stakeholder workshops to ensure it was fit-for-purpose and had sugnicicant 'buy-in' across the island. 
Type Of Technology Software 
Year Produced 2018 
Impact A beta version of the system will be launched in St Vincent in 2019 for testing. The system will enable islanders to collect information on the geohazards that affected their lives and livelihoods; it will help NEMO and SRC (and researchers internationally) to better understand the character, distribution and impacts of hazards and lead to improved resilience in the future. 
 
Description (Poster Presentation) UK Space Agency's METEOR project: Making the case for Earth Observation (EO) data for insurance in developing countries. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA. December, 2020. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This applied research was supported by the ODA programme at BGS by providing specific expertise on the contribution of Earth Observation to the challenge of providing robust exposure, hazard and vulnerability data in ODA countries. Having reliable data on exposure, hazard and vulnerability will make a step change in making informed decisions on planning for, and responding to geohazard disasters. These affect the worlds poorest and are known to disproportionately affect women and children. The data produced by this research has been released freely and openly for all of the Least Developed Countries (47 countries) on the DAC list, providing a catalogue of data for scientists, NGOs, governments and reinsurance industries who until now did not have the information to support emerging markets.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description 23-27 September 2019: Earth Observation for hazard analysis (Vietnam) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact BGS (in collaboration with European Space Agency-TETIS, France) ran a training course on the use of satellite-based ground motion detection and monitoring using radar (InSAR). We ran a week long course covering the background to radar interferometry and practical sessions on data download, interferogram formation (SNAP) and time series analysis (StaMPS).
Attendees: 30, from a wide variety of institutions in Vietnam - universities, government departments and NGOs.
Outcome: There is now an increased awareness of how satellite-based techniques (InSAR) can provide robust data about ground motion in a data-poor environment. The use of open source software in the training means that attendees now have the capacity to undertake ground motion monitoring using satellite data. The training in this innovative technology encouraged new partners to take part.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description A superior indicator of microbial risk: real-time fluorescence spectroscopy [lecture] 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact James P.R. Sorensen attended the 46th IAH Congress, Malaga, Spain, 22-27 September, 2019 and gave a lecture on: A superior indicator of microbial risk: real-time fluorescence spectroscopy [lecture].
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description A workshop with UNICEF and Government of Eritrea to help develop a climate resilient water supply programme for Eritrea 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Workshop with UNICEF and Government of Eritrea to help develop a climate resilient water supply programme for Eritrea. Because of COVID the workshop was postponed and written submissions taken to help UNICEF and Government of Eritrea design the new approach.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description AGU Fall Meeting 2020. Engwell, S.L., Hayer, C., Abdurrachman, M., Cutler, K., Watt, S., Cassidy, M., Madden-Nadeau, A., Nurshal, E.M., Novellino, A., Burton, M.R., Kurniawan, I.A., Kartadinata, N., 2020. Satellite and ground observations show mixed messages when it comes to plume dynamics at Anak Krakatau in 2018. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Conference Presentation: Engwell, S.L., Hayer, C., Abdurrachman, M., Cutler, K., Watt, S., Cassidy, M., Madden-Nadeau, A., Nurshal, E.M., Novellino, A., Burton, M.R., Kurniawan, I.A., Kartadinata, N., 2020. Satellite and ground observations show mixed messages when it comes to plume dynamics at Anak Krakatau in 2018.

Outcome: increased knowledge of the volcanic events that led to the flank collapse and triggered the 2018 Krakatau tsunami.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Africa IV November 2019: From Geohazard Risk to Action in Ethiopia, Hosted by University of Addis Ababa 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact The workshop was organised by Addis Ababa University, National Disaster Risk Management Commissions, Geological Survey of Ethiopia and the British Geological Survey. The international workshop focussed on reducing and managing risks from geohazards to save lives and sustain growth in Ethiopia. It included talks from experts in other ODA countries (e.g. Nepal) to encourage south-south learning and partnerships.
Outcome: The outcomes include (i) creation of a multi-stakeholder forum to improve interaction between scientists, practitioners and policy makers in Ethiopia (ii) formation of a national repository to fill data gaps on geohazards and their impacts / a digital geohazard information centre (iii) fostering links within Ethiopia (iv) identifying lines of communication for emergency response, enquiries, and planning purposes (v) raising community awareness of geohazards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description African based researchers (x2) from Addis Ababa University on fellowship based at BGS offices for 1 month each to exchange ideas 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact African based researchers (x2) from Addis Ababa University on fellowship based at BGS offices for 1 month each to exchange ideas.
Outcome: development of joint publications and co-create of new research ideas
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Alan MacDonald Invited to attend the Water and Climate Summit hosted by HRH the Prince of Wales and WaterAid and speak at a round table discussion on adaptation 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Alan MacDonald Invited to attend the Water and Climate Summit hosted by HRH the Prince of Wales and WaterAid and speak at a round table discussion on adaptation 10th March 2020 https://www.wateraid.org/uk/media/hrh-the-prince-of-wales-and-wateraid-to-host-major-water-and-climate-summit
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Aquaculture: Pathway to food security in Kenya. GCRF Workshop (University of Eldoret) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A workshop held over two days (9th - 10th May 2019) including presentations of the outcomes of the Newton-Utafiti Aquaculture project including the Nottingham vet Schools outcomes of the AMR and bacterial analyses, were given by both the Pi Dr A.L. Marriott & Co-Pi Prof O. Osano (Kenya) and the Nottingham Vet School Dr. T. Coffey to a delegation of NGOs, UoE: University of Eldoret, JOOUST: Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, scientists including technical staff and boat crew and early career researchers based at KMFRI and the University of Eldoret. The presentations briefed all attending on the findings of the Newton-Utafiti Aquaculture project and the continuation of the project funded under the Nottingham University GCRF programme continuing the research concerns for the Lake. The Workshop then broke out into groups to discuss the information and to allow all stakeholders to then address the project leaders about the project's findings, their concerns about the Lake and where future collaborative research would go? Workshops also provided training on fish biology and aging, PCA AMR DNA extraction techniques and data processing R statistics and management of data. A final address from the project managers from the GCRF to underlined importance of collaborative research between both the Kenyan and British teams and appreciated the collaboration that has been established from the ongoing projects activities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://twitter.com/AquaLakeVic/status/1121386116622561281
 
Description Aquaculture: Pathway to food security in Kenya. Results Workshop (KMFRI) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A workshop including presentations of the outcomes of the Newton-Utafiti Aquaculture project was given by both the Pi Dr A.L. Marriott & Co-Pi Prof O. Osano (Kenya) to a delegation of NGOs including: KMA: Kenya Maritime Authority, CGK: County Government of Kisumu, NEMA: National Environment Management Authority, LBDA: Lake Basin Development Authority, UoE: University of Eldoret, JOOUST: Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, LVEMP: Lake Victoria Environmental Management Program, British High Commission, British Council and scientists including technical staff and boat crew and early career researchers based at KMFRI. The presentations briefed all attending on the findings of the Newton-Utafiti Aquaculture project and the researchers concerns for the Lake. The Workshop then broke out into groups to discuss the information and to allow all stakeholders to then address the project leaders about the project's findings, their concerns about the Lake and where future collaborative research would go? A final address from the Newton-Utafiti manager from the British Council underlined importance of collaborative research between both the Kenyan and British teams and appreciated the collaboration that has been established from the ongoing projects activities. The Aquaculture: Pathway to food security in Kenya (Newton-Utafiti project) has already established further funding into 2019 and further funding bids are ongoing to allow the teams to continue work on the sustainability of aquaculture and to improve food security in Kenya.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://twitter.com/Muttley1968A/status/1088893907390345216
 
Description Aquaculture: Pathway to food security in Kenya. SEGH website blog 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact A blog written for the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH). Information on the Newton award and the projects challenges and goals to both stimulate and increase interest in aquaculture and food security research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://www.segh.net/articles/aquaculture_kenya/
 
Description Aquaculture: Pathway to food security in Kenya. Workshop (KMFRI). 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A delegation from the British High Commission and British Council met with participants of the Aquaculture Newton project comprising of Prof O. Osano Co-Pi (Kenya), technical staff and boat crew based in KMFRI and were briefed on the progress of the Aquaculture project. A presentation of the Aquaculture project was given by Prof O. Osano (Co-Pi in Kenya) to an international audience of scientific stakeholders in African, Asia, and Europe at an FAO/ASTF GCP/RAF/510/MUL: Enhancing capacity/risk reduction of emerging Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV) to African tilapia aquaculture workshop held at the KMFRI Centre. The work undertook by the Aquaculture project increased interest with Tilapia Aquaculturalists and FAO experts who were excited to learn about our ongoing research on fish health on the lake which is closely related to their workshop topic. This led to further discussions of collaborative research and capacity building from the teams attending the workshop. Deputy High Commissioner Ms. Susie Kitchens addressed the audience and explain the role that Britain is playing is supporting development in partner countries. She underlined the social and economic importance of collaborative research between the Kenyan and British teams and appreciated the synergy that has been established in the ongoing projects activities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://twitter.com/Muttley1968A/status/1072760000576151552
 
Description Aquaculture: Pathway to food security in Kenya: Continuing the Research 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Blog written Dr A.L. Marriott for Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH) for the Newton-Utafiti Aquaculture workshop which was held in Kisumu at KMFRI headquarters. Delegates from the British Council and British High Commission in Nairobi attended including NGOs from the County Government of Kisumu, Lake Victoria Environmental Management Program, National Environment Management Authority, Lake Basin Development Authority and Kenya Maritime Authority were given presentations from the PI and Co-PI (Kenya) on the Newton award the projects challenges and goals results and gaps in the knowledge base, to both stimulate and increase interest in aquaculture and food security research within Lake Victoria.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://www.segh.net/articles/aquaculture-pathway-to-food-security/
 
Description Asian urban network with China, Japan and S Korea 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Formation of an international group of geoscientists to exchange knowledge and expertise on urban geology and development of underground space. Workshop held in Shanghai followed by virtual meeting to establish network.
Outcome: an urban research centre to be established in Nanjing, China with student exchange facilities in collaboration with national geological surveys across the region
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Attendance at Water Futures Conference, Bangalore 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presented on research carried out on Urban Groundwater in India at the UN Sponsored Water Futures Conference in Bangalore. Prsented in sessions on groundwater management, and prepared poster for special session on work in the Cauvery Basin (that includes Bangalore).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://water-future.org/news/water_future_conference/
 
Description BGS Open Day - ODA and Sustainable Development Poster 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The BGS Open Day profiled the work of BGS to the generable public, with an exhibit focused on the Geoscience for Sustainable Futures. This resulted in conversations with the general public about how geoscience relates to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the international reach of the Geological Survey, and how careers in geoscience can support sustainability. People reported changes in opinion regarding the role and reach of BGS.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description BGS Podcast - Geoscience and the Sustainable Development Goals 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact I was interviewed for the BGS Podcast on the theme of 'geoscience and the UN Sustainable Development Goals', covering topics such as why does geoscience matter, and what impact is Covid-19 having on the delivery of the SDGs and our research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://audioboom.com/posts/7767527-geoscience-and-the-sustainable-development-goals-with-joel-gill
 
Description Blog - UN International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Marking the UN International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction in 2018, Joel Gill published an article on the BGS blog (Geoblogy) reflecting on the work needed to help reduce the negative impacts of natural hazards on communities around the world.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://britgeopeople.blogspot.com/2018/10/celebrating-and-reflecting-un.html
 
Description Blog Article on Disaster Risk Reduction in Guatemala 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact I wrote a blog summarising my work in Guatemala, published through the British Geological Survey. This aimed to raise awareness of hazard interactions, and the tools that can support decision makers in hazard monitoring and civil protection settings.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://britgeopeople.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/natural-hazards-and-disaster-risk.html
 
Description Briefing on 5 important facts about hydrology given to FCDO staff 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Briefing on 5 important facts about hydrology given by Prof. Alan MacDonald to FCDO staff as part of a water learning journey arranged by the chief water advisor.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NooXLRoU5Xo&t=217s
 
Description British Council, Nairobi. Aquaculture: Pathway to food security in Kenya. UK in Kenya Tweet 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact A blog/tweet written by the British Council in Nairobi, highlighting the Newton-Utafiti Aquaculture project and our preliminary findings which were disseminated at the Workshop held at KMFRI headquarters in Kisumu in January 2019..
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://twitter.com/lilianwanjohi2/status/1103183463233044480
 
Description British High Commission, Nairobi. Aquaculture: Pathway to food security in Kenya. UK in Kenya Tweet 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact A blog/tweet written by the British High Commission in Nairobi, who attended the Newton-Utafiti Aquaculture workshop and were informed on the Newton award and the projects preliminary findings which were disseminated at the Workshop held at KMFRI headquarters in Kisumu in January 2019.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://twitter.com/UKinKenya/status/1102556127861055488
 
Description CASCADING HAZARDS WORKSHOP: DEVELOPING A COASTAL MEGACITY CATCHMENT OBSERVATORY 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact 35 early career researchers from various backgrounds in Vietnam and UK met to consider a) the role and need of a catchment-based approach to assessing, mitigating, and understanding coupled human-natural hazards and disasters; and b) the concept that such coupled events are likely to be multiple and cascading further developed with examples from around the world and within Vietnam. This included a review of multi-hazard assessment methods, of the type and acquisition of needed data, of the role of human behaviour, and the development of hypothetical research programmes that started from the stakeholder-defined needed outcomes through to the scientific research necessary to deliver those outcomes (the so-called theory-of-change process).
The resultant discussions were used to refine the rationale for adopting a catchment-based approach to the management of multi-hazards (forming the basis of a publishable paper), and for the preparation of a strategy for taking next-steps, including the development of a skeletal research proposal.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Caribbean IV September 2019: Demonstration of St Vincent multi-hazard app (myHAZ). Hosted at NEMO (St Vincent) and demonstrated at communities across the island. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Attendees from the St Vincent National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO), Seismic research Centre (SRC) and various communities across the island. The main aims of the visit were to (i) jointly hold sessions to show latest development of the multi-hazard app (ii) share and discuss the data management system, (iii) discuss and agree a strategy for handover and ongoing management, (iv) establish a small group of community-based app testers and undertake ad hoc testing in communities, (v) kick-off the 'Pathways to Action' task to identify knowledge and information pathways during periods of hazard activity and quiescence.
Outcome: Appropriate NEMO and SRC staff were trained to authorise and manage data collected via the app. The latest version was testing with communities across the island to gain feedback and increase community ownership.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Caribbean March 2017. Stakeholder event in St Vincent to start the process of co-desiging and co-developing a multi-hazard app to collect, manage and disseminate multiple geohazard information 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact St Vincent is a small island state that is significantly affected by multi-hazards such as landslides, earthquakes, volcanoes and coastal surges. The British Geological Survey has worked alongside partners in the Caribbean for many years to help prepare for, respond to, and mitigate against disasters. This Marsh 2017 workshop, hosted at the National Emergency Management Organisation (St Vincent and the Grenadines) with the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of University of West Indies (Trinidad & Tobago) builds on those collaborations. The purpose was to gauge interest in co-developing and co-designing a multi-hazard app using the BGS myVolcano app as a 'strawman'. Attended by scientists, decision makers and disaster managers including members from Police, Telecoms, Ministry of Education, the Information Technology Services Division, GIS Planning, Service Commission, Soufriere Monitoring Unit (SMU). Schools were also visited to raise awareness and gain feedback.
Outcome/impact- It was agreed that a new multi-hazard smartphone app is required. Detailed feedback was received on its functionality and interface and a timeline was agrred to co-develop the system.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519469/
 
Description Citizen science using mobile phone technology in St Vincent & the Grenadines to facilitate near real time multi hazard observations, European Citizen Science Association conference, 6-10 September 2020, Trieste 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Richardson S, Duncan M, Mee K, Hicks A, Robertson R E A, Forbes M, Ferdinand I, Jordan C, Loughlin S (2020) Citizen science using mobile phone technology in St Vincent & the Grenadines to facilitate near real time multi hazard observations, European Citizen Science Association conference, 6-10 September 2020, Trieste

The challenges of collecting citizen science data from a suite of applications, including a smart phone app was presented at a citizen science European meeting. The presentation was prepared and co-authored with partners from St Vincent (an ODA country affected by multiple hazards). The multi-hazard system was requested in St Vincent by the government organisation (NEMO) that has the mandate to prepare for disasters, and to disseminate advice and information when they occur. The system was also co-developed with the Seismic research Centre in Trinidad who produce hazard advice across the English-speaking Caribbean. Co-developing the system with these organisations is ensuring that it is fit for purpose and will gain traction when launched.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Co-convening the 2018: Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH) International conference, 'Geochemistry for Sustainable Development' at Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Zambia 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact BGS ODA researcher (Dr Michael Watts) is currently President of SEGH and was co-convener with Zambian counterparts for this conference.

Conference had 100+ delegates from all over the world, ~50% from Africa, 50% ECR/students, supported by sponsorship from industry partners. 3 days of presentations, 45 oral, 45 poster with nano-presentations. 1-day of training in technical and vocational topics (e.g. GIS, R, paper writing, ethics, epidemiology) free of charge - underpinned by BGS, Royal Society-DFID project and IARC-WHO.

BGS ODA programme provided organisation and technical support via SEGH to junior members of staff. BGS-African project partners provided 10 oral, 3 poster presentations; BGS staff provided 5 oral and 6 poster presentations, including ECRs.

Outcomes:
• conference helped establish the African section of the SEGH International Board to promote multidisciplinary collaboration across Africa,
• conference special issue in review for Environmental Geochemistry and Health - 6 papers submitted with African partners for peer review, (Watts is lead editor)

Additional outcomes added March 2020:
Conference report - https://segh.net/blogs/f/segh-2018-vic-falls-geochemistry-for-sustainable-development

Follow-up conference in Kenya https://segh.net/blogs/f/segh-2018-vic-falls-geochemistry-for-sustainable-development
Joint publication of SEGH international board with new African members - in journal Environmental Geochemistry and Health https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10653-019-00381-9
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://link.springer.com/journal/10653/volumes-and-issues/42-4
 
Description Conference Presentation (Resources for Future Generations, Vancouver, 2018) - The Role of Geoscience in Sustainable Development in Eastern Africa 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Joel Gill presented a talk on ODA RP 1 work titled 'Sustainable Development Priorities in Eastern Africa: International Cooperation and the Role of Geoscience ' at the recent Resources for Future Generations meeting in Vancouver, June 2018.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes and East and Southeast Asia 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Input to development of 5yr Strategy document highlighting alignment with SDGs and formation of key research themes to be funded and progressed by geological surveys across the region.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Development of the 3DKL project, Malaysia 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Attended by 45 staff from JMG, the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRT) and the Dewan Bandaraya (City Hall) Kuala Lumpur (DBKL). This meeting presented the 3DKL concept to a wider audience including private sector representatives.
Outcome: A commitment was made to include data sharing in planned updating of site investigation standards. JMG were subsequently able to secure funding for software required for the initial phase of their 3DKL data systems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Discussion on the BGS ODA Programme in Kuala Lumpur: Five tips on partnerships 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion session with engineering geologists across BGS to understand how effective partnerships are developed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Donald John MacAllister was invited to attend a WaterAid senior managers meeting to provide advice on groundwater's role in adapting to Climate Change 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Donald John MacAllister was invited to attend a WaterAid senior managers meeting to provide advice on groundwater's role in adapting to Climate Change.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description EU urban expert Group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Establishment of pan-European urban geology expert group led by BGS and members of the ODA research team. Attended by 15-20 representatives of European Geological Surveys. Presentations by BGS members. Intention to link with Asian network and establish integrated research teams with standards and best practice in subsurface research for city resilience.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.eurogeosurveys.org/urban-geology
 
Description Eurasian Network for urban Geology 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Meeting with geological surveys of China, S Korea, Japan and Finland to establish an expert group to develop applied research on urban geology across S&E Asia. BGS ODA programme an integral part and will bring our Malaysian and Vietnamese partners on board. Presentation by BGS expert, agreed link to UK and European networks and researchers. Further progress hindered by COVID-19
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Exploring linkages between humanitarian shelter geoscience and humanitarian shelter: workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact This meeting brought together representatives from the geoscience and humanitarian communities as a starting point for a longer conversation around how the two sectors could work together. Led to multidisciplinary proposal to the British Academy's Knowledge Frontiers call (led by BGS) involving physical scientists, humanitarian practitioners and disaster researchers from the UK, France and Nepal. 15th July 2020

Simons, B. and Sargeant, S., 2020. Exploring linkages between humanitarian shelter geoscience and humanitarian shelter: workshop report, OR/20/45
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2019, pp. NH31A-02). Evaluating the role of eruptive processes in the source of the 2018 Anak Krakatau tsunami. In AGU 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Abstract: Watt, S., Cassidy, M., Engwell, S.L., Madden-Nadeau, A., Abdurrachman, M., Tappin, D.R., Grilli, S.T., Day, S.J., Carey, S., Hunt, J. and Kurniawan, I.A., 2019, December. Evaluating the role of eruptive processes in the source of the 2018 Anak Krakatau tsunami. In AGU 2019 Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2019, pp. NH31A-02)

Outcome: increased knowledge of the volcanic events that led to the flank collapse and triggered the 2018 Krakatau tsunami.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Featured in a Short Documentary-Film Relating to Sustainable Development 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact I was interviewed at the Geoscience and Society Summit, with the resulting clips included in a short film produced for television/news in the USA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://www.voiceofvashon.org/user-content/stockholm-summit
 
Description Follow-up Research Assistant Training - Capacity strengthening workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Relating to the geochemistry and health project, ongoing training is being provided, virtually, to research assistants at the University of Eldoret. Training is being provided with regards to sample collection strategy and delivery for ongoing field-based studies.

Research assistants are now able to perform independent fieldwork activities, which has enabled project progression despite ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020,2021
 
Description Follow-up training provided to researchers from University of Eldoret and Moi University at BGS lab facilities, UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Relating to geochemistry and health project, training given in field-lab quality assurance, data capture to Diana Menya (Moi) and Odipo Osano (UoE) at BGS.
Outcome: funds won for a lab assistant to visit BGS in May 2019 from UoE (CSCUK-ACU) and also from Copperbelt University for two months.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Future of Geoscience - Panel Discussion for Online Webinar 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact In June 2020, I joined an expert panel to discuss the future of geoscience in an online webinar. The event had an international audience and the recording is available on YouTube (with ~7000 views to date). The purpose of the event was to raise awareness of the challenges facing the geoscience community, the need for reform, and ways to help deliver that. My own contribution was widely praised on social media by leading academics and professional societies. This was followed by requests for further information, and input to subsequent events.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-PbVAOyADc
 
Description GS led an E-learning course on geoelectrical characterisation and monitoring methods designed for PhD students from Amrita in India. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Online training integrated within Amrita University courses as a series of theoretical and practical modules (including pre-recorded lectures and live Q/A sessions). The training built on visits to BGS and was online due to COVID travel restrictions. The capacity-building further strengthened our partners ability to maintain and interpret the geophysical equipment installed at a landslide that is affecting a community in India. The end result we are aiming for is an integrated early warning system for landslides at that community, and then to apply this research elsewhere.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Geology for the Future - Talk at Imperial College London 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact A talk on 'geoscience and the Sustainable Development Goals' was given as part of a symposium on geoscience for the future. The talk resulted in requests for further information, including copies of published papers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Geoscience and Sustainable Development - Invited Talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An invited keynote talk on geoscience and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, within my institution, as part of an annual science festival. The event resulted in discussion and questions, and a request for further information.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Geoscience and Sustainable Development - Invited Talk at Birmingham University 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An invited talk on geoscience and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, to the Earth Science department at Birmingham University. This was followed by questions and discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Geoscience and Sustainable Development - Invited Talk at Brighton University 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An invited talk on geoscience and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, to the Earth Science department at Brighton University. This was followed by questions and discussion, and a request for further information.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Geoscience and Sustainable Development - Invited Talk at International Online Symposium 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A presentation on 'Geoscience and the SDGs' to an international audience participating in an online symposium. The presentation outlined the role of geoscience in achieving the 17 SDGs, and changes that would help to accelerate this work. The presentation resulted in questions and discussion, with a request for further information.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Geoscience and Sustainable Development - Invited Talk at Keele University 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact A 20 minute 'after dinner talk' was given at the Keele University Geography, Geoscience and Environmental Science Ball on the theme of geoscience and sustainable development. The intended purpose was to increase awareness of careers in sustainable geoscience, and the skills required. The talk sparked questions and discussion afterward, with requests for further information, reading, and advice.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Groundwater course delivered for RWSN Summer 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Groundwater course delivered for RWSN Summer 2019. Kirsty Upton was the trainer for a 30 people for a 5 day online drilling professionalization course managed to RWSN. The participants were mainly from Africa and the course open to people from DAC countries
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Groundwater databases in Malaysia 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop between JMG Malaysia and BGS staff to discuss data processing of hydrogeological data. JMG subsequently requested that hydrogeological data be a focus of future development of a digital geoscience workflow
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Guest Lecture (Portsmouth) - Geoscience for Sustainable and Resilient Futures 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Joel Gill gave an invited lecture on geoscience for sustainable and resilient futures in the Department of Geography, University of Portsmouth. This event gathered approximately 30 staff and students from across geography, international development and Earth and environmental science departments.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Hanoi informatics and data workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Attended by GDGMV Informatics specialists with their BGS counterparts to explore data availability, IT infrastructure and to co-develop a strategy for developing an enhanced data centre capability to address the challenges of intensive data collection required by urban projects.
Outcome: The hardware and software requirements of the GDGMV data centre were defined, and a structure for cataloguing geoscience data agreed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Impact of the 2015/16 El Nino on rural water security in Ethiopia 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presntation by Bell RA at the 2018: Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH) International conference, 'Geochemistry for Sustainable Development' at Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Zambia.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Inaugural International Workshop on Educational Seismology (Nepal) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact 16-17th April 2019 BGS collaborated in a workshop in Pokhara, Nepal, with lectures and practical demonstrations including installing a low cost seismometers in schools raising awareness amongst students and teachers about seismology, tectonics and earthquake safety. There were 82 delegates from the local area, teachers, principals, local administrators and the press, as well as various officials from the authorities.
https://britgeopeople.blogspot.com/2019/07/seismology-school-in-nepal-by-paul.html
Outcome: Increased awareness about earthquake seismology and safety directly in schools and communities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Invited talk at Africa Water in Gabon on groundwater's role in reducing poverty and increasing sustainable livelihoods. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact BGS researcher K Upton invited to talk at Africa Water in Gabon on groundwater's role in reducing poverty and increasing sustainable livelihoods.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://africawaterweek.com/aww7/
 
Description Is technology metal supply an opportunity or a threat to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals in developing countries? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Bloodworth, A, Goodenough K and Mankelow J. 2018. Critical path: Is technology metal supply an opportunity or a threat to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals in developing countries? Resourcing Future Generations Conference, Vancouver, CA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description January 2019: Ethiopia geo-hazards workshop, hosted by University of Addis Ababa 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Attended by researchers from University of Addis Ababa, Geological Survey of Ethiopia and the National Disaster Risk Management Commission. The primary purpose of this workshop to maintain engagement with individuals and organisations, to disseminate co-developed research results. The two-day event included a series of presentations and discussions by Ethiopian and UK colleagues on the co-developed applied research. One example of this is the use of satellite technology (InSAR) to improve detection and monitoring of landslide processes in Ethiopia.

Outcome: (i) collective agreement on organisation and aims of a multi-hazard event in Ethiopia in 2019 (ii) collective agreement on continued research into multi-hazard characterisation and building resilience.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Keynote Lecture - Herdman Symposium, Liverpool - Reshaping Geoscience to Deliver the SDGs 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Joel Gill gave an invited talk on "The Future of Geoscience - Reshaping Geoscience to Help Deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals" at the Herdman Symposium (University of Liverpool) in February 2018. Approximately 100 people attended the talk, following which I was invited to join an advisory group at the University of Liverpool.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Keynote Lecture - Irish Early Career Geoscience Symposium (Galway, Ireland, 2018) - Reshaping Geoscience to Deliver the SDGs 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Joel Gill gave a keynote lecture on "The Future of Geoscience - Reshaping Geoscience to Help Deliver the UN Sustainable Development Goals" at the Irish Early Career Geoscience Symposium (Galway, Ireland).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://igeo2018.wordpress.com/keynote-session-and-speakers/
 
Description Kuala Lumpur 3DKL project inception 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Attended by 20 representatives from the survey and BGS to co-develop a framework for the investigation of Kuala Lumpur's geology
Outcome: agreement to set up follow-up partnership workshop with representatives of city authorities, industry and academia
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Launch of the Uganda Geoscience Portal at the 8th Annual Mineral Wealth Conference, Kampala, Uganda 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The Uganda Geoscience Data Portal, supported by an international consortium that aims to improve the geoscience understanding of the Jinja and Mbarara regions in Uganda to stimulate sustainable socio-economic investment.

The portal makes geoscience data freely available to encourage investment in mineral exploration and support better early stage decision making. At the same time, the data resources will benefit: environmental and land-use planning, water resource management and sustainable energy development such as geothermal.

The pilot portal, part of the African Resource Geoscience Initiative (ARGI), is a collaborative initiative between: the African Union Commission (AUC), Geosoft Inc. (a Seequent company), the British Geological Survey (BGS), the Uganda Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines (UDGSM) and the Ugandan Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP). The portal is cloud-hosted by The National Information and Technology Authority - Uganda (NITA-U).

The AUC promotes the process of data integration in the continent to enable Africa to play its rightful role in the global economy while addressing multifaceted social, economic and political problems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://ugandageosciencedataportal.minerals.go.ug/gdp/search
 
Description Lithium pegmatites - an African story 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Online talk for Ore Deposits Hub on lithium pegmatites in Africa.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-L_EdxmWcY
 
Description Lithium pegmatites in Africa 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation at the 43rd Mineral Deposits Study Group Annual Winter Meeting in London. The presentation by Kathryn Goodenough described BGS research on rare-metal pegmatites, including the ODA-funded work in Zimbabwe.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Lithium: a critical metal for the 21st century 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Online talk and discussion organised by CNRG, a Zimbabwean NGO.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Meetings with UNICEF East of Africa with Head of Water Sam Godfrey and head of WASH for Ethiopia, Kitka Goyol. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact Meetings with UNICEF East of Africa with Head of Water Sam Godfrey and head of WASH for Ethiopia, Kitka Goyol. To discuss policy implications of the results of the analysis and specifically to help plan for more climate resilient water supplies.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description News Article in The Conversation: Why drought programmes in Ethiopia should support communal access to groundwater 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact This piece discusses the results of ODA funded research carried out jointly with UNICEF and researchers in Addis Ababa University. It has been accessed by > 1000 people. The article was also picked up by 3 other media outlets.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://theconversation.com/why-drought-programmes-in-ethiopia-should-support-communal-access-to-gro...
 
Description November 2017: Ethiopia geo-hazards workshop; hosted by University of Addis Ababa 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Purpose - to discuss the current situation regarding geo-hazards in Ethiopia and pave possible ways for future actions. The opening speech by Commissioner H.E. Mitiku Kassa of the National Disaster Risk management Commission (NDRMC), highlighted the need to establish close links between relevant actors in order to adequately address national disasters and emplace workable plans of preparedness and responses. In addition, such plans help to avoid confusions and duplications of efforts and at the same time enable to realize effective utilization of limited national human and material resources. Such coordinated approaches are critically important not only during crisis periods, but they should be part of the day-to-day activities in the disaster preventions and risk mitigations schemes.

Attendees included Adama Science and Technology (ASTU), Addis Ababa Science and Technology (AASTU), Bahar-Dar (BDU), Geological Survey of Ethiopia (GSE), Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA), National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC), Civil Works Construction Enterprise (CWCE), Ethio-Infra Engineering Consultant and STADIA Engineering Consultants as well as five international research institutes, such as British Geological Survey (BGS), Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh and Oxford Universities.

Outcome: was the setting up a Geohazards Task Group to identify the roles and responsibilities of different institutions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description November 2018 Amrita University training visit to BGS; geophysical sensors for landslide monitoring in India 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Stakeholder engagement during the FY has included an Amrita University training visit to BGS in Nov 2018, and the BGS trip to India in Feb-Mar 2019. For the recent trip the team engaged directly with communitiesimpacted by the landslide in Munnar, and then travelled to Amrita where there were a series of training, knowledge exchange and dissemination events at the university. These activities represented a genuine exchange of knowledge with BGS providing input on geophysical approaches, and Amrita providing BGS staff with input of state-of-the-art wireless monitoring systems and the challenges of the landslide hazard in southern India. The focus of the work now is on using the monitoring data for decision support and publishing the results of the collaboration to provide the evidence base for the efficacy of this approach in mountainous monsoonal regions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018,2019
 
Description ODA Programme Workshop - ODA Nano-Talk: Aquaculture around Lake Victoria, Kenya: considerations for food security & environmental geochemistry 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Nano-presentation given at the BGS ODA Programme Workshop held on the 21st May 2019. Programme including workshop, brought together everyone who works on the ODA programme across the three research platforms (RP1 integrated resource management in eastern Africa; RP2 resilience of Asian cities, and RP3 global geological risk).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description ODA Partnership building conference/workshop on urban geology of Hanoi II 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Attendees from relevant ministry, the Hanoi State People's Committee, HUPI, VNU, NWAPI and universities met to progress the co-development of an urban geological programme to support the planned infrastructure development, resource needs and expansion of Hanoi and wider area into a megacity.
The meeting concluded that there was a requirement to assess urban geoscience data needs and availability, and participants agreed to convene a workshop on informatics
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description ODA Partnership building workshop on urban geology of Hanoi I 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Hanoi is a new start with no prior research or collaboration, this workshop therefore began the process of co-development of an urban programme focussed on the geoscience challenges facing Hanoi, and the feasibility of a Red River Delta catchment observatory. The meeting was attended by researchers from the Vietnam Institute for Geosciences and Mineral Resources (VIGMR), the Vietnamese Academy of Science &Technology (VAST), the National Water Resources and Planning Institute (NAWAPI) and the Hanoi State Peoples Committee, as well as academics from the University of Geology and Mining and the University of Natural Resources and Environment.
For first time key players and urban issues were identified and recognised their need to collaborate. They agreed to form a partnership and proceed to gain ministerial approval and organise a follow-up meeting
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description ODA co-funded student working in China. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact We are co-funding a student from Loughborough University. Topic: 'Exploring responses to geohazards in a dynamic risk environment - the role of knowledge, culture and risk perception'. The field site is in China. There is a significant amount of fieldwork in China interviewing and working with local communities to understand cultural perceptions of hazard and risk.
Outcome: The outcomes include (i) increased knowledge of how different cultures plan for and respond to geohazard events (ii) an enthusiastic early career researcher working in the transdisciplinary field between physical hazards/risks and social perceptions of them.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description October 2017 Caribbean Community and UK Academic Engagement in St Vincent for multi-hazard smartphone app 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Held in partnership with the STREVA community activities programme the purpose was to engage with UK scientists and hazard-prone communities on the leeward and windward coasts of St Vincent. A beta version of the multi-hazard app was demonstrated to confirm if the co-design and development was proceeding as agreed.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519469/
 
Description October 2018 - Caribbean stakeholder event on the co-development of the myHaz multi-hazard smartphone app 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact In this 2018 set of workshops we conducted field trials of the myHaz multi-hazard smartphone app (and associated systems) in St Vincent and held stakeholder workshops both at the National Emergency Management Organisation (St Vincent and the Grenadines) and at the Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of University of West Indies (Trinidad & Tobago). We also visited community engagement events in St Vincent where staff from SRC presented the collaborative work to communities at risk from multi-hazards, highlighting how the system could help prepare for and mitigate future events. Attendees from NEMO, SRC, telecoms and Ministries attended the events to gain updates the developed multi-hazard app (myHaz) along with the viewing portal and data management system. On the morning of the St Vincent workshop there were floods caused by heavy overnight rainfall; the national television station ran a detailed story on how the app can be used to report and mitigate similar flooding, helping to gain national attention for the system. Primary outcome: Agreement reached to launch a version island-wide in 2019 and to start a staged handover to St Vincent authorities. There is also keen interest from neighboouring islands (e.g. Saba) to have a similar system for their territories.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Organised a session on 'Disaster Risk Reduction for International Development' at the European Space Agency Living Planet Symposium, 13-17 May. Milan, Italy 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Many significant developments and changes are taking place in Earth Observation (EO) that directly contribute to the Sendai Framework aims to reduce disaster risk and build resilient communities, particularly in low-income nations. In addition, political, public and scientific interest is growing to improve environmental monitoring and aid decision-making through the use of EO to address grand societal challenges at local, national and international scales.
This session presented developments and new advances in using EO to enhance sustainable development and resilience to natural hazards in Official Development Assistance (ODA) recipient countries, especially in regions where EO is a good complement - if not the first-hand element - of the assessment, monitoring and management systems.
We welcomed contributions using innovative remote sensing techniques and case studies oriented toward hydrometeo and geohazard studies (such as floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, landslides, natural or anthropogenic ground subsidence etc). The session covered a range of topics including mapping exposure and vulnerability, disaster response, groundwater management, and monitoring critical infrastructure and resilience building activities, mapping ground deformation and land cover changes e.g. using InSAR time series, SAR amplitude and coherence tracking time series, multispectral optical time series, atmospheric composition time series Combined use of Sentinel data (1, 2 and 5P), but also other space-borne sensors, with ground based instruments, was encouraged. We also welcomed contributions discussing the benefits (and pitfalls) of EO-derived products for end-users in their decision making process and recovery progress monitoring. The session shared current experiences, demonstrate benefits for populations and define best practice in EO for the DRM/DRR community. There were 30 abstracts received with 10 selected for orla presentation and 20 for poster presentation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://lps19.esa.int/NikalWebsitePortal/living-planet-symposium-2019/lps19/ExtraContent/ContentSubP...
 
Description Palu, Indonesia Landslide Tsunami Simulations. In AGU 2019 Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2019, pp. NH32A-02) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Schambach, L., Grilli, S.T., Tappin, D.R., Novellino, A., Bateson, L., Udrekh, U., Frederik, M.C. and Putra, P., 2019, December. September 28, 2019 Palu, Indonesia Landslide Tsunami Simulations. In AGU 2019 Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2019, pp. NH32A-02). Available Online.

Outcome: increased knowledge on the tsunami source mechanisms based on the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Panel Discussion (Oxford) - Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact In May 2019, I chaired a panel discussion on natural hazards at the University of Oxford. This was recorded and made available online.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://youtu.be/CDl4aWxcmg4
 
Description Panel Discussion - Geoscience and Society 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Approximately 50 participants attended the closing panel discussion at an international summit on 'geoscience and society' in Stockholm Sweden. I spoke on building good, equitable partnerships for development which sparked interest and a request for further information from stakeholders including academics and CEOs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://connect.agu.org/gss/home
 
Description Panelist at the Global earthquake Model Launch, Pavia, December 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Colm Jordan was a panelist at the 'Future directions' session of the Global Earthquake Model launch in Pavia, 2018. Public, private and academic organizations participated in the launch of data and methods that aim to enhance global disaster risk reduction strategies according to representatives of UNISDR and World Bank/GFDRR.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.globalquakemodel.org/gem2018-event-summary
 
Description Policy briefing on the potential for groundwater development in Africa written and distributed to 80 FCDO staff with an interest in water 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A summary of some recent groundwater research by the BGS which is relevant to Africa - particularly in the context of increasing abstraction for resilient drinking water or irrigation using solar or conventional energy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Presentation on hydrogeological mapping and data management, Government of West Bengal, India 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Approximately 20 staff from the Government of West Bengal attended a presentation on hydrogeological mapping and potential studies of recharge rates in coastal aquifers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Presentation to School Students at National Schools Geology Challenge 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Attended and judged the National Schools Geology Challenge, with schools from across the United Kingdom. I gave a presentation on the international work of the British Geological Survey, and what my job involves. This sparked discussion afterwards with students and teachers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/geochallenge
 
Description Presenting Geovisionary to Uniten 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited under the BGS-UNITEN MoU. Bruce Napier of BGS presented at a series of short workshops on how GeoVisionary as part of live monitoring of TNB(Malaysian National Electricity company) transmission network with an emphasis on geohazards and tree encroachment on transmission corridors.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Public Lecture - Disaster Risk Reduction 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact I gave two public lectures at the Geological Society of London, with a combined audience of approximately 320 people. The talks were also livestreamed, and made available as a video afterwards. The talk focused on disaster risk reduction and sustainable development. Both talks sparked discussion afterwards, with questions from the general public, academics and industry.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/GSL-Lecture-April
 
Description Public lecture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Invited lecture as part of the prestigious lecture series of the Geological Society of London. Two lectures deliverd on "The role of geosciences in International Development", recorded and available via website. Extensive question session and folow-up discussion after both presentations. Many people indicated that they appreciated teh new understanding of global agendas (SDG, Sendai etc) and how geoscience can contribute. Follow-up with researchers on tackling teh challenges of muti-cultural communication.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/Events/Public-Lectures-2018?pg=2
 
Description Quality measurements for scientific writing outputs 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The presentation was given as part of Watts' role as technical advisor to the FAO-UN Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN) on July 7th 2022. It was open to the global network of 1000 labs and also to members of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry. Approximately 80 attended online and recordings posted on the FAO website (URL below) and at www.segh.net for others to view.
The intention was to inform and in the long term to change attitudes and behaviours to quality in soil laboratory measurements, to improve confidence in them and subsequently the decisions made from measured data - e.g. soil carbon stocks and policies resulting from - sequestration, productivity. For Glosolan, this is part of a 10-year programme worldwide.

• Video recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH1s-2N5X5g
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/GSP/GLOSOLAN/Capacity_development/FAO_SEGH_-_Quality_measu...
 
Description Real-time indication of faecally contaminated drinking water with TLF [Invited lecture]. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact James P.R. Sorensen attended the Tryptophan Fluorescence Conference 2020, London, UK, 23 January 2020. Conference attended by UNICEF and post-meeting discussion with UNICEF. Real-time indication of faecally contaminated drinking water with TLF [Invited lecture].
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Real-time indication of faecally contaminated drinking water with fluorescence spectroscopy: towards understanding the causation [Poster]. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact James Sorensen and Richard Taylor. Real-time indication of faecally contaminated drinking water with fluorescence spectroscopy: towards understanding the causation [Poster]. AfWA, Kampala, Uganda, 24-27 February 2020.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Report of the First meeting of the African Soil Laboratory Network (AFRILAB) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact First AFRILAB meeting held in Nairobi Kenya on the 21st - 24th may 2019. The workshop was run for 4 days consisting of presentations and group works to introduce the network, assess the status of laboratories participating in the meeting, explain technical concepts related to laboratory analysis and data and methods harmonization, and to define the work plan of AFRILAB as well as its position in GLOSOLAN.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL http://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/glosolan/regional-soil-laboratory-networks/afrilab/en/
 
Description Report of the Second meeting of the African Soil Laboratory Network (AFRILAB) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 2nd AFRILAB virtual Meeting held in September & October 2020. 110 laboratory staff members from 28 African countries. Training session took place on 30th September. Great attention was paid to the actions taken by the laboratories that participated in the GLOSOLAN PT 2019 to improve their performance. Harmonisation of global soil laboratory methods.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL http://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/glosolan/regional-soil-laboratory-networks/afrilab/en/
 
Description Resilience of rural groundwater supplies to climate change. Invited Keynote talk at the SADC conference on Groundwater Management 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact McDonald, A. 2018 Resilience of rural groundwater supplies to climate change. Invited Keynote talk at the SADC conference on Groundwater Management
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL http://sadc-gmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Conference-Programme-and-Abstracts-Book.pdf
 
Description Rochelle C geothermal science opportunities contribution to workshop on 'Harnessing Volcanic and Geothermal Resources for Sustainable Development in the East African Rift' Naivasha, Kenya, 17-20 September 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A workshop focused on sharing knowledge of volcanic evolution and geothermal potential in the East African Rift. Organised by University of Oxford and Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Kenya. BGS ODA supported a contribution by C Rochelle in relation to identifying geothermal science research opportunities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description SEGH Manchester 2019 - Five-day Conference (1st-5th July 2019) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 35th International Conference on Geochemistry and Health 1-5th July 2019, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester UK. Talks for 6 themes covered: Urban wastelands: potential for enhancing urban resilience; Environmental change: impact on the environment & human health; New technologies; Environmental monitoring; Environmental health, and Sustainable nutrition and agriculture. Sessions were followed by 8 oral presentations (total of 48), with poster viewing sessions scheduled throughout th
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.mmu.ac.uk/segh-19/conference-themes-and-programme/
 
Description SEGHLive - Two-day Virtual Conference (29-30th June 2020) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact SEGHLive consisted of 29 speakers and over 98 audience members, approximately 30% of attendees were African. The event profiled the geochemistry research delivered via the BGS ODA Geoscience for Sustainable Futures programme to the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health. Presented to a global audience, the keynote delivered by Dr Mark Cave focused on the creation of spatial geochemical prediction mapping which is being developed into an interactive tool for local farmers, government, researchers, and additional stakeholders in Kenya. The evented was co-run by Dr Michael Watts and Dr Olivier Humphrey.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description SEGHLive 2 - Virtual Conference (9th February 2021) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact SEGHLive2 consisted of 23 speakers and over 70 audience members, approximately 30% of attendees were African. SEGHLive 2 facilitated presentations delivered by BGS and ODA partners to an international audience. The platform enables early career researchers (MSc and PhD) to present their work to members of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health. The evented was co-run by Dr Michael Watts and Dr Olivier Humphrey, with assistance from ODA partners at the University of Eldoret, Kenya.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description SEGHLive Early Career Researcher Virtual Event - Virtual Workshop (25th November 2020) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The international ECR workshop consisted of 20 ECRs, approximately 50% of attendees were African. SEGHLive ECR facilitated presentations delivered by experienced researchers to ODA partners.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Side Event at UN Science Forum 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Co-organised a side event at the UN Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the SDGs on 'Earth Science Education for Sustainable Development'. The event resulted in questions and discussion, new contacts between speakers and side event attendees, and changes in opinion on the importance of Earth science to sustainable development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/index.php?page=view&type=20000&nr=5471&menu=2993
 
Description Sixth meeting of the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The FAO-UN Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN) comprises 1000+ soil laboratories worldwide, fulfilling pillar 5 of the Global Soil Partnership to improve the reliability of measured data to inform policies for land use management. The meeting comprised of 80-150 people across the 3 days, with recordings available to account for time zones. Watts involvement as a member of the technical advisory committee was to discuss the Global Proficiency Testing programme for soil measurements organised by BGS and Christian Hartmann at IRD-France with 192 laboratories to test the behaviours, attitude and performance according to statistical tests to determine their approach to quality measurements. The follow-up, has helped to target further training to these groups, both online and directly, but also where to focus FAO-UN future investment into laboratory facilities to create regional hubs to support other labs within their countries and within their region e.g. West Africa.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022,2023
URL https://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/glosolan/en/
 
Description Stakeholder Workshop- Predictive Lake Water Chemistry Maps 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Stakeholder Virtual Workshop 14 December 2020.

Members of the Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Department of Fisheries, County Government of Kisumu, Department of Fisheries and Blue Economy (GoK), National Beach Management Network Lake Victoria (Kenya), Farm Africa, University of Eldoret (UoE), British Geological Survey (BGS) held a virtual -workshop to discuss a format for Winam Gulf (Lake Victoria) predictive chemistry maps. The primary objective was to see if the use of a predictive sediment spatial model (using the soil model as an example) could assist in Lake Management (ecology, environmental impacts) and the possible siting of future aquaculture cages? Questions looked at: what format is the Lake (and Gulf) water chemistry data stored in e.g. Excel, hard-copies? And is it accessible. Could the predictive data be used in a wider context with other counties i.e. national level: Uganda (National Fisheries Resources Research Institute (NaFIRRI) and Tanzania? There was a lot of interest in the predictive mapping and assisting in the management of the Lakes and Gulfs Ecosystem and Health.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Surveys and systems: the 'interdisciplinary' challenge 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited lecture to International conference on Resources for Future Generations, session of Future of Geological Surveys, Vancouver Canada
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Sustainable Development Priorities in Eastern Africa: International Cooperation and the Role of Geoscience. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Gill, JG, Mankelow JM and Mills K. 2018. Sustainable Development Priorities in Eastern Africa: International Cooperation and the Role of Geoscience. Abstract: Resourcing Future Generations Conference, Vancouver, CA.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description The Kamativi pegmatite: an opportunity for economic development in Zimbabwe? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Zimbabwe is a country that has the potential to benefit from renewed interest in mining especially for lithium. This presentation by Richard Shaw described research of Li-pegmatites in Zimbabwe which, by plugging geological knowledge gaps, might help improve exploration interest .
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description The impact of the 2015/2016 El Nino on rural water security in Ethiopia. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact The impact of the 2015/2016 El Nino on rural water security in Ethiopia. Proceedings of the 39th Annual Groundwater Conference 30 April - 1st May 2019, Tullamore, Ireland.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description The lithium sector in Zimbabwe - Stakeholder workshop (in person) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A workshop focussing on the potential for Zimbabwe to contribute to global lithium supply.
A report on the workshop was circulated to relevant stakeholders. Partnerships developed here underpinned one task within the subsequent LiFT project. It will also provide important information into the developing BGS report on the Li supply chain in Africa.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Third Meeting of the Global Soil Laboratory Network (GLOSOLAN), 28-30 October 2019, FAO HQ, Rome, Italy 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact International harmonization of soil laboratory methods, some 700+ labs worldwide, 120+ from Africa. Watts and Gowing technical advisors to FAO-UN for the Glosolan initiative. Delivery of training at 2nd (2018) and 3rd (2019) meetings, leading delegates in co-editing of laboratory protocols and design of inter-laboratory proficiency testing programmes within regions and globally. See publications for technical notes delivered to date.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://www.fao.org/global-soil-partnership/pillars-action/5-harmonization/glosolan/presentations-glo...
 
Description Training and review of capability, 3DKL Project Malaysia 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A BGS team visited JMG in Malaysia to present a series of lectures and workshops over two weeks to instruct JMG and partnership staff in how to enter data into geoscience databases, to interpret that data for 3D modelling , and to produce the first 3D model of Kuala Lumpur. The success of this workshop has led to a request by JMG for assistance in rolling out a wider geoscience database program to other Malaysian cities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Training course on geological interpretation and geological databases with GDGMV 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact BGS researchers visited Vietnam to lead a workshop on geological mapping and the development of geological databases. The workshop led to the adoption of the database and digital geoscience workflow for the proposed geological model of Hanoi, and also led to interest from GDGMV in applying the approach to other cities in Vietnam.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Training provided to researchers at University of Eldoret and Moi University, Kenya 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 1) Relating to geochemistry and health project, training given in field-lab quality assurance, data capture - first independent sampling undertaken in Jan-2019 by Kenyans as first test.
2) Annual training camp in Zambia supported by Royal Society-DFID project enabled Kenyan lab assistant to join 1-week lab training programme with network of lab scientists from Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Outcome: formation of a WhatsApp group to support one another in developing lab systems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Training provided to researchers from University of Eldoret 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact BGS researchers visited University of Eldoret in November 2019 to continue knowledge transfer and training skills workshop relating to geochemistry and health project, training given in both fieldwork sampling and laboratory skills which included quality assurance, data capture. Laboratory measurements and management systems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://britgeopeople.blogspot.com/2019/01/inorganic-geochemistry-in-kenya-part.html
 
Description Training provided to researchers from University of Eldoret and Moi University 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact BGS researchers visited University of Eldoret and Moi University to lead a training workshop in March 2019 relating to geochemistry and health project, training given in field-lab quality assurance, data capture - first independent sampling undertaken in Nov-2019 by Kenyans. Training in both field and lab skills and quality assurance for laboratory measurements and management systems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://britgeopeople.blogspot.com/2019/03/capacity-strengthening-in-field.html
 
Description Training workshop, March 2019. Visit of Vietnamese and Malaysian Scientists to the UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A 10 day programme of meetings, lectures and fieldwork intended to introduce partners from JMG Malaysia and GDGMV of Vietnam to concepts in urban geoscience with a specific focus on the data collection and data processing required to develop effective geological models and thematic maps.8 staff from Malaysia and Vietnam visited the UK, with participation of circa 15 UK staff in portions of the activity. The workshop was divided into office based introductions to the databases and digital systems that underpin 3D geological model production at the BGS and fieldwork activity in Nottingham, York and Edinburgh designed to illustrate key concepts in field mapping in an urban environment.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description UNESCO African groundwater mapping working group 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact UNESCO African groundwater mapping working group. 23 - 24 May 2019. Invited and contributed to African groundwater mapping workshop in UNESCO with BRGM, BGR, IGRAC. This high level workshop brought together those involved in mapping groundwater in Africa to develop a coordinated plan to work together. A draft map has been prepared for West Africa drawing on each of the partners own mapping resources.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description UPGro Hidden Crisis 3rd Project Workshop Meeting Report, Kampala, Uganda, 5-8 February 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Senior government officials participated in week long conference in Uganda discussing ways to improve the sustainability of rural water supply. BGS ODA programme provided funding for UK researcher contribution.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Understanding Stresses on Urban Groundwater Systems 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Attended by 20 delegates including government representatives and academia, the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology hosted a workshop that saw presentations by Vietnamese and UK scientists on groundwater and its interaction with the natural and built environments in urban
Outcome: The participants agreed a project framework for a proposed in-depth study of the Ho Chi Minh groundwater system from a stressors perspective, subject to identifying funding.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Urban Geology of Kuala Lumpur 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact organised by BGS in collaboration with JMG and Newton-Ungku Omar Fund Project Partners, atteded by 60 participants from various local agencies to share knowledge and discuss current issues on the subsurface geology for future development of Kuala Lumpur. The attendees included researchers from JMG, Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), University of Malaya (UM), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN), University of Nottingham Malaysia, Public Works Department (JKR), PlanMalaysia, Selangor Housing and Real Property Board.
Outcome: This workshop defined the scope of the proposed 3DKl study, and led to formal agreements for partnership, data sharing and joint project development between Malaysian agencies.
This was followed by 1 day JMG hosted workshop to develop the Digital Data Workflows, data systems and processes required to develop world leading geoscience research for planners and industry consultants within the Kuala Lumpur Urban.
Outcome: scoping study of the existing digital system in use by JMG.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Urban Geology, Malaysia 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 2 day workshop and lecture series delivered by BGS researchers and attended by 50 staff from JMG central and regional offices, MRT, DBKL as well as officials from Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar. Outcome: Attendees were provided with an overview of modern urban geoscience, and considered the applicability of the methodologies proposed within their own cities.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Urban geology workshop, Shanghai, China 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Invited presentation at regional workshop on urban geology hosted by the China Geological Survey in June 2019. Outcome - agreement to establish a research network linking UK/Europe and S&E Asia to develop new research field with application to urbanisation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Virtual training in digital geoscience workflow, Vietnam 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Training conducted virtually over a period of 21 days with BGS team members and GDGMV staff to develop confidence in data aquisitionand processsing using the digital geoscience workflow and associated geological modelling tools
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Visit by researchers from Department of Groundwater Resources, Thailand 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A delegation, led by the Director General of the Department of Groundwater, with colleagues from the Ministry visited the UK at the invitation of BEIS to review water management in the UK, with a specific focus on Aquifer Storage and Recovery and Urban Geoscience. The delegation visited the Thames Tideway Tunnel offices, BGS Keyworth ,BGS Wallingford and Mott MacDonalds and payed a field visit to a major ASR scheme. The delegation were particularly interested in data management and in regulatory issues, and followed up the visit with requests for copies ofg publications, as well as discussing areas of potential UK/Thailand collaboration.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Visit by researchers from GDGMV and MONRE to the UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A 7 person delegation from GDGMV (project partner in Vietnam) and the Ministry of Natural Resources (MONRE) visited the UK to discuss the current research partnership and to explore ways in which collaboration could develop in the future. MONRE play an important role in the wider environmental sector in Vietnam, so their participation was important.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description WaterAid staff from Malawi, Ethiopia and Uganda invited to the UK to participate in BGS led workshop on the functionality of handpumps 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact WaterAid staff from Malawi, Ethiopia and Uganda invited to the UK to participate in BGS led workshop on the functionality of handpumps.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Workshop - Potential for lithium to contribute to Zimbabwe's economy - Harare 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Kathryn Goodenough summarised BGS work under the ODA and DFID P4D programmes and also some of the BGS research on Li pegmatites. Several participants from operating mines and exploration companies presented on their work in the area, followed by extensive discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Workshop exploring linkages between humanitarian shelter geoscience and humanitarian shelter (online) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This meeting brought together representatives from the geoscience and humanitarian communities as a starting point for a longer conversation around how the two sectors could work together. This was initiated by a realisation that the humanitarian cluster for event response and building back better was unaware of the information that geoscience could provide. The event had practical presentations from geoscientists on event response and mitigation, from the shelter community on their requirements, and from scientists in the global South who highlighted the situation in countries such as Nepal.
Led to multidisciplinary proposal to the British Academy's Knowledge Frontiers call (led by BGS) involving physical scientists, humanitarian practitioners and disaster researchers from the UK, France and Nepal.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Workshop on volcano monitoring infrastructure on the ground and in space. 18-24 Feb 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Participants: S. Loughlin on organising committee and presenting. 100+ attendees worldwide on each day. BGS staff attended as o-t-j training.
Outcomes: Aiming to build network and enhanced capabilities worldwide. Database of volcano monitoring to be hosted at WOVOdat (Philippines). Plans for enhanced networking across existing initiatives and plans for community global reporting for GAR22.
Impacts: Strengthening networking and identifying capacity building needs with scientists worldwide; increased understanding and awareness of volcano observatory needs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021