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Project

Congo basin integrated monitoring for forest carbon mitigation and biodiversity (COBIMFO).
Code
12Z034011
Duration
15 December 2010 → 30 June 2016
Funding
Federal funding: various
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Analytical chemistry
    • Animal biology
    • General biology
    • Plant biology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Pharmaceutical analysis and quality assurance
Keywords
carbon biodiversity African tropical forest
 
Project description
 

The relationship between C stock, fluxes and biodiversity in the tropical rainforest of the Congo Basin is investigated. Therefore, intensive monitoring of these variables will be performed in pristine and intervened dense tropical forests in Yangambi, along a forest productivity gradient.

The project is a partnership between UGent, Royal Museum for Central Africa, ULB, UCL, National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences and UA.