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
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).