Institute of Geography and Sustainability of the University of Lausanne
Research projects
People and forests: Evaluating the impact of historical human activity on the present-day floristic composition of tropical rainforest ecosystems in western Central Africa
| Research fields |
Political ecologies |
| Keywords |
Historical ecology Tropical forests Tropical forest Gabon |
| Funding | Université Libre de Bruxelles-UNIL Partnership |
| Duration | November 2021 - December 2023 |
| Website | |
| Researchers |
Walters Gretchen (Principal Investigator) [web] [email] Tariq Stévart (Scientific collaborator) Thomas Drouet (Project co-applicant) Olivier Hardy (Scientific collaborator) Klein Jan (Doctoral student) Mabika Hines (Research Advisory) |
The main objective of this collaboration will be to mutually support joint projects aiming to investiage the interaction between historical human activity and the present-day floristic composition of tropical rainforests in Gabon. Main activities include field work in the Ivindo forest of Gabon and visits to the Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer (Aix-en-Provence, France).
 Ivindo Forest (Perriquet 1911). |