NamTip Winter School: Identifying, Preventing and Reversing Tipping Points in Social-Ecological Systems

The NamTip Winter School "Identifying, Preventing and Reversing Tipping Points in Social-Ecological Systems" aims to strengthen the capacities of early-career scientists by deepening their understanding of social-ecological tipping points in savannah rangelands and exploring practical strategies to prevent or reverse ecosystem degradation. The programme will combine theoretical & practical modules and excursions on the following topics:

• Assessing degradation state of soil and grass layers
• Using drones to map rangeland degradation
• Rangeland restoration measures
• Climate change mitigation and adaptation
• Understanding social-ecological systems
• How to study tipping points from an anthropological perspective
• Policy analysis and modelling exercises

Registration for the NamTip Winter School is closed! The selected participants have already been contacted. Please find all the relevant details here: