Projects (Co-)Supervised by Farid Dahdouh-Guebas (SERM)
Dates | Projects details |
2020 | Value to society and economy through sustainable water nexus management in partner countries of the Belgian Development cooperation – Water NEXUS (Long-Term Policy Supporting Research – PSR, ARES) |
2019-2025
| Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree on Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems – TROPIMUNDO+ Erasmus Mundus Masters Course on Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems – TROPIMUNDO (European Commission, 2013-1939)
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| 2019 | Scientific and local capacity building in Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve through training and publications – MAKABANG (Belgian Federal Science Policy – BELSPO) |
| Fostering grassroots entrepreneurship in Burundi (Short-Term Policy Supporting Research – PSR, ARES). | |
| Value to society and economy through sustainable water nexus management in partner countries of the Belgian Development cooperation – Water NEXUS (Long-Term Policy Supporting Research – PSR, ARES). | |
| Private Sector for Development – PS4D (VLIR-UOS & ARES). | |
| 2018-2020 | Understanding the discursive & practical dynamics of sustainability and its assessment in complex social-ecological systems (SASES). (FNRS-PDR, T.0262.18) |
| Economic valuation of ecosystem services in Man and Biosphere reserves: testing effective rapid assessment methods in selected African MABs – EVAMAB (Belgian Science Policy – BELSPO, BL/58/UN32) |
2015-2018
| Managing Mangrove Forests with Optical and Radar Environmental SaTellites – MAMAFOREST (Belgian Science Policy – BELSPO, SR/00/323) |
| 2012-2013 | Long-term monitoring of drivers determining mangrove distribution limits. (Fund for Scientific Research – FWO Vlaanderen) |
| 2011-2014 | Ecological functionality and stability of mangrove ecosystems: a modeling approach (Mandat impulsion scientifique – MIS, FNRS, F.4508.11). |
| 2010-2014 | Coastal Research Network on Environmental Changes (CREC). (EC, Marie-Curie IRSES, 247514) |
2010
2009-2012 | Reconstruction et prédiction de la dynamique spatio-temporelle des mangroves : analyse phytosociologique et étude diachronique de données de télédétection. (FER) FNRS-Crédit aux Chercheurs FNRS-FRFC MIS F.4508.11 |
| 2008-2013 | GREEN DYKE : The use of natural barriers for coastal protection in Sri Lanka. (VLIR- Own Initiative, ZEIN2008PR347 |
2008 | Colonisation of mangroves : research into the driving factors of propagule dispersal and establishment (Fund for Scientific Research – FWO Vlaanderen) |
| Potential of mangroves and other coastal vegetation as a buffer against ocean surges in the Indian Ocean : an approach based on image and sediment archives, using the Dec. 2004 tsunami as a natural experiment. (VUB Research Council, research project) |
| Mangrove-onderzoek in het Mekong-gebied te Vietnam : met gebruik van satellietbeelden en GIS i.k.v. bilateraal samenwerkingsproject ‘Improvement of Shrimp production sustainable and safety in Vietnam’ (Belgian Science Policy – OSTC/Belspo) |
| Monitoring structural attributes of trees and surrounding vegetation to detect status and predict changes in mangrove forests and assemblages. (Fund for Scientific Research – FWO Vlaanderen). |
2005 | Peri-urban mangrove forests as filters and potential phytoremediators of domestic sewage in East-Africa – PUMPSEA. (VUB Conseil de Recherche, research project, matching fund). VUB Conseil de Recherche, research project, matching fund |
2005-2008 | With Instituto de Ciência Aplicada e Tecnologia, Portugal – coordinator; Instituto do Mar, Portugal; University of Leipzig, Germany; Biological Institute/University of Southern Denmark, Denmark; Museo Zoologico de “La Specola” dell’Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy; Stockholm’s University, Suede; Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kenya; Universidad Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique; Faculties of Aquatic Sciences and Technology/ Engineering, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; & National Environment Management Council, Tanzania; European Commission. |
2005 | Historical ecosystem dynamics along tropical coasts investigated on basis of recent vegetation structure, (Fund for Scientific Research – FWO Vlaanderen) |
2004 | Dynamics in diversity, functionality, and stability of mangroves, approached by a retrospective and current remote sensing approach using new pattern recognition techniques. (Fund for Scientific Research – FWO Vlaanderen, research project) |
| Mangrove fauna and flora : patterns of reproductive biology and dispersal mechanisms. (Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy – Fondi di Investigazione di Ricerca di Base – FIRB, Ministero di Istruzione Università e Ricerca – MIUR). |
2004-2007 2001-2008 | Monitoring and modelling of changes in coastline, vegetation, and biodiversity in natural and restored mangrove forests on a fundamental and applied level. (Fund for Scientific Research – FWO Vlaanderen) Fund for Scientific Research – FWO Vlaanderen, |
2003-2008 | Aquatic ecology for environmental management in Kenya AQUA. Programme for international cooperation (IUC) VLIR i.s.m. University of Nairobi en Ugent |
2003 | Vegetation structure and regeneration of the mangroves in the Parc National du Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania. (VUB Research Council) |
| Quality mapping, data integration and modelling of remote sensing, cartographic and field data from mangrove forests using a stand-alone geographic information system. (Fund for Scientific Research – FWO Vlaanderen, Krediet aan Navorsers). |
| Quality and usefulness of very high resolution satellite imagery (IKONOS), for research on vegetation dynamics in mangrove areas : integration of different types of remote sensing data. (Fund for Scientific Research – FWO Vlaanderen, Krediet aan Navorsers) |
| Recherche de la structure des mangroves au Parc National du Banc d’Arguin et de la régénération et ses facteurs faunistiques restrictifs. (Fondation pour Favoriser les Recherches scientifiques en Afrique, EUR) |
1999-2000 1996-1998 | Dynamics and regeneration of mangroves – horizontal vegetation structure analysis of juvenile and adult individuals and research into regenerative constraints – (Flemish Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology – IWT) |
| Recherche préliminaire de la régénération des mangroves au Parc National du Banc d’Arguin et de ses facteurs faunistiques restrictifs. (Fondation pour Favoriser les Recherches scientifiques en Afrique) |
