BGS Geoscience to tackle global environmental challenges
Lead Research Organisation:
British Geological Survey
Department Name: BGS Global
Abstract
Global environmental challenges will be the focus of BGS' research, specifically: strengthening adaptation and resilience to geological hazards and climate change; security and sustainability of resource supply chains; and reduction in risk to urban and rural infrastructure. These are highly complex interconnected issues, all underpinned by the geosciences, and with an international collaborative approach the proposed research can play a role in tackling them.
Our programme will be organised and managed around three interlinked Research and Innovation Challenges (RICs) representing the global environmental challenges above:
RIC 1: Living in multi-hazard environments
RIC 2: Resources for the future
RIC 3: Land use change
Key to success is research co-designed and delivered via equitable partnerships established from both the ODA-NC programme and wider BGS international network of projects. Broadening the international scope enables us to employ UK research expertise in partnerships that best demonstrate the potential to translate research outcomes to additional global settings (Geoscientific knowledge as a Global Public Good). To facilitate this translation and to build-in opportunities for inter-connectivity of projects across the programme, we have framed the RICs to work in three key contexts to realise maximum benefit: (1) The urbanising world, representing areas experiencing rapid urbanisation, (2) Resource research emerging economies, representing countries essential to the global supply chain for minerals, energy and food, and (3) Communities on the climate change frontline, where effects will be most impactful or represent scenarios translatable to other parts of the world.
BGS has extensive experience in geological multi-hazards research and support for national emergency response organisations. In RIC 1 we will (a) develop new methods for characterising, monitoring and forecasting hazards, both natural and anthropogenic, (b) undertake research into hazards and their impacts in multi-hazard locations including Indonesia, the Philippines and the UK Overseas Territories, and (c) investigate how geoscience knowledge and expertise supports disaster preparedness, response and recovery worldwide and how this can be improved.
Geoscience is key to ensuring the sustainable supply of raw materials required to reach net zero, to continue global economic and social development and, along with the supply of food and water resources, to sustain and promote equitable development. Our RIC 2 research will focus on sub-Saharan Africa, the Li-Triangle in South America, and the Philippines. It will: (a) leverage BGS expertise in global raw material supply chain/circular economy research in critical and energy transition raw materials, raw materials for rapid urbanisation and trade-offs associated with mineral waste, (b) develop the geological model structures to facilitate the development of geothermal energy in LMICs, and requirements for sub-surface storage of CO2, and (c) inform strategies for the sustainable use of biophysical resources for food production and utilisation of water resources, for mitigation of environmental degradation and improve supply resilience to support population growth and climate change.
Sustainable land management and climate change adaptation research in RIC 3 will work in south and south east Asia, Mexico and east Africa to investigate: (a) climate and anthropogenic pressures on climate and anthropogenic pressures on soil and water quality and quantity; (b) geoscience solutions for sustainable land management to improve agricultural and groundwater resilience; and (c) urban geohazards which are compounded by rapid expansion, and mitigations to increase resilience to these pressures and from climate change impacts.
Our programme will be organised and managed around three interlinked Research and Innovation Challenges (RICs) representing the global environmental challenges above:
RIC 1: Living in multi-hazard environments
RIC 2: Resources for the future
RIC 3: Land use change
Key to success is research co-designed and delivered via equitable partnerships established from both the ODA-NC programme and wider BGS international network of projects. Broadening the international scope enables us to employ UK research expertise in partnerships that best demonstrate the potential to translate research outcomes to additional global settings (Geoscientific knowledge as a Global Public Good). To facilitate this translation and to build-in opportunities for inter-connectivity of projects across the programme, we have framed the RICs to work in three key contexts to realise maximum benefit: (1) The urbanising world, representing areas experiencing rapid urbanisation, (2) Resource research emerging economies, representing countries essential to the global supply chain for minerals, energy and food, and (3) Communities on the climate change frontline, where effects will be most impactful or represent scenarios translatable to other parts of the world.
BGS has extensive experience in geological multi-hazards research and support for national emergency response organisations. In RIC 1 we will (a) develop new methods for characterising, monitoring and forecasting hazards, both natural and anthropogenic, (b) undertake research into hazards and their impacts in multi-hazard locations including Indonesia, the Philippines and the UK Overseas Territories, and (c) investigate how geoscience knowledge and expertise supports disaster preparedness, response and recovery worldwide and how this can be improved.
Geoscience is key to ensuring the sustainable supply of raw materials required to reach net zero, to continue global economic and social development and, along with the supply of food and water resources, to sustain and promote equitable development. Our RIC 2 research will focus on sub-Saharan Africa, the Li-Triangle in South America, and the Philippines. It will: (a) leverage BGS expertise in global raw material supply chain/circular economy research in critical and energy transition raw materials, raw materials for rapid urbanisation and trade-offs associated with mineral waste, (b) develop the geological model structures to facilitate the development of geothermal energy in LMICs, and requirements for sub-surface storage of CO2, and (c) inform strategies for the sustainable use of biophysical resources for food production and utilisation of water resources, for mitigation of environmental degradation and improve supply resilience to support population growth and climate change.
Sustainable land management and climate change adaptation research in RIC 3 will work in south and south east Asia, Mexico and east Africa to investigate: (a) climate and anthropogenic pressures on climate and anthropogenic pressures on soil and water quality and quantity; (b) geoscience solutions for sustainable land management to improve agricultural and groundwater resilience; and (c) urban geohazards which are compounded by rapid expansion, and mitigations to increase resilience to these pressures and from climate change impacts.
Organisations
Publications
Arnhardt, C
(2022)
Landslide early warning systems (LEWS).
Baron H
(2023)
Improving the representation of groundwater processes in a large-scale water resources model
in Hydrological Sciences Journal
Bateson L
(2023)
Urban development induced subsidence in deltaic environments: A case study in Hanoi, Vietnam
in International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
Bateson, L
(2022)
Subsidence in Hanoi, Vietnam: is it all due to groundwater abstraction?
Belay A
(2023)
Micronutrients and socio-demographic factors were major predictors of anaemia among the Ethiopian population.
in The British journal of nutrition
Bianchi M
(2023)
Assessing regional variation in yield from weathered basement aquifers in West Africa and modelling their future groundwater development and sustainability
in Hydrogeology Journal
Bide T
(2023)
A bottom-up building stock quantification methodology for construction minerals using Earth Observation. The case of Hanoi
in Cleaner Environmental Systems
| Title | "We are all Tributaries": a participatory art engagement workshop at Metro Manila, Philippines. 16/02/2023 |
| Description | Workshop developed by Nicole Archer/Manley (BGS, UK) with Aileen Guzman from the Environmental Science Department, School of Science and Engineering in Ateneo de Manila University. The workshop invited two groups of final year Environmental Science BSc students from Ateneo de Manila to participate in a creative activity as part of the Living with Water Exhibition in the Doreen Blackbox, Areté, Ateneo de Manila. For this creative activity the students were asked a few days before the creative activity to: • Think about being a tributary and how water is diverted from the natural hydrological system to create our own human hydrological system. • Take or find an image that relates to how they think they are a human tributary that is interconnected with the natural hydrological system. • When they were happy with their image, to print it out in whatever way was possible for them. Before taking part in the creative activity, all students were given an information sheet and consent form outlining the activity explaining what they would be doing during and how any personal data would be stored after the activity, as part of a research project. Any questions they had were answered before beginning the activity. At the beginning of the creative activity each student was asked to take time to look at the 'Living with Water" exhibition, where they then ended in Space three: a space where there were tables and chairs that formed a space for active engagement. The students then sat around a magnetic map that showed a natural river system that begins in the mountains and ends in the sea and three different human made hydrological systems. They were then asked to describe the image they brought and explain why they brought their image. The discussion was then to talk about experience and different kinds of knowledge that creates understanding that is important to interpreting important aspects for environmental science. 38 BSc Environmental Science third year students from Ateneo de Manila University attended. The purpose was to think about different kinds of knowledge, i.e knowledge that comes from experience and observed knowledge relating to science that are important in understanding environmental problems. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Outcomes of the workshop Student feedback After the workshop several students spoke very positively to Nicole Archer/Manley about how they enjoyed the workshop. One student wanted to know how they could continue using creative practice in environmental science. Generally, the view was very positive, in that they really enjoyed the workshop and for many of them it was the first time they had experienced a workshop of this kind. As they were on of the group of students who joined the university during the pandemic, it was the first time they had got together and experienced what it is like to be part of a workshop. It also helped them to think about their projects and what they can do for their research projects, and how they can be creative, when thinking about their research when getting data. They are used to getting data from secondary sources, whereas the discussion was focused on attaining primary data. It was also new for them to understand they can gather data from narratives, or from drawings as experienced in the workshop. The images discussed during the workshop showed that the students understood the task they were given and were proactive in understanding many complex issues about water, environment and aspects about the human management of water and also how the human is interconnected with water. This kind of workshop could be created to teach teaching student ways to interpret environmental complexity relating to environmental problems. Further outcome As there was such positive student feedback, a new inter-disciplinary elective called Environmental Interpretation is now being co-developed by the Environmental Science Department in Ateneo de Manila and BGS. There is a paper in the process of being written between Environmental Science Department in Ateneo de Manila and BGS. |
| Title | Living with Water: An exhibition. Doreen Black Box Theater, Arete, Ateneo Art Gallery, Metro Manila, Philippines. 14 to 18 Feb 2023 |
| Description | This exhibition is the outcome and of a creative practice research, supported by the Sandbox Residency of Areté, the Royal Society Challenges Research Fund, UK, SC Johnson, the Ateneo Research Institute for Science and Engineering (ARISE), the School of Science and Engineering (SOSE), the Department of Environmental Science, the Vietnam National University, the British Geological Survey (UK) and Queen Margaret University (UK). The purpose of the study was to bring together researchers working in multi-hazards and resilience, in three countries: the Philippines, Vietnam and the UK, to share and compare their cultural experiences of flooding rivers to form different viewpoints to accompany their research in disaster alleviation. Often researchers, policy and decision makers who work with problems associated to natural disasters have never experienced for themselves the moment of a natural disaster, yet their work influences guidelines, frameworks, policies, and decisions relating to these disasters. Viewing natural disasters with a purely objective approach forms a positional relationship of the researcher, policy, or decision maker as being on the "outside" of the occurring natural disaster. Only knowledge formed through subjective experience can create a viewpoint for understanding disasters from a position of known experience. Experiences cannot be objectified, as they are difficult to describe, but they provide important local knowledge in terms of being resilient, maintaining social empathy, being creative and many other qualities which are shown in this exhibition. This exhibition was created to form a subjective experience as a journey through three different spaces to reflect upon the importance of experience: Space 1 is an introduction to three rivers in three countries: Vietnam, the Philippines and the UK. Space 2 is an installation providing extracts of people's experiences of flooding relating to the introduced rivers in Space 1. Space 3 is a space where we can learn from one another's cultures and experiences and think about how we could become more resilient to living with rivers. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | There is a website about the exhibition: https://www.living-with-water.org/ and there is an on-line publication that is being printed as a hard copy and will be distributed to national and international libraries. The online link is: https://indd.adobe.com/view/a63d7fa4-8b29-4914-85b5-7f66b93b477 A film is currently being made of the exhibition. Outcomes: 1) The exhibition gave people the space to reflect upon their own experiences of flooding in their local area. 2) A virtual space became the repository of various types of knowledge, which are normally not associated to scientific projects. Some of these were: non-scientific work that has been done in the Philippines that has helped relating to flooding, cultural attitudes relating to flooding that are not easy to express, ways in which people live during flooding. 3) The exhibition brought together people from many different disciplines, including many people working in science and other disciplines who had never been to the art gallery. They came to see the exhibition as it was widely advertised and were curious to know about an exhibition that brought together environmental science and art, even though they knew very little about art. Around 300 people came to the exhibition over 4 days. 5) The engaged participatory art allowed ideas to develop a program that uses the idea "Living with Water". The aim would be to influence water policy in the Philippines, where the policy takes on board that water functions beyond administrative boarders and needs to be understood as a holistic, dynamic continuation, where administrations work together depending on the dynamics of rivers. This idea is now being developed for further funding proposals for BGS to work in the Philippines. 6) A paper is being written about the exhibition and how it transformed ways of perceiving rivers in an urbanized context to form ways to improve flood resilience. |
| URL | https://www.living-with-water.org/ |
| Description | Overall, the programme has achieved its initial objectives in year 1 to evolve existing and develop new partnerships through stakeholder workshops, reviews of innovation development, data gathering, fieldwork campaigns and beginning to leverage aligned funding. Many of these activities are evidenced as outputs, particularly for stakeholder workshop reports, collaborative fieldwork and funding opportunities, all of which, have strengthened the diverse partnerships which the programme relies upon. Line of sight for pathways to impact have been refined for each of the project activities, identifying when necessary where additional partners need to be recruited to ensure excellent research is used by practitioners or decision makers. Stakeholders involved in this process range from community level engagement to academia, practitioner and decision makers at a local and national level, alongside broader multi-lateral engagement. For example, CCOP, UNICEF, FAO-UN, African Ministers Council for Water. |
| Exploitation Route | It is year 1, and therefore the progress to date has largely been about setting the foundation for the full 4-year programme to have line of site for pathways to impact. Our logframe has captured ongoing progress and will define the narratives for each project to help guide the specific partnership arrangements across the 38 project activities around the world. The so called 'others' in the question, include the community representatives, academia, practitioners, decision makers at national scale and multi-lateral organisations. All, involved in the co-design of activities to ensure excellent research can be applied to tackling global environmental challenges. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Energy,Environment |
| Description | The project was broad in scope and reported via the quarterly NERC reporting requirements. We provide here one example of uptake of findings generated from the ODA programme have been used in a wider setting to demonstrate an impactful outcome. In 2022, BGS coauthored a UN World Water Development report 'Groundwater Making the visible invisible' https://www.unwater.org/publications/un-world-water-development-report-2022/, built out from previous ODA work which supported a number of other groundwater resilience initiatives: An African Ministers Council for Water (AMCOW) White paper on groundwater in Africa which was launched at the World Water Forum in Dakar in March 2022; a new hydrogeological map for West Africa - published in March 2022 at the World Water Forum in Dakar along with a digital dataset. A high resolution copy is available on NORA and include new work by the IGRD programme on aquifer yields https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532446/. Overall, this example demonstrates how research and capacity strengthening outputs and building of networks were incorporated into high level policy international guidance documents for the United Nations. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2022 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Environment |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Description | Assessing geochemical controls on the soil-crop-health nexus in western Kenya |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | E22-2433041908 |
| Organisation | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Dietary and environmental influence on the incidence of micronutrient deficiencies and related diseases in East Africa |
| Amount | £35,500 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AREF-325-ONYA-F- C0918 |
| Organisation | University of Kabianga |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | Kenya |
| Start | 08/2022 |
| End | 07/2023 |
| 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 | 04/2022 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| 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 |
| Description | "Graphite in Africa: Carbon for Decarbonisation" Clive Mitchel (16/11/22). The Mining Show 2022, Dubai Festival Arena, Dubai, UAE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Clive Mitchell (BGS) presented, "Graphite in Africa: Carbon for Decarbonisation" (16/11/22). Attendance at The Mining Show 2022 in Dubai, UAE was important to maintain contact with key research collaborators and make new contacts with potential research collaborators in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Wide range of participatig organisations including: BGS, UK (for graphite research project), Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure (UAE), Ministry of Economy (UAE), Fujairah Natural Resources Corporation (UAE), Ministry of Energy & Mine (Eritrea), Mining & Minerals (Georgia), Mawarid Mining (Oman), Angleo American (South Africa), Najran University (Saudi Arabia), Montero Mining & Exploration (South Africa), Zambian Institute of Earth Sciences, Andiamo Exploration (UK), Ministry of MInes & Minerals Development (Zambia), Saudi Geological Survey, DRA Global (Zimbabwe), Roxia (Finland), National Resources Ltd (Pakistan), West African Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petrleum (Ghana), Arab Potash (Jordan), Council for Geoscience (South Africa), RIDA Group (Sudan), Plus many mining exploration, service and supply companies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/mining-show/index.stm |
| Description | 'Graphite in Africa: Carbon for Decarbonisation' talk given by Clive Mitchell at the 10th Zambia International Mining and Energy Conference and exhibition (ZIMEC) 01 - 02/11/2022. Edgar Chagwa Lungu Convention Centre, Garden Court Hotel in Kitwe, Zambia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Clive Mitchell gave a presentation at the 10th Zambia International Mining and Energy Conference and exhibition, "Graphite in Africa: Carbon for Decarbonisation" which highlighted the dramatic increase in exploration for, and production of, flake graphite in eastern Africa and drew attention to the presence of the largely unexplored flake graphite resources in Zambia. Attendance was pivotal in re-establishing contact with key research collaboration partners at the Zambian Geological Survey Department (GSD) and School of Mines, Universty of Zambia (UNZA). Wide number of organisation present at the conference (from Zambia unless otherwise stated) including: Ministry of Mines & Minerals Development, Ministry of Energy, First Quantum Minerals Ltd, Konkola Copper Mines PLC, Chamber of Mines, Zambia Revenue Authority, Energy Regulation Board, Association for Zambian Women in Mining, UK Department for International Trade, KPMG Zambia, Zambia Development Agency, Minerals Africa Development Agency, ZESCO, African Trade Insurance Agency, Ministry of Transport & Logisitics, Goviex, Geological Survey Department, Rio Tinto Exploration Zambia, Standard Bank Group, European Union representative in Zambia, Metso Outotec (Finland), University of Zambia, Copperbelt University, Kagem Mining Ltd, Kariba Mines. BGS, UK (for the BGS graphite research project) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534022/ |
| Description | 'How Groundwater changes lives'. UNESCO headquarters Paris and Online. 06/12/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | BGS developed a photo competition on the subject How Groundwater changes lives. The results were presented at a side event at the UN Groundwater Summit, and also online. It was well attended, with much positive feedback and dsicussion after the event https://youtu.be/ot8MTN3hGBo?t=26795 - also a photo log will be available on the BGS website from 22 March 2023 Attendees included: IAH, BGS, UNESCO, IGRAC. Water practitioners and policy makers from across the world. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | 'The resilience of groundwater to change in the Indo Gangetic Basin'. Popular Talk Series, International Association of Hydrogeologists, India. Online. 23/02/2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Alan MacDonald gave a an online talk for 40 minutes on groundwater and climate change in northern India, followed by questions for 30 minutes. There was much discussion afterwards with several people following up with further questions. https://videos.files.wordpress.com/AfHCGyQd/popular-talk-alan-macdonald-edited.mp4 The audience was made up of groundwater practitioners from across India, including government, industry, NGOs and academia. Seventy people were online, and more may have watched the recording. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://videos.files.wordpress.com/AfHCGyQd/popular-talk-alan-macdonald-edited.mp4 |
| Description | A McKenzie. 2022. Groundwater flooding - understanding and prediction. The 2022 International Symposium on Resilient and Sustainable Cities &The 22nd Annual General Meeting of UK-CARE. 07/12/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Online participants 300, also talks were broadcast to around 5,000 students. https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534011 and https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lgEuBMt5JjY3p7wEL42Aew |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534011 |
| Description | A Payo. 2022. BGS Coast & Estuaries Geohazards research. The 2022 International Symposium on Resilient and Sustainable Cities &The 22nd Annual General Meeting of UK-CARE. 07/12/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Online participants 300, also talks were broadcast to around 5,000 students. https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534012 and https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lgEuBMt5JjY3p7wEL42Aew |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534012 |
| Description | Andrew McKenzie, Nikki Smith, Stephanie Bricker. Urban geoscience digital workflows, their contribution to understanding the geology of cities in Europe and Asia. 58th CCOP Annual Session, 9 - 12 October 2022, Bandung, Indonesia. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk given during thematic session with technical presentations on 'Renewable and Mixed Energy', 'Critical Minerals' and 'Geohazard and Urban Geology' (BGS gave two presentations). Participants were from multiple countries in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP Member countries) and cooperating countries in Europe and North America. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihARspcdbQA; https://ccop.asia/event/101; |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihARspcdbQA |
| Description | Annie Winson, Mel Duncan, Luz Ramos Cabrera and Mylene Marinez-Villega. 2022. [Poster] Mount Pinatubo: a case study of a multi-hazard network. UK Alliance For Disaster Research. Edinburgh. 7th - 8th December 2022. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | BGS staff presented a poster at the conference. Participants included BGS, UK and PHIVOLCS, Philippines. https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534054 Abstract available on Page 44 ('Conference Programme') - link here: http://www.ukadr.org/conference2022.html |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534054 |
| Description | Arnhardt, C., Banks, V.J., Lee, K.A., Nedumpallile-Vasu, N., Williams, C. 2023. Landslide susceptibility modelling in a changing climate. Accelerating Climate Adaptation Action through Science workshop, Climate Disaster Risk Management; Flood and Landslide session. Intercontinental Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 23/02/2023. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | FCDO hosted BHC KL: Accelerating Climate Adaptation Action through Science Venue; Intercontinental KL Follow up email request to continue collaborating on landslide research Participants included: FCDO (British High Commissioner), UK Science and Innovation Network, SEADPRI, Department of Mineral and Geoscience Malaysia (JMG), Institute of Geology Malaysia, Met UK, UK Met Office, Met Malaysia, JBA Singapore, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Department of Irrigation and Drainage, University of Aberdeen, Durham University, University of Leeds |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Article 'Repeat landslides in Munnar: expert team begins study.' The Hindu. 22/11/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A newspaper article was written about the joint field-based engagement activity with IGRD project partners and stakeholder in Munnar, Idukki district, Kerala state, India. 22 to 25 Nov 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/repeat-landslides-in-munnar-expert-team-begins-study/a... |
| Description | Attendance of 20th WMO Met Operations Group and ICAO Advisory group for volcanic science applications as an invited expert. Rotura, New Zealand 7 to 10 Feb 2023 |
| 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 | BGS Attended policy discussions around future plans for operational response for civil aviation to volcanic ash hazard. Discussions included international policy makers. Attendees included: WMO, ICAO, FAA, ESA, USGS, Volcanic ash advisory centres (Buenos Aires, Darwin, Washington, Wellington, London, Tokyo, Toulouse, Montreal), Advisory group for Volcanic Science Applications |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://community.wmo.int/en/activity-areas/aviation/governance/ag-vsa |
| Description | B Brauns, S Chandra, D J Lapworth, A M MacDonald, A A McKenzie, M Sekhar, V Srinivasan , A Thankachan. 2022. Agricultural pollutants and other emerging contaminants in urban groundwaters and their use in tracing to recharge sources. The 2022 International Symposium on Resilient and Sustainable Cities &The 22nd Annual General Meeting of UK-CARE. 07/12/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Online participants 300, also talks were broadcast to around 5,000 students. https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534010 and https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lgEuBMt5JjY3p7wEL42Aew |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534010 |
| Description | BGS attendance at the IAVCEI conference. Rotorua conference centre, New Zealand. 30/01/2023 to 03/02/2023 |
| 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 | Attendance of the IAVCEI conference. BGS organised and led numerous discussions with representatives from other institutions (e.g. USGS, VDAP, Smithsonian) on global data and best practice for hazard analysis. Representatives from numerous institutions worldwide including BGS, USGS, GNS, VDAP, Smithsonian, WMO |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://confer.eventsair.com/iavcei2023/ |
| Description | BGS engagement with stakeholders, Bandung, Indonesia 03 - 05/10/2022 |
| 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 | Over 3 days we held detailed discussions, with key organisations and institutions. We talked about geohazards research and monitoring challenges in Indonesia and discussed the opportunities for working together. We initially spoke with each organisation individually, but then brought them all together for a round table discussion (see separate entry). Participants were all from Bandung city, but they are practitioners who work across the country UK: - BGS Indonesia: - Resilience Development Initiative (RDI) - Padjadjaran University (UNPAD) - Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (CVGHM) - Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) - Indonesia Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BGS meeting with Tourism Selangor and JMG to discuss new urban geoparks in Kuala Lumpur. 04/10/2022. |
| 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 participants are principally based in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor State, but JMG have a national remit, the HQ just happens to be near Kuala Lumpur A follow up meeting proposed on 07/11/22 between BGS and tourism Selangor at the World Travel Market in London. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BGS meeting with UNITEN and IGM to discuss potential collaboration on IGRD programme. 03/10/2022 |
| 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 participating organizations: BGS, UNITEN and Institute of Geology Malaysia (IGM). Follow up meeting proposed on 07/10/22 between BGS and UNITEN |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BGS meeting with UNITEN and IGM to discuss potential collaboration on IGRD programme. 06/10/2022. |
| 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 | Participants were principally based in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor State, but JMG have a national remit, the HQ just happens to be near Kuala Lumpur. JMG agreed to work with BGS to develop and MOU to include collaboration on the IGRD project; follow up meeting with BGS colleagues in January 2023 on sand mining |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BGS meeting with UniTEN. 12/12/2022. |
| 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 | A working meeting where we introduced our project and aims, showed previous examples, UniTEN also showed some of there work. We then discussed areas of Malaysia where subsidence was a known issue and where might be suitable study sites for future collaborations. Meeting was at BGS Keyworth site, UK. University Tenaga Nasional are the University of the National power company, they are staffed by scientists, those visiting were experts in EO and GIS. Rasyikin Binti Roslan Head of Unit Business Development.. Dr Badariah Solemon Head of Unit Consultancy and Commercialisation, Dr R Irvan Sophian Engineering Geologist and Dr Norsyafina Roslan a senior lecturer from University Kebangsaan Malaysia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BGS visit to partners in the Philippines. 26/09/2022 to 30/01/2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | A week long visit to Manila to meet with stakeholders and partners. Meetings with PHIVOLCS partners involved agreeing case studies for the project, discuss MOU and develop ideas for research grant proposals. Visited University of the Philippines: Diliman, Manila, Philippines. All attendees were from Manila but many are responsible for geological work all over the Philippines Attendees from: BGS, UK Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Philippines Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of the Philippines Resilience Institute, University of the Philippines, Diliman |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | BGS/IDP/UNPAD Indonesia Geohazards Workshop at UNPAD University, Bandung, Indonesia |
| 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 | Workshop to introduce BGS to IDP and UNPAD. Shared research ideas, interest in working together, interest in BGS supervising students. Attendees were from across Indonesia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Boracay Island Schools, Phillipines. Groundwater Education workshop 07/02/2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Approximately 30 local students, predominantly primary school age, attended an outdoors session on groundwater and the environment. The session involved practical demonstrations of basic hydrogeological concepts, and discussion of local environmental issues and actions that could be taken to protect water resources. The event took place at Nabaoy River, Philippines. Participants also from: BGS, Ateneo de Manila University, National Water Resources Board |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Brauns, Bentje; Chandra, Subhash S; Lapworth, Dan L ; MacDonald, Alan M ; McKenzie, Andrew A; Sekhar, Muddu; Srinivasan, Veena; Thankachan, Amritha, eds. 2023 Emerging contaminants in groundwaters and their relation to recharge sources in Bengaluru City, Karnataka, India. [Lecture] In: UNESCO-IWRA Online Conference "Emerging Pollutants: Protecting Water Quality for the Health of People and the Environment", Online, 17-19 Jan 2023. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Conference presentation with Q&A session international online audience (no detailed information on attendees available) Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Karnataka, Ramanagara, Karnataka 562159, India Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560064, India (ATREE) University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001, India Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India (IISc) BGS - Bentje Brauns, Alan MacDonald, Dan Lapworth, Andrew McKenzie Government of Karnataka - Subhash Chandra ATREE - Veena Srinivasan University of Bangalore - Amritha Thankachan IISc- Muddu Sekhar https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534038 and https://iwraonlineconference.org/recordings-23/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534038 |
| Description | CCOP-KIGAM Urban Geology Workshop: Urban Geology Technology Sharing for Sustainable Cities in East and Southeast Asia. 20-22 September 2022, Singapore |
| 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 objectives of the workshop were to: share knowledge between participants on the application of science and technology for urban geology; and discuss possibilities for future collaboration. The workshop is part of a CCOP-KIGAM initiative to develop a CCOP urban geology expert group and create greater interest in the application of urban geology within CCOP countries. BGS facilitated one of the breakout group discussions on collaboration. A field trip was also organised to look at different aspects of urban planning and management in Singapore including master planning, heritage preservation, flood management and land reclamation. One of the main outcomes was networking and partnership development between individuals and organisations in E and SE Asia with an interest in Urban Geoscience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ccop.asia/news/109 |
| Description | CCOP-RCUG Symposium: Resilient and Sustainable Cities (Virtual event) 6 - 8 Dec 2022 |
| 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 | BGS were Members of the organising committee (including the vice president), convened sessions and gave seven presentations. Purpose of the symposium was knowledge exchange on topics related to city resilience: Urban Geological Surveying and its Application; multidisciplinary methods in exploration, evaluation and planning of underground space; coastal zone ecological protection, restoration and disaster risk reduction; smart cities responding to extreme situations; interdisciplinary methods for handling agriculture diffuse water pollution while achieving food security; control remediation and safe development of contaminated land in urban areas. There was also a session for postgrads on scientific writing and planning. Working groups to be formed after the symposium to discuss collaboration, including specific proposals for RCUG. Online participants 300, also talks were broadcast to around 5,000 students Participants: BGS, UK; CCOP-CGS Research Center for Urban Geology (RCUG), China; UK-CARE, UK; Chinese Embassy, UK; UKRI, UK; China Geological Survey, China; Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, China; Tongji University, China; UK Royal Academy of Engineering, UK; Zheijiang Normal University, China; Tsinghua University, China; Wuhan Zondy Cyber Science, China; Beihang University, China; Nanjing University, China; Institute of Geology and Geophysics, China; Chengdu University of Technology; Institute of Geophysics, China; Hefei University of Technology, China; Whenzou University; Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, China; Tianjn Geological Research and Marine Geology Centre, China; CCCC First Harbor Consultants, China; China Institute of Water and Hydropower Research, China; University of Hull, UK; Imperial College, UK; Loughborough University, UK: University of Leeds, UK; National Disaster Risk Reduction Centre, China; Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources, China; National Institute of Natural Hazards, China; Cranfield University, UK; Shihezi University, UK; MAnchester Metropolitan University, UK; Jilin University, China; Northwest A&F University, China; Beijing Insitute of Geological Environment; Technical Centre for Soil, Agriculture and Rural Ecology and Environment, China; Agro-environmental Protection Institute, China; National Geological Testing Centre, China; The Good Food Institute Consultancy, China; Land Quality Managment, UK; Leap Environmental, UK; r3 Environmental Technology, Japan; Shengyang University, China; CL:AIRE, UK: Guizhou Institute of Technology, China; Centre International Group Compnay, China; DDBS Environmental, China; CEC DADI Environmental Remediation Ltd, China; Aerospace Kaitian Environmental Technology, China; SEP Analytical Services, China; Shanghai Ocean University, China; Dalian University of technology, China; University of Oxford, UK; University of Nottingham, UK; Durham University, UK; University of Kent, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA; Florida State University, USA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lgEuBMt5JjY3p7wEL42Aew |
| Description | Clive Mitchell "Graphite in Africa: Carbon for Decarbonisation". At "British Geological Survey: Advances in Mineral Development & Landslide Mapping" Geology Department at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 31st January 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Evening event on Tuesday 31st January 2023 hosted by the Geological Society of Malaysia entitled "British Geological Survey: Advances in Mineral Development & Landslide Mapping". The event was held in the Geology Department at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Clive Mitchell gave a presentation "Graphite in Africa: Carbon for Decarbonisation". Geological Society of Malaysia lecture event attended by approximately 45 members of the society. In addition talks were given by Tom Bide and Alessandro Novellino from BGS. There was a lively discussion after the talks and a social event afterwards to have informal discussions with society members. The audience was mostly from Kuala Lumpur and the state of Selangor. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/syafiqsalim_geology-mining-landslide-activity-7021336749767364608-vDBO/?originalSubdomain=si |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Clive Mitchell took part in a panel discussion on battery raw materials 15/11/2022 at The Mining Show 2022, Dubai Festival Arena, Dubai, UAE |
| 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 | Clive Mitchell took part in a panel discussion on battery raw materials (15/11/22) . Attendance at The Mining Show 2022 in Dubai, UAE was important to maintain contact with key research collaborators and make new contacts with potential research collaborators in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Wide range of participating organisations including: BGS, UK (for graphite research project), Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure (UAE), Ministry of Economy (UAE), Fujairah Natural Resources Corporation (UAE), Ministry of Energy & Mine (Eritrea), Mining & Minerals (Georgia), Mawarid Mining (Oman), Angleo American (South Africa), Najran University (Saudi Arabia), Montero Mining & Exploration (South Africa), Zambian Institute of Earth Sciences, Andiamo Exploration (UK), Ministry of MInes & Minerals Development (Zambia), Saudi Geological Survey, DRA Global (Zimbabwe), Roxia (Finland), National Resources Ltd (Pakistan), West African Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petrleum (Ghana), Arab Potash (Jordan), Council for Geoscience (South Africa), RIDA Group (Sudan), Plus many mining exploration, service and supply companies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | David I Schofield. Cooperating Country Report of the United Kingdom. 58th CCOP Annual Session, 9 - 12 October 2022, Bandung, Indonesia. |
| 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 | Annual Session of Country Reports (BGS gave UK country report presentation; acted as one of the session rapporteurs, and the Advisory Group report). presenting country report -10/10/22:: David I Schofield. Cooperating Country Report of the United Kingdom. 58th CCOP Annual Session, 9 - 12 October 2022, Bandung, Indonesia. Outcome: IGRD programme introduced to CCOP community; Dr. Young Joo Lee (Director of CCOP Technical Secretariat ) asked to join the advisory board for the IGRD Program, which he kindly accepted. Participants were from multiple countries in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP Member countries) and cooperating countries in Europe and North America |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihARspcdbQA |
| Description | David King, Marcello Di Bonito, Elliott Hamilton, David Kilgour, Robert Mortimer and Michael Watts. 2022. The development of a field-based preservation method for total mercury in water samples using functionalised C18 solid-phase extraction. 37th International conference of Society for Geochemistry and Health, Eldoret, Kenya 2022. 10 - 14 October 2022. Poster |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/ffe18c68-5e14-4140-9fdb-c7f5ba4ffd64/SEGH%20CONFERENCE%20BOOK%20OF%... |
| Description | E Hammond, D Beriro, F Coulon, S Hallett. 2022. Developing a use-case for brownfield decision support systems. The 2022 International Symposium on Resilient and Sustainable Cities &The 22nd Annual General Meeting of UK-CARE. 07/12/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Online participants 300, also talks were broadcast to around 5,000 students https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533976 and https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lgEuBMt5JjY3p7wEL42Aew |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533976 |
| Description | Eighth International Workshop on Volcanic Ash (IWVA-8). Rotorua, New Zealand 4-5 Feb 2023 |
| 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 | BGS Co-organised workshop aiming to bring together people from various areas of ash and aviation including representatives from the Indonesian Meterological Office working on ash and aviation in Indonesia Participants included: WMO, ICAO, USGS, BKMG, Washington, Darwin, Buenos Aires, Toulouse, Wellington, London VAACs, London Met Office, Iceland Met office and others |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://community.wmo.int/en/activity-areas/aviation/workshops/iwva-8 |
| Description | Ekbal Hussain, BGS, answered questions about the 2023 Turkey earthquakes on LBC News radio. Online. 07/02/2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Ekbal Hussain spoke to David Harper at LBC News, a national radio channel with an international audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Ekbal Hussain, BGS, answered questions on the 2023 Turkey earthquakes on the 103 The Eye radio show 05/03/2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | 103 The Eye is a local radio show based in Nottinghamshire |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Ekbal Hussain, BGS, answered questions on the 2023 Turkey earthquakes on the BBC Radio Leicestershire drive time show 21/02/2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Radio interview with Ben Jackson, BBC Leicestershire which is a regional radio channel |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Ekbal Hussain, BGS, answered questions on the 2023 Turkey earthquakes on the voiceofislam radio show. 09/03/2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Ekbal Hussain, BGS was interviewed by the media. VoiceofIslam is a local radio show based in Manchester but with a national audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Ekbal Hussain. An invited public lecture on how and why earthquake hazards turn into disasters. Thames Valley Regional Group of the Geological Society online lectures. 18/01/2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Audience were members of the Thames Valley Regional Group of the Geological Society. 20 attendees to the lecture. Lots of nice feedback and appreciation following the talk |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tvrg-geological-society-b07480169_18th-january-tvrg-agm-and-evening-t... |
| Description | Elliott Hamilton, Olivier Humphrey, Grace Gill, Michael Watts. 2022. Resolving the unresolved: online microdialysis coupled to ICPQQQ for the simultaneous sampling and analysis of dissolved elements in soil solution. 37th International conference of Society for Geochemistry and Health, Eldoret, Kenya 2022. 10 - 14 October 2022. Poster. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/ffe18c68-5e14-4140-9fdb-c7f5ba4ffd64/SEGH%20CONFERENCE%20BOOK%20OF%... |
| Description | Engwell, S., Eychenne, J. 2022. Pyroclastic fall deposits. Online learning resource. 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Production of an educational video on volcanic deposits and hazards for the IAVCEI Commission e-learning program. Samantha Engwell (BGS) and Julia Eychenne - University of Clermont Ferrand, France |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://evolcano.iavceivolcano.org/pyroclastic-fall-deposits/ |
| Description | Expert Panel at the UN Groundwater Summit on Innovations in Groundwater. UNESCO Headquarters, Paris France. 07/12/2022 |
| 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 | Alan MacDonald (BGS) was an invited panel member at the debate and contributed to writing the innovation briefing for the summit. The UN-Water Summit on Groundwater 2022 Summit used the UN World Water Development Report 2022 as a baseline and the SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework as a guideline to define actions towards more responsible and sustainable use and protection of groundwater. The Innovation Session discussed how innovation can be used to accelerate progress towards SDG6. The presentation and debate had an audiance of >500 people in person at UNESCO, including many policy makers and some politicians, and > 500 people online. This was the first UN Groundwater SUmmit, people attended from > 100 countries Attendees included: UNESCO, UN-Water, IGRAC, BGS, International Association of Hydrogeologists https://youtu.be/Z1UbNYz2M-o?t=17322 ; https://groundwater-summit.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Groundwater-Innovation-Background-Overview.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://groundwater-summit.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Groundwater-Innovation-Background-Overview... |
| Description | Field trip visit to Pampanga / Pinatubo region. 27/09/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This was a day of field work and visiting sites of importance to the study / meeting stakeholders; Pinatubo region, Pampanga, Philippines. BGS staff traveled with Tonette Orejas - journalist with the Philippines Inquirer, based in the region since before the Pinatubo eruption. Participants: Department of Public works and Highways, Unified Project Management Office / Flood Control Management Cluster, Center for Kapampangan Studies · Holy Angel University, Angeles City, Philippines |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | First formal meeting of European volcano observatories to discuss establishing a European network of VOs. Chaired by BGS at ZAMG (Central Institution for Meteorology and Geodynamics) Vienna, Austria. 23/11/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | First formal meeting about creating a European network of 'volcano observatories'. Discussion about merits of establishing an MoU. Agreed road map for creation of network in next 12 months and discussion about aims, objectives and topic areas for action (monitoring and data, volcanic emissions and aviation, volcano observatories and risk management). Scheduled immediately before an 'enhanced European Natural Hazards Science Partnership' ARISTOTLE meeting to enhance visibility (28 institutions across severe weather, flooding, forest fires, earthquakes, tsunami, volcanoes) and enable strategic discussions about the new network with the ARISTOTLE project and European Response and Coordination Centre (ERCC). ARISTOTLE service has agreed to continue to support the effort by enabling co-located meetings and ERCC welcomes the formal coordination of volcano observatories at European scale to enhance services for civil protection and humanitarian needs. Participants. European scientists from volcano monitoring institutions (operational and research) in five countries and observers from GEM, ZAMG and ARISTOTLE including BGS UK, INGV Italy, IMO Iceland, CIVISA Azores, IVAR Azores, KNMI Netherlands. Observed by GEM Italy and ZAMG Austria. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Follow-up meeting with UNITEN to discuss potential collaboration on IGRD programme. 07/10/2022 |
| 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 | An outcome of the meeting was that a UNITEN visit to UK was planned. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Four project meetings with partners in Indonesia. Online between 17/11/2022 to 16/12/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Project meeting to discuss subsidence mechanisms. BGS, UK; University of Pavia, Italy and Badan Geologi (Geological Agency) under the Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources, Bandung, Indonesia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Groundwater education session for Isabella School, Negros Island, Philippines. 13/02/2023. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Over 300 students from a primary school, including 50 students on an accelerated science track, attended a training course in groundwater and environmental education. The training consisted of an interactive lecture on groundwater introducing basic concepts and covering environmental protection, followed by a series of interactive activities demonstrating porosity and permeability and pollution. The course was well received, and the local education district has requested that it might be delivered to more schools. It also led to discussions with Ateneo de Manila University and the National Water Resources Board about developing further educational material, and how a formal programme could be delivered at a national scale. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Groundwater today and into the future 2022: Online Learning on Professional Drilling Management |
| 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 | Webinar to share the experiences and outcomes from, and gather feedback on, a new online training course 'Professional Drilling Management'. C. 55 attendees at this webinar, mostly professionals involved in siting, drilling & developing new groundwater supply boreholes; some had attended the training course in 2022 and others were potential future attendees if the course runs again. Participants from: Cap-Net, Ask for Water, AGW-Net, BGR, BGS, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | High-level meetings with major industrial companies in Kolkata, India. 8 - 9 Feb 2023 |
| 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 | High-level meetings with major industrial companies in Kolkata, India, to inform of IGRD research and to learn from important stakeholder groups about their knowledge, interest and ambitions for CCUS The objective was to inform major stakeholders about our research programme, and to make them aware of BGS' knowledge and expertise. Two-way flow of knowledge was enabled through the discussions, and stakeholders are informed of BGS's knowledge and potentially to assist towards decarbonising industries through CCUS Participants: BGS, UK; FCDO Kolkata, India, several major industrial stakeholders, including Coal India and the Damodar Valley Corporation. Companies represent large national and international stakeholder groups |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | IGRD project kick-off workshop. Munnar, Idukki District, Kerala state, India 24/11/2022 |
| 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 | Twenty five participants attended the hybrid IGRD project kick-off workshop which involved presentations about the IGRD project and IGRD-aligned landslide research activities by BGS and partners, ongoing PhD research activities, Career pathway engagment led by BGS staff Vanessa Banks, interactive session on dataset availability, and other funding opportunities. The workshop event helped partners identify pathways to align their research activities with IGRD project such as planning joint field visits for data collection, plug-in research outputs at different stages between different projects. Further, the workshop was an opportunity to better understand in-country organisational-specific motivations and inter-organisational links for better managing partner expectations and designing the project outputs. Participants: BGS, University of Kerala, Geological Survey of India, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, College of Engineering Goa, and Andhra University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Job Isaboke, Olivier S. Humphrey, Sophia M. Dowell, Odipo Osano, Michael J. Watts. 2022. Spatial distribution and loss of micronutrients in soils from two different land use management. 37th International conference of Society for Geochemistry and Health, Eldoret, Kenya 2022. 10 - 14 October 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation given at the conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/ffe18c68-5e14-4140-9fdb-c7f5ba4ffd64/SEGH%20CONFERENCE%20BOOK%20OF%... |
| Description | Joint field-based engagement activity with IGRD project partners and stakeholder in Munnar, Idukki district, Kerala state, India. 22 to 25 Nov 2022 |
| 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 joint field-based engagement activity involved visits to high impact landslide sites in Munnar Idukki district with IGRD project partners BGS, UK, University of Kerala, Geological Survey of India, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, College of Engineering Goa, and Andhra University. During the field trip, BGS staff took part in scientific engagement with partners on tropical residual soil specific landslide mechanisms and the relevant geology, geomorphological, meteorological, and anthropogenic factors. The field-based engagement activities led to the following outputs/outcomes: 1) Field based training of early career researchers 2) Enhanced understanding of soil types and weathering process. Appreciation of hydrological processes at different spatial scales which might be of relevance for threshold development. 3) Ice breaker with partners and knowledge exchange on landslide processes/mechanisms and aligned research activities. 4) First hand information on impact of high profile 2020 Rajamala landslide through interviewing the landslide survivors. The landslide impacted remotely located communities with lower income background. 5) Collaboration with University of Kerala to develop a storymap/ case study for Rajamala debris flow. Participants came from Goa state, Andhra state, and Kerala state in India |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/repeat-landslides-in-munnar-expert-team-begins-study/a... |
| Description | Joseph Onjala, Winnie Mitullah, Eleonora Annunziata, Fabio Iannone, Marco Frey, Islam Abou El-Magd, Nehal Soliman, Shimaa Magdy, Chris Rochelle and Darren Jones, Lorenzo Talluri, Claudio Zuffi, Daniele Fiaschi Proceedings. 2022 Geothermal Atlas for Africa Project (GAA): Steps to Outline the Maps of Engineering and Social Sustainability of Geothermal Resources. 9th African Rift Geothermal Conference Djibouti, 3rd November - 5th November 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | African Rift Geothermal Conference held bi-annually which focuses on specific topics from geo-scientific exploration studies, reservoir engineering, drilling, country case studies, powerplants, direct-use, project management, policy and financing, new technologies, gender and energy, environmental, health, safety & social factors in geothermal development. University of Nairobi, Sculoa Superiore Sant Anna, National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences, British Geological Survey, University of Florence. https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534015 and https://theargeo.org/presentations/C9.html |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534015 |
| Description | Kearsey, T. 2023. 3D geological models for engineers. Institution of Civil Engineers online webinar. 21/02/2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This online talk provided an overview of geological modelling activities in British Geological Survey (BGS) and highlight key 3D data resources and services that are available. Mostly UK and Europe but some interest from SA. https://www.ice.org.uk/events/past-events-and-recordings/recorded-lectures/3d-geological-models-for-engineering-and-infrastructure/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.ice.org.uk/events/past-events-and-recordings/recorded-lectures/3d-geological-models-for-... |
| Description | Kickoff meeting for newly established MoU at Department of Civil Engineering and field visits to new monitoring network points to be established in Harare. University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe. 23 to 24 Jan 2023 |
| 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 | OPUS: Initial meeting with Civil Engineering Department at University of Zimbabwe, getting to know student who may be interested in participating in further stages of the project (e.g. thesis work); site visits to further define the joint research, discussions. Workshop with the University of Harare Day 1-2: Kickoff meeting for newly established MoU at Department of Civil Engineering; discussion and presentation on BGS research by Alan MacDonald; field visits to new monitoring network points to be established in Harare; meeting with students (all relating to OPUS) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | L Wang, Y Li, S Chen, L Zhang. 2022. Some experiences of using numerical modelling to help sustainably handle agricultural diffuse water pollution in the UK. The 2022 International Symposium on Resilient and Sustainable Cities &The 22nd Annual General Meeting of UK-CARE. 07/12/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Online participants 300, also talks were broadcast to around 5,000 students https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533991 and https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lgEuBMt5JjY3p7wEL42Aew |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533991 |
| Description | Landslide Early Warning Systems (LEWS) given by Christian Arnhardt (BGS). Lecture at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | BGS were invited by our partner at ITB (Mirzam Abdurrachman) to present a series of lectures to their undergraduate students. This is one of that series. Participants were mostly undergraduate students at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/534037 |
| Description | Lectures at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) by BGS staff Ekbal Hussain and Alessandro Novellino 06/10/22 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | BGS were invited by our partner at ITB (Mirzam Abdurrachman) to present a series of lectures to their undergraduate students. Ekbal Hussain (BGS) gave a talk on seismic hazard and Alessandro Novellino (BGS) presented on subsidence due to groundwater extraction. Annie Winson and Christian Arnhardt talks are provided as separate entries but occurred on the same day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Luke Bateson, Alessandro Novellino, Ekbal Hussain, Raushan Arnhardt. 2022. Subsidence in Hanoi; is it all due to groundwater abstraction? presented at Geological Remote Sensing Group (GeolSoc Special Interest Group) conference, "From Orbit to Outcrop", at ITC (University of Twente, Netherlands) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A conference presentation to about 80 people. The audience were mainly from academic institutions but also commercial Earth Observation companies. Since the conference was in the Netherlands where there is a large amount of research on subsidence and focused on remote sensing there was a large amount of interest in this presentation. Specific impacts were meeting the Head of the Centre for Disaster Resilience at ITC (who we will work with on a related ESA project), and meeting staff from SkyGEO (and Insar company in the NL) and University of Nottingham who we have an ongoing collaboration with on this subject. An international audience, mainly from Europe (due to the location of the conference) but also worldwide |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533851/ |
| Description | Luke Bateson, Alessandro Novellino, Ekbal Hussain, Raushan Arnhardt. 2022. Subsidence in Hanoi; is it all due to groundwater abstraction? Poster presented at European Space Agency Living Plant Symposium Bonn, Germany. 26/05/3033 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster given at poster session at this conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://lps22.ollyservices.com/frontend/index.php@page_id=22746.html |
| Description | MODFLOW and AquiMod workshop program + Ensemble forecasting workshop. Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, Philippines. February 14 - 16, 2023 |
| 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 | To provide a training coarse to use the groundwater flow simulator MODFLOW and the lumped groundwater model AquiMod. MODFLOW is used to create the national scale model of the Philippines. The training course aims at introducing the theory behind setting up the model and hands on tools to be able to run and extract information from the model. AquiMod is a model used to undertake groundwater forecasting using time series of groundwater levels recorded at boreholes in the Philippines. The aim of the workshop is to introduce AquiMod to the participants to allow them the interpretation of the features and results available on the forecasting website prepared by BGS. Course run by BGS and the participants include a mix of locally interested individuals such as those from the Ateneo University and government employees dealing with national scale issues. The training course has been advertised through word of mouth between professional bodies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | MR Dobbs, AG Leslie, TJH Dodd, MR Gillespie, TI Kearsey, RS Kendall, and T Bide. 2022. Urban geological surveying in Singapore. The 2022 International Symposium on Resilient and Sustainable Cities &The 22nd Annual General Meeting of UK-CARE. 07/12/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Online participants 300, also talks were broadcast to around 5,000 students. https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533972 and https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lgEuBMt5JjY3p7wEL42Aew |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533972 |
| Description | Marcus R Dobbs, Kathryn Lee, Darren Beriro, Ricky Terrington and Stephanie Bricker. Urban Geohazard Management in the UK: examples from the BGS. 58th CCOP Annual Session, 9 - 12 October 2022, Bandung, Indonesia. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk given during thematic session with technical presentations on 'Renewable and Mixed Energy', 'Critical Minerals' and 'Geohazard and Urban Geology' (BGS gave two presentations). Participants were from multiple countries in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP Member countries) and cooperating countries in Europe and North America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihARspcdbQA; https://ccop.asia/event/101; |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihARspcdbQA |
| Description | Marcus R Dobbs. 'Urban Geological Surveying: what lies beneath Singapore?' CCOP-KIGAM Urban Geology Workshop: Urban Geology Technology Sharing for Sustainable Cities in East and Southeast Asia. Singapore, 20-22nd September 2022. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The objectives of the workshop were to: share knowledge between participants on the application of science and technology for urban geology; and discuss possibilities for future collaboration. The workshop is part of a CCOP-KIGAM initiative to develop a CCOP urban geology expert group and create greater interest in the application of urban geology within CCOP countries. BGS provided a keynote speech. Participants were from member countries of the Coordinating Committee for Geoscience Programmes in East and Southeast Asia (CCOP) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ccop.asia/news/109 |
| Description | Meeting between BGS, UK and the British Embassy Manila at the British Embassy Manila. 15/02/2023 |
| 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 | The objective of the meeting was to make the Embassy aware of BGS's activities in the Philippines and find out about potential synergies and opportunities for collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting to discuss and agree creation of a European network of 'volcano observatories' (national institutions like INGV and USGS). Vienna, Austria. 22 to 25 Nov 2022 |
| 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 | First meeting to initiate a European network of volcano observatories. Held before a meeting of the European Natural Hazards Science Partnership (ENHSP). Discussed at the final meeting of the ENHSP which has agreed to be supportive in principle. Recognition that with no UN body for Earth Science, such collaborative multi-national initiatives need support from other major initiatives such as ENHSP (and IGRD). IMO: Iceland, INGV: Italy, CIVISA and IVAR: Azores, Portugal, KNMI: Netherlands, BGS: UK - incipient members who will initiate the network and are reaching out to others (IPGP, France; IGN, Spain, HSGME, Greece). GEM: Italy - observer INGV, CIMA, Italy; ZAMG, Austria - members of Coordination team of ENHSP who contributed their support. USGS: US, New Zealand - members of the Advisory Group for the ENHSP contributed their support. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting to discuss potential collaboration opportunities with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in the Philippines. Department of Science and Technology, Manila, Philippines 17/02/2023 |
| 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 | Purpose was to present BGS activities in the Philippines and discuss synergies and potential opportunities for collaboration. Participants: BGS, UK; British Embassy, Philippines; PHIVOLCS, Philippines; Department of Science and Technology (DOST) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with Florence Mtambanengwe; Executive Director Research and Innovation at University of Zimbabwe. University of Zimbabwe 26/01/2023 |
| 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 held between BGS staff and Florence Mtambanengwe; Executive Director Research and Innovation at University of Zimbabwe |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with Geological Survey of India at GSI HQ Kolkata. Geological Survey of India Headquarters Kolkata. 18/11/2022 |
| 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 | Met with GSI engineers to discuss the signing of implementation agreement and engagement, details of the IGRD project, and details of an upcoming national level landslide forecasting center hosted by GSI. During the visit also had the opportunity to meet the GSI Dy. Director General (Dr SK Som), Mission IV A Geotechnical and Geohazard Research and Management Centre. He expressed interest in the IGRD project as it aligns with their ongoing research objectives to integrate ground conditions and to reduce reliance on landslide inventory. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meeting with UKRI-India and the British High Commission regarding the CCUS research landscape in India. British High Commission, New Delhi, India. 06/02/2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | The purpose of the meeting was primarily to inform UKRI-India office of our (BGS) active collaborations and to learn about progress on potential joint UK-India research programmes. As a result, we raised awareness within the research funding agency, of the importance of CCUS and our ongoing joint collaborative studies. Participants included research funding agencies. Participants: BGS, UK: UKRI-India, India; British High Commission, India; National Geophysical Research Institute, India. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with science organisations in the Philippines at PHIVOLCS, Philippines. 16/03/2023 |
| 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 | Purpose was to present BGS activities in the Philippines (including the IGRD programme) and discuss potential synergies and opportunities for collaboration. Around 15 people in attendance Participants: BGS, UK; Philippines Nuclear Research Institute, Philippines; Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS); Philippines, Mines and Geosciences Bureau, Philippines; Department of Science and Technology (DOST); Philippines |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with the British Council in the Philippines. British Council Office, Manila, Philippines |
| 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 | The objective of this meeting was to introduce BGS's activities in the Philippines and discuss potential synergies and opportunities for collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). CSIR headquarters, New Delhi, India. 07/02/2023 |
| 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 the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to present on our active collaborations, to learn about CSIR's CCUS Mission Mode research programmes, and to discuss opportunities for further collaboration. The intended purpose was to inform CSIR of our ongoing collaboration and to support project partner (NGRI) in their successful bid for support for a project within the CSIR CCUS Mission Mode Programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with the Department of Science and Technology (DST). Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, India. 07/02/2023. |
| 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 | Meeting with the Department of Science and Technology (DST) to inform of our active collaboration on CCUS with partners in India, and to learn about the DST ambitions to fund CCUS research in India. The objective and outcome was to strengthen UK-India collaboration on CCUS research. We informed DST of our ongoing collaboration funded through the IGRD programme, and learnt about DST's research programmes and ambitions to further develop CCUS research including through collaboration with the UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting. World Bank Flagship on groundwater. Online 30/11/2022 |
| 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 | BGS were asked to advise and review a major document the World Bank are developing on groundwater. The meeting was to review a draft of the document and for BGS to help steer the work and provide feedback. The Audience were made up of World Bank Staff and advisers, and invited senior academics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meetings with potential partners to discuss MICP application for coastal erosion and brownfield redevelopment (online). 20/01/23 |
| 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 | Discussion on potential collaboration on MICP application for coastal erosion and brownfield redevelopment. Outcome of the discussion was the development of a proposal to be submitted to IPACT on the application of MICP for protecting beach ramps to facilitate access to the beach by local user in Happisburgh. The proposal seeks to test the potential efficacy of MICP in coastal environments using a wave tank to be developed at the University of Nottingham. Participants included: University of Strathclyde, UK; University of Nottingham, UK; BGS, UK; Glasgow University, UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Member of advisory group for Cap-Net online groundwater courses for professionals in low income countries. Course 'groundwater resource management' run through/by Cap-Net with the AMCOW Groundwater programme and funded by BGR (Germany). Group meets every 6 to 8 weeks. |
| 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 | Main activities were to help peer review training course material & methods; to promote the courses to potential participants; to be a facilitator during the courses & answer questions from students; to provide feedback on the courses; and to be a discussant on a post-course webinar with students and others. Each course was done by about 200 students, mostly from Africa but also from other parts of the world Mostly west, east & southern Africa but also Europe, South America and USA Organizations involved: AGW-Net, Ask for Water GmbH, AMCOW, BGR, Cap-Net, WaterAid, IGRAC, RWSN/Skat Foundation, University of Nairobi, Water Mission, EAWAG, BGS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Member of advisory group for Cap-Net online groundwater courses for professionals in low income countries: Course 'professional drilling management' run through/by Cap-Net with the AMCOW Groundwater programme and funded by BGR. Group meets every 6 to 8 weeks online (01/03/2022 to 31/03/2023). |
| 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 | Main activities were to help peer review training course material & methods; to promote the courses to potential participants; to be a facilitator during the courses & answer questions from students; to provide feedback on the courses; and to be a discussant on a post-course webinar with students and others. Each course was done by about 200 students, mostly from west, east & southern Africa but also Europe, South America and USA Organizations involved include: AGW-Net, Ask for Water GmbH, AMCOW, BGR, Cap-Net, WaterAid, IGRAC, RWSN/Skat Foundation, University of Nairobi, Water Mission, EAWAG, BGS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Michael J Watts, Olivier Humphrey, Diana Menya, and Odipo Osano. 2022. Geochemistry and health data to inform public health outcomes in western Kenya. 37th International conference of Society for Geochemistry and Health, Eldoret, Kenya 2022. 10 - 14 October 2022. Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | oral presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/ffe18c68-5e14-4140-9fdb-c7f5ba4ffd64/SEGH%20CONFERENCE%20BOOK%20OF%... |
| Description | Modelling Multi-Hazard Risk. Annie Winson (BGS). Lectures held at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) 06/10/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | BGS were invited by our partner at ITB (Mirzam Abdurrachman) to present a series of lectures to their undergraduate students. This is one of that series. Participants were mostly undergraduate students at Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Nikhil Nedumpallile Vasu, Vanessa Banks, Christian Arnhardt, Majdi Mansour, Audrey Ougier-Simonin. 2022. Review of trigger thresholds for landslides in tropical residual soils. International Conference On Engineering Geology and Geotechniques for Safe and Sustainable Infrastructures. Novotel Hotel, Kolkata. 17/11/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | BGS presented the review of trigger thresholds under the conference theme of Geohazards and disaster risk reduction. The review generated interest from geological survey of India staff working on landslides research, national and international landslide researchers (e.g., Dr Rajan Dahal from Tribuvan University Nepal (Vice-President IAEG Asia), Dr Maneesha Ramesh (Amrita University)). Presenters for this workshop came from different states across India and overseas (e.g., Nepal, Bangladesh, Russia). The audience comprised of engineering geologists and geologists from public bodies (e.g., Geological survey of India, NTPC, NHDC, NHPC) and universities. https://egcon.in/2022/images/Day-II.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://egcon.in/2022/Default |
| Description | Olivier S. Humphrey, Mark Cave, Elliott M. Hamilton, Odipo Osano, Diana Menya and Michael J. Watts. 2022. Predictive geochemical mapping using machine learning in western Kenya. 37th International conference of Society for Geochemistry and Health, Eldoret, Kenya 2022. 10 - 14 October 2022. Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/ffe18c68-5e14-4140-9fdb-c7f5ba4ffd64/SEGH%20CONFERENCE%20BOOK%20OF%... |
| Description | Paper writing workshop relating to output CLANS in collaboration with University of Zimbabwe, Department of Geology 25 to 27 Jan 2023 |
| 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 | CLANS: discussion on joined output (paper) for CLANS project, discussion about future plans, e.g. extending monitoring and further write-ups. Paper writing workshop relating to output CLANS in collaboration with University of Zimbabwe, Department of Geology (during workshop 2 BGS staff in person, Bentje Brauns & Alan MacDonald, 1 BGS staff online, Dan Lapworth, 2 partners University of Zimbabwe) Participants from: BGS, UK and university researchers from - University of Zimbabwe Department of Civil Engineering; University of Zimbabwe Department of Geology |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Project meeting with BGR and BGS. Online. 11/10/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss and share experiences of subsidence mechanisms in Indonesia, and Bangladesh BGS, UK and BGR, Germany |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Project partner meeting with the National Centre of Excellence - Carbon Capture and Utilization and the Department of Earth Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. 01/02/2023. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The core of the meeting involved BGS meetings with projects partners from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, with input from the Geological Survey of India related to a specific aspect of the project. The principal outcome of the project was the intention to further collaborate, and an arrangement for BGS to host a member/s of the research team to jointly work on CO2 storage characterisation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Project partner meeting with the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad. National Geophysical Research Institute headquarters, Hyderabad, India 17/02/2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | During the meeting, additional samples were obtained for further joint experimental programmes using BGS laboratories, and additional plans were made to further expand on existing collaborations Participants: BGS, UK; National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), India |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| 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 | Round table meeting with key stakeholders 06/10/2022 in Bandung, Indonesia. |
| 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 | After speaking with each organisation individually (recorded as a separate entry) we brought everyone together for a round table discussion. The aim of this meeting was to provide a space to share ideas across institutions and organisations with geohazards research and monitoring expertise but who don't come together. The high level meeting was chaired by RDI and BGS. Participants were all from Bandung city, but they are professional practitioners who work across the country UK: - BGS Indonesia: - Resilience Development Initiative (RDI) - Padjadjaran University (UNPAD) - Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (CVGHM) - Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) - Indonesia Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Samantha Engwell 'Reaching new heights: the evolution of volcanic plume information.' Invited presentation at COMET International Womens Day seminar. Online. 08/03/2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Samantha gave an invited 20 minute presentation on her career, role and research, including ongoing work in Indonesia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/rdqXuuslyMw |
| Description | Samantha Engwell, Eliza Calder, Eric Breard. 2023. Characterising Pyroclastic Density Current Grainsize Data. IAVCEI 2023, Rotorua conference centre, New Zealand 29 Jan to 3 Feb 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Representatives from numerous institutions worldwide attended including BGS, USGS, GNS, VDAP, Smithsonian, WMO |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://confer.eventsair.com/iavcei2023/programme |
| Description | School engagement in the Philippines about Nickel Mining. 9 to 13 Jan 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with local school teachers to inform them about BGS research in the area and gather information on their views on nickel laterite mining in the area they live. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Series of online meetings between BGS and University of Nottingham to discuss research on application of biocementation for coastal erosion mitigation. 16/05/2022 to 03/06/2022 |
| 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 | Discussion were had to explore the possibility of collaboration on research for the application of biocementation for coastal erosion mitigation. Specifically to develop an experimental tank for simulating wave action on beaches and cliffs made up of sediment that had been treated with MICP. The main outcome was the development of and Exploring the Frontiers grant proposal, which was submitted, but not funded. Further opportunities to pursue this research will be explored. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Setup of the Indonesian landslide working group. Online. 01/02/2023 |
| 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 | Setup of working group. Discussion of scope of activity Organisations present BGS, UK and Indonesian university, think tank, government organisations - Padjadjaran University - Resilience Development Initiative - BRIN - CVGHM - Geological Agency - Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| 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 | Social science methods training and knowledge sharing (delivered online by Anna Hick, BGS, UK) 16/01/2023 |
| 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 | To introduce the IGRD self-recovery research team to some of the methods that will be used to gather data during the fieldwork. The training was a mix of short lectures and discussion sessions that drew on everyone's experiences of community-based fieldwork so we could all learn from each other. Training used for planning the fieldwork. Also being used by CARE International in another recovery-related project CARE International UK, UK; University of Malawi, Malawi; Ministry of Water and Sanitation, Malawi; CRAterre, France, University of Indonesia, Indonesia; University of the South Pacific, Vanuatu |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Social science methods training and knowledge sharing (online). 16/01/2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The purpose of the training and knowledge sharing was to prepare researchers involved in the project to be able to use social science methods during the fieldwork. The session was designed to facilitate discussion. No formal feedback has been sought (yet) Participants included: BGS, UK; CRAterre, France, CARE International UK, UK; Oxford Brookes University, UK; University of Indonesia, Indonesia; Ministry of Water and Sanitation, Malawi; Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences, Malawi; The University of the South Pacific, Vanuatu |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Sophia M. Dowell, Olivier S. Humphrey, William H. Blake, Odipo Osano, Job Isaboke, Andrew L. Marriott, Michael J. Watts. 2022. Plutonium as a soil erosion tracer in east Africa. 37th International conference of Society for Geochemistry and Health, Eldoret, Kenya 2022. 10 - 14 October 2022. Lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | presentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/ffe18c68-5e14-4140-9fdb-c7f5ba4ffd64/SEGH%20CONFERENCE%20BOOK%20OF%... |
| Description | Stakeholder meeting at KARLO, Kenya 24/06/2022 |
| 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 was one of a series of stakeholder meetings. The purpose was to feedback data to previous stakeholders that had facilitated activities through the ODA programme, test the delivery of data tools on them for further co-design, alongside new data tools developed within NC International - for the latter, early co-design of data needs, land management issues, linking interested parties for future research. Follow up meetings in October, with a small workshop planned in February 2023 to build thinking of stakeholders, gather missing partners for larger stakeholder workshop in either June or September 2023. It was attended by head of County governments for Agriculture and Public Health from 15 counties in western Kenya comprising and local experts e.g. clinicians, agri-experts. Third Sector organisations represented by outreach officers for the University sector and by the Public Health and Agricultural heads of extension services - the latter are the link between the communities and the link to the decision makers - pivotal roles https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geology-projects/geochemistry-and-health/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533190/1/OR22054.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533190/1/OR22054.pdf |
| Description | Stakeholder meeting at KEFRI in Maseno, Kenya 29/06/2022 |
| 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 was one of a series of stakeholder meetings. The purpose was to feedback data to previous stakeholders that had facilitated activities through the ODA programme, test the delivery of data tools on them for further co-design, alongside new data tools developed within NC International - for the latter, early co-design of data needs, land management issues, linking interested parties for future research. Follow up meetings in October, with a small workshop planned in February 2023 to build thinking of stakeholders, gather missing partners for larger stakeholder workshop in either June or September 2023. It was attended by head of County governments for Agriculture and Public Health from 15 counties in western Kenya comprising and local experts e.g. clinicians, agri-experts. Third Sector organisations represented by outreach officers for the University sector and by the Public Health and Agricultural heads of extension services - the latter are the link between the communities and the link to the decision makers - pivotal roles https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geology-projects/geochemistry-and-health/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533190/1/OR22054.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533190/1/OR22054.pdf |
| Description | Stakeholder meeting at KMFRI in Kisumu, Kenya 29/06/2022 |
| 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 was one of a series of stakeholder meetings. The purpose was to feedback data to previous stakeholders that had facilitated activities through the ODA programme, test the delivery of data tools on them for further co-design, alongside new data tools developed within NC International - for the latter, early co-design of data needs, land management issues, linking interested parties for future research. Follow up meetings in October, with a small workshop planned in February 2023 to build thinking of stakeholders, gather missing partners for larger stakeholder workshop in either June or September 2023. It was attended by head of County governments for Agriculture and Public Health from 15 counties in western Kenya comprising and local experts e.g. clinicians, agri-experts. Third Sector organisations represented by outreach officers for the University sector and by the Public Health and Agricultural heads of extension services - the latter are the link between the communities and the link to the decision makers - pivotal roles https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geology-projects/geochemistry-and-health/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533190/1/OR22054.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533190/1/OR22054.pdf |
| Description | Stakeholder meeting in Eldoret, Kenya 30/06/2022 |
| 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 was one of a series of stakeholder meetings. The purpose was to feedback data to previous stakeholders that had facilitated activities through the ODA programme, test the delivery of data tools on them for further co-design, alongside new data tools developed within NC International - for the latter, early co-design of data needs, land management issues, linking interested parties for future research. Follow up meetings in October, with a small workshop planned in February 2023 to build thinking of stakeholders, gather missing partners for larger stakeholder workshop in either June or September 2023. We had about 50 attendees at the main workshop events in Eldoret. It was attended by head of County governments for Agriculture and Public Health from 15 counties in western Kenya comprising and local experts e.g. clinicians, agri-experts. Third Sector organisations represented by outreach officers for the University sector and by the Public Health and Agricultural heads of extension services - the latter are the link between the communities and the link to the decision makers - pivotal roles https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geology-projects/geochemistry-and-health/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533190/1/OR22054.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533190/1/OR22054.pdf |
| Description | Stakeholder meeting in Kismu, Kenya 28/06/2022 |
| 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 was one of a series of stakeholder meetings. The purpose was to feedback data to previous stakeholders that had facilitated activities through the ODA programme, test the delivery of data tools on them for further co-design, alongside new data tools developed within NC International - for the latter, early co-design of data needs, land management issues, linking interested parties for future research. Follow up meetings in October, with a small workshop planned in February 2023 to build thinking of stakeholders, gather missing partners for larger stakeholder workshop in either June or September 2023.We had about 50 attendees at the main workshop events in Kisumu It was attended by head of County governments for Agriculture and Public Health from 15 counties in western Kenya comprising and local experts e.g. clinicians, agri-experts. Third Sector organisations represented by outreach officers for the University sector and by the Public Health and Agricultural heads of extension services - the latter are the link between the communities and the link to the decision makers - pivotal roles |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533190/1/OR22054.pdf |
| Description | Stakeholder meeting in Kissii, 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 | This was one of a series of stakeholder meetings. The purpose was to feedback data to previous stakeholders that had facilitated activities through the ODA programme, test the delivery of data tools on them for further co-design, alongside new data tools developed within NC International - for the latter, early co-design of data needs, land management issues, linking interested parties for future research. Follow up meetings in October, with a small workshop planned in February 2023 to build thinking of stakeholders, gather missing partners for larger stakeholder workshop in either June or September 2023. It was attended by head of County governments for Agriculture and Public Health from 15 counties in western Kenya comprising and local experts e.g. clinicians, agri-experts. Third Sector organisations represented by outreach officers for the University sector and by the Public Health and Agricultural heads of extension services - the latter are the link between the communities and the link to the decision makers - pivotal roles https://www.bgs.ac.uk/geology-projects/geochemistry-and-health/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533190/1/OR22054.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533190/1/OR22054.pdf |
| Description | Stakeholder meeting. Kerala Disaster Management Authority office, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala state. 21/11/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | BGS Staff met with member secretary, Kerala Disaster Management authority (KSDMA) to understand role of KSDMA in disaster management across the Kerala state, apprise IGRD trigger threshold project objectives and timelines, discuss data availability, and contribution of IGRD outputs to KSDMA landslides activities. Following the meeting, KSDMA issued a letter of support to BGS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Stakeholder workshop meeting. KMFRI, Kenya 07/02/2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Stakeholder workshop meeting run by BGS, UK (Olivier Humphrey, Andrew Marriott, David King, Sophia Dowell) . This stakeholder meeting was designed to identify additional partners for future workshops. Participants were from many regions in western Kenya surrounding the Winam Gulf and consisted of 17 stakeholders engaged in research dissemination activities from University of Eldoret, Kenya and KMFRI, Kenya |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Stakeholder workshop meetings 23/06/2022 to 29/07/2022 |
| 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 | Sixty stakeholders from many regions in western Kenya were engaged in research dissemination activities. The activity took place in western Kenya. A webtool and report was produced. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Student and faculty interaction at University of Kerala, India. 18/11/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | BGS staff visited IGRD project partner University of Kerala. Activities comprised the following: 1) BGS staff interaction with University of Kerala postgraduate students about potential career pathways in geology and research opportunities, 2) Interaction with geology department staff about research collaboration opportunities aligned with IGRD and visited department laboratory facilities. 3) Discussion with IGRD aligned BUFI PhD student about the project and PhD research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | T. Bide, A. Novellino, E. Petavratzi, S. Watson, C. J. Mitchell. 2022. Quantification of construction raw materials consumption in the rapidly developing urban environment of Hanoi using earth observation and material flow analysis principles. CCOP-RCUG Symposium: Resilient and Sustainable Cities 07/12/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Tom Bide gave a 20 minute presentation regarding the work on monitoring consumption of building materials to mitigate the affects of sand mining in SE Asia that has been undertaken under the IGRD program. https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533853 and https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/jMSOwm5cRsfBb5bIx-6www |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533853 |
| Description | Talk and engagement activity at West Grantham Academy school, UK. Online. 25/01/2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Audience were two classes of high school students (age range 14-16) ~40 pupils were present for the talk. The students had so many engaging questions I had to join again after their lunch break to answer them all! Talk given by Ekbal Hussain, BGS, UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk on "Assessing differences in groundwater recharge flows under conservation agriculture and conventional tillage" (presentation held on 12 Sep, but ongoing exchange in terms of discussions with individuals from 12-15 Sep) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Conference presentation at the Land Use and Water Quality conference in Maastricht, The Netherlands. The presentation was held for an international (mostly European with some participants from the US and Austrialia) audience. Attendees during the presentation c. 100, overall at the conference c. 300-400 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533316 |
| Description | Telemetry and geo-resistivity workshop. Ateneo de Manila University, Manila on 17/02/23 |
| 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 | 20 NWRB staff attended a training session given by Ateneo de Manila University in how to install and operate the water quality telemetry equipment co-developed by ADMU, Imperial College London and BGS. A second session demonstrated the use of prototype geophysical equipment. BGS provided the hydrogeological expertise for the workshop sessions - providing practical examples of how equipment might be used. The session led to detailed discussions with NWRB on future strategies for monitoring and geophysics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | The 58th CCOP Annual Session and 79th Steering Committee Meeting, Bandung Indonesia. 09 - 10/10/2022. |
| 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 event included a Finance Committee Meeting and Advisory Group Meeting (BGS participation). Essential in performing our role in CCOP as a cooperating country and member of the Advisory Group (Marcus Dobbs, Andy McKenzie and David Schofield).Outcome David Schofield invited to take on role as BGS representative on CCOP Advisory Group, and to report observations and recommendations of the Advisory Group to CCOP Member Country delegates during the annual session (9-10/10/22). Participants: BGS, UK; CCOP, International; Public Works Department, Brunei Darussalam; Ministry of Mines and Energy, Cambodia; China Geological Survey, China; Geological Agency, Indonesia; Geological Survey of Japan, Japan; Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Korea; Department of Minerals and Geoscience, Malaysia; Department of Geological Survey and Mineral Exploration, Myanmar; Mines and Geosciences Bureau, Philippines; Department of Mineral Resources, Thailand; Department of Mineral Fuels, Thailand; Department of Groundwater Resources, Thailand; Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, Thailand; PTT Exploration and Production PCL, Thailand; General Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam, Vietnam; Geological Survey of Canada, Canada; Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia; Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Germany; International Environmental Research Institute, Korea; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia; Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to ASEAN; Hanyang University, Korea; Netherlands Enterprise Agency, Netherlands. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Training -writing skills workshop for ECRs 01/07/2022 |
| 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 | Early Career researchers from across 7 African countries attended a training, writing skills workshop for ECRs- connected by Zoom to Zambia, Malawi, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Djibouti and India - close out of British Academy funded writing skills project. Delivered by BGS. BGS Report of the series of stakeholder meetings and workshops summarised here: https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533190/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533190/ |
| Description | Trends in organic pollutants in Singapore sediments. Online 15 Dec 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Discussion with project partners concerning pollution trends found by BGS in Singapore sediments and debate about where to core next year (2023-2024) to yield data to inform decisions on sediment quality and issues such as 1) PAH from forest fires 2) sewage 3) fouling of de-salination intake by natural organic matter. BGS and Nanyang Technology University (NTU) Audience from academic community in Singapore |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | UN Kenya drought response (online) 17/02/2023. |
| 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 | BGS meeting with the UN representative in Kenya to discuss groundwater's role in the drought emergency. Summarised on-going work (including commercial projects) in Kenya. Participants: BGS, UK; UNICEF, UN representative in Kenya, UN Senior DRR specialist, UNESCO IMP coordinator, Acacia water representative |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | UNITEN UK IGRD partner engagement visit 2022 to BGS Keyworth, UK and BGS Lyell Centre, UK. 12 to 16 Dec 2022 |
| 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 objective of this visit was to explore opportunities for collaboration and partnership between BGS and UNITEN on a number of IGRD projects, including: Trigger thresholds for rainfall-induced shallow landslides in tropical residual soils; Biocementation for Geohazard Mitigation (BFG); Urban Geoscience (Digital workflows/ urban umbrella); multi-hazards (Indonesia and Philippines); geoelectrical imaging for the remote-condition-monitoring of engineered structures (Philippines); Urban subsidence. Main outcomes were an agreement to work on BFG project, further meeting in Malaysia to explore collaboration on landslide tracking; further discussion on the possibility of collaboration on urban subsidence, geoelectrical imaging and borehole data management, and geoscience data integration and visualisation using Geovisionary. Potential for application of groundwater monitoring portal (currently used in Philippines) to Malaysia. Refinements to MOU proposed by UNITEN. Delegation from Malaysia included three academics from UNITEN specialising in Engineering Geology and IT, and 1 from UKM specialising in groundwater. BGS representatives included digital/informatics, groundwater, engineering geology, geophysics and remote sensing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visit by the Deputy Director of the Gambian Geological Survey to discuss issues around sand mining in the Gambia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit by the Deputy Director of the Gambian Geological Survey to discuss issues around sand mining in the Gambia and the potential for BGS to further engage and collaborate with the Gambian Geological Survey to help them source sustainable sand and construction mineral resources. The meeting resulted in the promise of a letter of support, the reopening of a current, but dormant, MOU with this engaged stakeholder with national issues with sand mining that fit well with the objectives of the sand and sustainability IGRD project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Workshop - Resiliencia Socio hidrológica de la Ciudad de Oaxaca (Social hydrological resilience of Oaxaca City). Casa de la Ciudad, Oaxaca, Mexico 11/11/2022 |
| 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 | BGS ran a workshop for local, regional and national stakeholders so that they could be introduced to the concepts of socio-hydrological resilience, to co-design the web-tools we are developing and to better understand their needs.Everyone who attended was from Mexico City or Oaxaca Participants from BGS, UK; Architectural Association School of Architecture, UK; Tec de Monterrey University, Mexico. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Yuanyin Li, Lei Wang, Sim Reaney, Fred Worrall, Sean Burke, Shengbo Chen. 2022. The potential impacts of future climate and land-use changes on groundwater nitrates in England & Wales. The 2022 International Symposium on Resilient and Sustainable Cities &The 22nd Annual General Meeting of UK-CARE. 08/12/2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Online participants 300, also talks were broadcast to around 5,000 students https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533992 and https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/lgEuBMt5JjY3p7wEL42Aew |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533992 |