Tools for wetland ecosystem resource management in eastern africa

Project Information

ECOTOOLS

Grant agreement ID: ICA4-CT-2001-10036

Project closed

Start date 1 November 2001

End date 30 April 2005

Funded under

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002"

Total cost € 759 853,00

EU contribution € 699 983,00

Coordinated by

CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LO SVILUPPO DEI SISTEMI A GRANDE INTERFASE
Italy

Objective

The ECOTOOLS project is a multidisciplinary research effort dedicated to developing workable tools and strategies for the sustainable use of natural ecosystem products, using as study sites two multiuse wetland ecosystems near Lake Victoria. The project partners are 7 research institutions with extensive experience in ecosystem research and sustainable management. The overall approach of the project will be to integrate research in ecosystem management, indicator development, remote sensing technologies, ecosystem functional modelling, ecological economics systems analysis and material and energy flux measurements. The tools that will be developed include a best practises/training package, an indicator/criteria package, integrated ecological, economic and resource based models for regional territorial planning, sustainable use models for key wetland parameters (fauna, flora, water), a local GIS, long term monitoring programmes and

Fields of science

• social sciences › economics and business › economics
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › remote sensing
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems
• engineering and technology › environmental engineering › ecosystem-based management

Programme(s)

• FP5-INCO 2 - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on "Confirming the international role of Community research,1998-2002"

Topic(s)

Data not available

Call for proposal

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Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

CONSORZIO INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LO SVILUPPO DEI SISTEMI A GRANDE INTERFASE

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Ettore Bastianini 12 ; 53100 SIENA ; Italy
• Total cost: No data

Participants (5)

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFRASTRUCTURAL, HYDRAULIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Netherlands

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 95,Westvest 7 ; 2601 DA DELFT
• Total cost: No data

KENYA INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS

Kenya

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Bishops Road ; NAIROBI
• Total cost: No data

MINISTRY OF WATER, LANDS AND ENVIRONMENT

Uganda

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Parliamentary Avenue, Plot 15, Century House ; 256 KAMPALA
• Total cost: No data

THE PROVOST, FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH NEAR DUBLIN HEREINAFTER TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN

Ireland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: College Green ; 2 DUBLIN
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF YORK

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Heslington ; YORK
• Total cost: No data