The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. In many steeply-sloping areas of the world, agricultural terraces are used to enable farming. Terraces change the shape of the slope, but also alter the distribution of the soil and they greatly […]
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A transnational, valley-blocking landslide in Africa
The Landslide Blog is written by Dave Petley, who is widely recognized as a world leader in the study and management of landslides. On 23 February 2024, a large valley-blocking landslide was triggered by heavy rainfall in the Ruzizi Valley, to the south of the city of Bukavu, which is in the Democratic Republic of […]
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Mapping Rwanda’s Trees from Above
Researchers used both aerial and satellite imagery, as well as machine learning, to map the carbon stock of every overstory tree in Rwanda—the first such inventory in the world.
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Forecasters Navigate a Highway to Success Around Lake Victoria
An early-warning system establishes international networks to help communities manage severe weather on Africa’s largest lake.
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East Africa Invests in Strategies to Manage E-Waste
As Uganda develops its e-waste policy, neighboring Rwanda establishes a broad-based plan involving incentives and high-tech facilities.