Interim Workshop ELNAC-JLU
Participants:
| Jenny Fuhrmann | Sakeus Kadhikwa | Danny Musenge (CBU) |
| Timo Asar | Hani Chbib | Léa Lacan, University Cologne |
| Stéphanie Domptail | Charity Masole | Achim Röder, University Trier |
| Chukwuma Ume | Martin Petrick | Jari Mahler, University Trier |
| Event took place on the 19th of December 2024 and the 15th and the 16th of January 2025, in Gießen, Germany, with online participation of non-JLU guests. |
Objectives
The ELNAC-JLU Interim Workshop celebrated the completion of the extensive data collection that took place during the first two years of the project. Its aim was to bring together all members of the JLU team to provide an overview of the data collected, the initial results of data analysis and to identify particularities and commonalities in the design, management and outcomes of community-based conservation programmes in three countries of the Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) Trans-Frontier Conservation Area (TFCA). With a particular focus on data, the workshop devoted time to identifying best practices for data management and storage, as well as specific strategies for data archiving. Finally, we took time to reflect on our position as researchers in the field and in the process of data collection and knowledge creation. As a very international team (Nigerian, German, Syrian, Namibian, Motswana, French, ...) we try to learn about the situations we encounter and try to analyse from our feelings during events and crises in the field. Most importantly, we met as a team and gained a lot of energy and momentum to work towards our individual and collective outcomes until the end of the project in 2025.
Output: Data sets
DATASET_Angola.xlsx – Data collected in Angola
- Title: Social Metabolism data from Mucusso in Angola.
- Description: This dataset was collected in Mucusso Angola using the Koto Tool application. The data were gathered to support a Material Flow Analysis (MFA), which involves tracking resource extraction, including quantities of natural resources and artifacts, as well as biomass extraction from agriculture, fisheries, and forestry. Additionally, the dataset includes information on waste generation and emissions, such as solid waste production, wastewater discharge, and CO₂ emissions. Surveys were conducted in 73 households.
- Geographic Coverage: Mucusso in Angola.
- Temporal Coverage: 16.11.2024 – 14.12.2024.
- Keywords: Material Flow Analysis, Resource Extraction, Waste Emissions, Household Surveys
- Data Format: XLSX
- Data Completeness: Some missing values were identified due to non-responses, data entry errors, or technical issues during data collection. Non-responses were marked as "NA", and data entry errors were cross-checked with survey records where possible. For variables with less than 5% missing data, median or mean imputation was applied, while those with significant gaps were retained as missing to avoid bias. Observations with excessive missing values were excluded from statistical analysis but kept in the raw dataset for reference.
- Data Collection Method: Field surveys, Koto Tool application.
- Property Rights of the Data Set: Available upon request.
- Licensing: dataset is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. Users are free to share, distribute, and adapt the dataset, provided proper attribution is given to the original authors. Any modifications or derivative works must also include proper citation.
- Citation Guidelines: Ume, C., et al. (2024). "Social Metabolism and Material Flow Analysis in Southern Africa: Household Resource Use and Environmental Impact." Justus Liebig University Giessen & Partner Institutions. [Repository Link]
- Contact Information: For inquiries, further details, or collaboration requests, please contact: Dr. Chukwuma Ume, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Email: Chukwuma.ume@agr.jlug.de