Robert Marchant

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• 2024

  Assessing two decades of change across the Eco-Regions of West Africa using remote sensing technology

  Marchant, R., Makinde, E. O. & Salami, J. T., Mar 2024, In: Scientific African. 12 p., e02056.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Freeing imagination for fair and resilient future cities

  Comelli, T., Ensor, J., Filippi, M. E., Hope, M., Marchant, R., Pelling, M. & Thorn, J., 29 Aug 2024, In: Nature Cities. 1, 9, p. 536-539 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Global disparities in wellbeing from green infrastructure cooling services: A systematic review

  Marchant, R., 1 Jul 2024, In: Urban Forestry and Urban Greening.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Pathways from research to sustainable development: Insights from ten research projects in sustainability and resilience

  Marchant, R., 1 Apr 2024, In: AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment. 53, p. 517-533 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Projected future climatic forcing on the global distribution of vegetation types

  Allen, B. J., Hill, D. J., Burke, A., Clark, M., Marchant, R., Stringer, L. C., Williams, D. R. & Lyon, C. J., 27 May 2024, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 379, 1902, 10 p., 20230011.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• The bii4africa dataset of faunal and floral population intactness estimates across Africa’s major land uses

  Marchant, R., 12 Feb 2024, In: Scientific data. 11, 17 p., 191.

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• The forgotten bread oven: Local bakeries, forests and energy transition in Nigeria

  Salisu, A. T., Salisu Barau, A., Carr, J. A., Chunwate, B. T., Jew, E., Kirshner, J. D., Marchant, R., Tomei, J. & Stringer, L. C., 13 Mar 2024, In: Regional Environmental Change. 24, 12 p., 40.

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• Unveiling 4500 years of environmental dynamics and human activity at Songo Mnara, Tanzania

  Englong, A., Punwong, P., Seelanan, T., Marchant, R., Wynne-Jones, S., Jirapinyakul, A. & Fleisher, J., 1 Jun 2024, In: Quaternary Science Advances. 14, 18 p., 100192.

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• ‘Kesho’ Scenario Development for Supporting Water-Energy Food Security under Future Conditions in Zanzibar

  Marchant, R., Newman, R., Enns, C., Capitani, C., Thorn, J. P. R., Courtney-Mustaphi, C. J., Buckton, S., Om, E., Fazey, I. R. A., Haji, T. A., Nchimbi, A. Y. & Kariuki, R., 5 Feb 2024, In: Land. 13, 2, 26 p., 195.

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• 2023

  A people-centred framework for exploring water, energy and food security in a small developing island

  Newman, R., Thorn, J. P. R., Haji, T. A., Nchimbi, A. Y., Musa, I., Enns, C. & Marchant, R., 20 Jul 2023, In: Population and Environment. 45, 29 p., 14.

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• A–Z of cost-effective adaptation strategies to the impact of climate change among crop farmers in West Africa

  Marchant, R., Touza, J., Onyekuru, N. A., Ume, C., Chiemela, C., Onyia, C., Eboh, E. C. & Eze, C. C., 28 Aug 2023, In: Environment, Development and Sustainability. 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• High-Resolution Multiproxy Record of Environmental Changes and Anthropogenic Activities at Unguja Ukuu, Zanzibar, Tanzania during the Last 5000 Years

  Englong, A., Punwong, P., Marchant, R., Seelanan, T., Wynne-Jones, S. & Chirawatkul, P., 13 Mar 2023, In: Quaternary. 6, 1, 27 p., 21.

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• Inequitable gains and losses from conservation in a global biodiversity hotspot

  Platts, P. J., Schaafsma, M., Green, J. M. H. & Marchant, R., 17 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environmental & Resource Economics. 25 p.

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• In memory of Dr Tobias Nyumba

  Marchant, R., 2 Nov 2023, In: Conservation Science and Practice. 5, 11

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• Late Pleistocene montane forest fire return interval estimates from Mount Kenya

  Marchant, R. & Courtney-Mustaphi, C. J., 30 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 38, 2, 14 p.

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• 2022

  Assessing the Underlying Drivers of Change over Two Decades of Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics along the Standard Gauge Railway Corridor, Kenya

  Marchant, R., Nyumba, T. & Thorn, J., 19 May 2022, In: Sustainability. 14, 10, 21 p., 6158.

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• Climate change and hunter-gatherers in montane eastern DR Congo

  Batumike, R., Bulonvu, F., Imani, G., Akonkwa, D., Gahigi, A., Klein, J. A., Marchant, R. & Cuni Sanchez, A., 1 May 2022, In: Climate and Development. 14, 5, p. 431-442 12 p.

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• Climate change research and action must look beyond 2100

  Lyon, C., Saupe, E. E., Smith, C. J., Hill, D. J., Beckerman, A. P., Stringer, L. C., Marchant, R., McKay, J., Burke, A., O’Higgins, P., Dunhill, A. M., Allen, B. J., Riel-Salvatore, J. & Aze, T., 1 Jan 2022, In: Global Change Biology. 28, 2, p. 349-361 13 p.

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• Developing Transdisciplinary Approaches to Sustainability Challenges: The Need to Model Socio-Environmental Systems in the Longue Durée

  Marchant, R., 17 Aug 2022, In: Sustainability. 14, 16, 20 p., 10234.

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• Documenting a thousand years of environmental and anthropogenic changes on mangroves on the Bangkok coast, the upper Gulf of Thailand

  Marchant, R. & Punwong, P., 19 Mar 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• East Africa’s Human Environment Interactions: Historical Perspectives for a Sustainable Future

  Marchant, R., 14 Jan 2022, Springer Nature Switzerland. 411 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Indirect impacts of commercial gold mining on adjacent ecosystems

  Marchant, R., Seki, H. & Platts, P. J., 1 Nov 2022, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 275, 12 p., 109782.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Pharmaceutical pollution of the world's rivers

  Wilkinson, J. L., Boxall, A. B. A., Kolpin, D. W., Leung, K. M. Y., Lai, R. W. S., Galbán-Malagón, C., Adell, A. D., Mondon, J., Metian, M., Marchant, R. A., Bouzas-Monroy, A., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Coors, A., Carriquiriborde, P., Rojo, M., Gordon, C., Cara, M., Moermond, M., Luarte, T. & Petrosyan, V. & 107 others, Perikhanyan, Y., Mahon, C. S., McGurk, C. J., Hofmann, T., Kormoker, T., Iniguez, V., Guzman-Otazo, J., Tavares, J. L., Gildasio De Figueiredo, F., Razzolini, M. T. P., Dougnon, V., Gbaguidi, G., Traoré, O., Blais, J. M., Kimpe, L. E., Wong, M., Wong, D., Ntchantcho, R., Pizarro, J., Ying, G.-G., Chen, C.-E., Páez, M., Martínez-Lara, J., Otamonga, J.-P., Poté, J., Ifo, S. A., Wilson, P., Echeverría-Sáenz, S., Udikovic-Kolic, N., Milakovic, M., Fatta-Kassinos, D., Ioannou-Ttofa, L., Belušová, V., Vymazal, J., Cárdenas-Bustamante, M., Kassa, B. A., Garric, J., Chaumot, A., Gibba, P., Kunchulia, I., Seidensticker, S., Lyberatos, G., Halldórsson, H. P., Melling, M., Shashidhar, T., Lamba, M., Nastiti, A., Supriatin, A., Pourang, N., Abedini, A., Abdullah, O., Gharbia, S. S., Pilla, F., Chefetz, B., Topaz, T., Yao, K. M., Aubakirova, B., Beisenova, R., Olaka, L., Mulu, J. K., Chatanga, P., Ntuli, V., Blama, N. T., Sherif, S., Aris, A. Z., Looi, L. J., Niang, M., Traore, S. T., Oldenkamp, R., Ogunbanwo, O., Ashfaq, M., Iqbal, M., Abdeen, Z., O'Dea, A., Morales-Saldaña, J. M., Custodio, M., de la Cruz, H., Navarrete, I., Carvalho, F., Gogra, A. B., Koroma, B. M., Cerkvenik-Flajs, V., Gombač, M., Thwala, M., Choi, K., Kang, H., Ladu, J. L. C., Rico, A., Amerasinghe, P., Sobek, A., Horlitz, G., Zenker, A. K., King, A. C., Jiang, J.-J., Kariuki, R., Tumbo, M., Tezel, U., Onay, T. T., Lejju, J. B., Vystavna, Y., Vergeles, Y., Heinzen, H., Pérez-Parada, A., Sims, D. B., Figy, M., Good, D. & Teta, C., 22 Feb 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 8, 10 p., e2113947119.

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• Serengeti’s futures: Exploring land use and land cover change scenarios to craft pathways for meeting conservation and development goals

  Marchant, R. & Courtney-Mustaphi, C. J., 23 Sept 2022, In: Frontiers in Conservation Science. 3, 21 p., 920143.

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• Special Issue Editorial: Mountains under Pressure

  Marchant, R. & Cuni Sanchez, A., 10 Aug 2022, In: Land. 11, 8, 5 p., 1283.

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• The African Development Corridors Database: a new tool to assess the impacts of infrastructure investments

  Marchant, R. & Thorn, J. P. R., 9 Nov 2022, In: Scientific data. 9, 11 p., 679.

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• Trade-offs and synergies of ecosystem services in the Yangtze River Delta, China: response to urbanizing variation

  Chen, S., Li, G., Zhuo, Y., Xu, Z., Ye, Y., Thorn, J. P. R. & Marchant, R., Feb 2022, In: Urban Ecosystems. 25, 1, p. 313-328

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• 2021

  A million year vegetation history and palaeoenvironmental record from the Lake Magadi Basin, Kenya Rift Valley

  Muiruri, V., Owen, R. B., Lowenstein, T. K., Renaut, R. W., Marchant, R., Rucina, S. M., Cohen, A., Deino, A. L., Sier, M. J., Luo, S., Leet, K., Campisano, C., Rabideaux, N. M., Deocampo, D., Shen, C.-C., Mbuthia, A., Davis, B. C., Aldossari, W. & Wang, C., 26 Jan 2021, In: Palaeogeography palaeoclimatology palaeoecology. 567, 110247.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• A palaeovegetation and diatom record of tropical montane forest fire, vegetation and hydroseral changes on Mount Kenya from 27,000–16,500 cal yr BP

  Courtney Mustaphi, C. J., Rucina, S. M., King, L., Selby, K. & Marchant, R., 1 Nov 2021, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 581, 14 p., 110625.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Assessing Interactions between Agriculture, Livestock Grazing and Wildlife Conservation Land Uses: A Historical Example from East Africa

  Marchant, R., 6 Jan 2021, In: Land. 10, 1, 12 p., 46.

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• Climate Change, Perceptions, and Adaptation Responses Among Farmers and Pastoralists in the Cameroon Highlands

  Marchant, R., 13 Jun 2021, Handbook of Climate Change Management : Research, Leadership, Transformation. Springer, p. 3971-3984

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Climate Change in Eastern Africa

  Marchant, R., 1 Sept 2021, African History. Oxford University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

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• Combining Remote Sensing and Species Distribution Modelling to Assess Pinus hartwegii Response to Climate Change and Land Use from Izta-Popo National Park, Mexico

  García-Amorena, I., Moreno-Amat, E., Aulló-Maestro, M. E., Mateo-Sánchez, M. C., Merino-De-Miguel, S., Ribalaygua, J. & Marchant, R., 2 Oct 2021, In: Land. 10, 10, 20 p., 1037.

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• COP26 as an opportunity to further democratise the Green Climate Fund

  Omukuti, J., Marchant, R. & White, P. C. L., 11 Aug 2021, In: The Lancet Planetary Health. 5, 8

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

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• Detecting and predicting forest degradation: A comparison of ground surveys and remote sensing in Tanzanian forests

  Ahrends, A., Bulling, M., Platts, P. J., Swetnam, R. D., Ryan, C., Doggart, N., Hollingsworth, P. M., Marchant, R., Balmford, A., Harris, D. J., Gross-Camp, N., Sumbi, P., Munishi, P. K. T., Madoffe, S., Mhoro, B. E., Leonard, C., Bracebridge, C., Doody, K., Wilkins, V. & Owen, N. & 8 others, Marshall, A., Schaafsma, M., Pfliegner, K., Jones, T., Robinson, J., Topp-Jorgensen, E. J., Brink, H. & Burgess, N. D., 27 Apr 2021, In: Plants, People, Planet. 3, p. 268-281 14 p.

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• Dryland nature based solutions for informal settlement upgrading schemes in Africa

  Thorn, J. P. R., Hejnowicz, A. P., Marchant, R., Ajala, O. A., Delgado, G., Shackleton, S., Kavonic, J. & Cinderby, S., 1 Feb 2021, 10 p. ICLEI Africa.

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• High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests

  Cuni Sanchez, A., Sullivan, M., Platts, P. J., Lewis, S. L., Marchant, R., Imani, G., Hubau, W., Abiem, I., Adhikari, H., Albrecht, T., Altman, J., Amani, C., Aneseyee, A. B., Avitabile, V., Banin, L., Batumike, R., Bauters, M., Beeckman, H., Begne, S. K. & Bennett, A. C. & 82 others, Bitariho, R., Boeckx, P., Bogaert, J., Bräuning, A., Bulonvu, F., Burgess, N. D., Calders, K., Chapman, C., Chapman, H., Comiskey, J., de Haulleville, T., Decuyper, M., DeVries, B., Dolezal, J., Droissart, V., Ewango, C., Feyera, S., Gebrekristos, A., Gereau, R. E., Gilpin, M., Hakizimana, D., Hall, J., Hamilton, A., Hardy, O., Hart, T., Heiskanen, J., Hemp, A., Herold, M., Hiltner, U., Horak, D., Kamdem, M.-N., Kayijamahe, C., Kenfack, D., Kinyanjui, M. J., Klein, J., Lisingo, J., Lovett, J., Lung, M., Makana, J.-R., Malhi, Y., Marshall, A., Martin, E. H., Mitchard, E. T. A., Morel, A., Mukendi, J. T., Muller, T., Nchu, F., Nyirambangutse, B., Okello, J., Peh, K. S.-H., Pellikka, P. K. E., Phillips, O. L., Plumptre, A., Qie, L., Rovero, F., Sainge, M. N., Schmitt, C. B., Sedlacek, O., Ngute, A. S. K., Sheil, D., Sheleme, D., Simegn, T. Y., Simo-Droissart, M., Sonké, B., Soromessa, T., Sunderland, T., Svoboda, M., Taedoumg, H., Taplin, J., Taylor, D., Thomas, S. C., Timberlake, J., Tuagben, D., Umunay, P., Uzabaho, E., Verbeeck, H., Vleminckx, J., Wallin, G., Wheeler, C., Willcock, S., Woods, J. T. & Zibera, E., 25 Aug 2021, In: Nature. 596, p. 536-542 7 p.

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• Late Holocene environmental change and anthropogenic: Ecosystem interaction on the Laikipia Plateau, Kenya

  Muiruri, V., Marchant, R., Rucina, S. M., Scott, L. & Lane, P. J., 16 Jun 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment. 51, p. 785-798 14 p.

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• Late Pleistocene and Holocene Afromontane vegetation and headwater wetland dynamics within the Eastern Mau Forest, Kenya

  Githumbi, E. N., Courtney Mustaphi, C. J. & Marchant, R., 11 Jan 2021, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 36, 2, p. 239-254 16 p.

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• Local Perceptions of Climate Change and Adaptation Responses from Two Mountain Regions in Tanzania

  Kaganzi, K., Cuni Sanchez, A., Mcharazo, F., Martin, E., Marchant, R. & Thorn, J. P. R., 23 Sept 2021, In: Land. 10, 10, 999.

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• Mainstreaming nature-based solutions for climate resilient infrastructure in peri-urban sub-Saharan Africa

  Thorn, J. P. R., Biancardi Aleu, R., Wijesinghe, A., Mdongwe, M., Marchant, R. A. & Shackleton, S., 16 Sept 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Landscape and urban planning. 216, 15 p., 104235.

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• Mountain Observatories: Status and Prospects for Enhancing and Connecting a Global Community

  Marchant, R., 2 Jun 2021, In: Mountain Research and Development. 41, 2, p. A1-A15 15 p.

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• Scenario archetypes reveal risks and opportunities for global mountain futures

  Thorn, J. P. R., Klein, J. A., Steger, C., Hopping, K. A., Capitani, C., Tucker, C. M., Reid, R. S. & Marchant, R., Jul 2021, In: Global Environmental Change. 69, 14 p., 102291.

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• Science with society: Evidence-based guidance for best practices in environmental transdisciplinary work

  Steger, C., Klein, J. A., Reid, R. S., Lavorel, S., Tucker, C., Hopping, K. A., Marchant, R., Teel, T., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Dorji, T., Greenwood, G., Huber, R., Kassam, K. A., Kreuer, D., Nolin, A., Russell, A., Sharp, J. L., Šmid Hribar, M., Thorn, J. P. R. & Grant, G. & 3 others, Mahdi, M., Moreno, M. & Waiswa, D., 5 Mar 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Global Environmental Change. 68, 102240.

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• Sedimentological, palynological and charcoal analyses of the hydric palustrine sediments from the Lielerai-Kimana wetlands, Kajiado, southern Kenya

  Githumbi, E. N., Courtney Mustaphi, C. J. & Marchant, R., 20 Sept 2021, Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics – The African Pollen Database. CRC Press, (Palaeoecology of Africa).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Socially inclusive and innovative policy making for climate resilient urban strategies for informal settlements in dryland Africa

  Thorn, J. P. R., Hejnowicz, A. P., Kavonic, J., Marchant, R., Shackleton, S., Delgado, G., Ajala, O. A., Mueller, A. & Cinderby, S., 1 Feb 2021, 10 p. ICLEI Africa.

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• Survey of Africa’s tropical montane forests assesses ecosystem services potential

  Marchant, R., Jun 2021, CORDIS.

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• Tree diversity and carbon stocks in the Itombwe Mountains of eastern DR Congo

  Marchant, R., 1 Aug 2021, In: Biotropica. 53, 6, p. 1594-1605 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2020

  Assessing the impacts of land use and climate interactions on beekeeping livelihoods in the Taita Hills, Kenya

  Stormes Newman, R. J., Marchant, R., Enns, C. & Capitani, C., 22 Dec 2020, In: Development in Practice. 31, 4

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• Asymmetric response of forest and grassy biomes to climate variability across the African Humid Period: influenced by anthropogenic disturbance?

  Phelps, L. N., Chevalier, M., Shanahan, T. M., Aleman, J. C., Courtney-Mustaphi, C., Kiahtipes, C. A., Broennimann, O., Marchant, R., Shekeine, J., Quick, L. J., Davis, B. A. S., Guisan, A. & Manning, K., 31 Jul 2020, In: Ecography. 43, 8, p. 1118-1142 25 p.

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