Expertise for Central Africa
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Project details
Project name; Name of Branch/Client/subcontractant
Desertification and anthropic erosion processes in a tropical mountainous region in Ethiopia
Original name of Project; Aim of contract/deal/business
Verwoestijning en antropogene erosieprocessen in een tropisch gebergtegebied, Ethiopië
Linked to Expertise unit(s)
Parent unit: Royal Museum for Central Africa RMCA
- Geomorphology and Remote Sensing Research unit > show details
Theme
Agricultural resources, Soils, Land
Timing
Timing not specified
Country/Area of implementation; of Partner/Client
East Africa
Place of Implementation; Location of Partner/Client
Ethiopia
Financial backer/Client
FWO-Vlaanderen
Other partners/Organisms/Companies
Instituut voor Land- en Waterbeheer KULeuven; Instituut Aardwetenschappen KULeuven
Local partner institutions/organisms/Companies
Department of Dryland Agriculture, University Makelle
Nature of expertise/action
Study
Field of expertise/action
Desertification; anthropic erosion processes
Brief Description of expertise/action ; commercial relationship
It is often possible to distinguish between the anthropic factors and climatic factors which are involved in desertification processes
Main objectives; expected results
The aim of the project is to study the degradation of the landscape in such regions by evaluating the changes that have occurred during the deforestation period
ECA-CREAC Expertise Database - May 22, 2013