FOMANAP - Training of Madagascar National Parks : following-up deforestation, carbon measurement, GIS ...

Start
March 2013
End
April 2013
Role in the project
Deforestation, carbon, remote sensing and GIS expert

Countries

Madagascar

Fields

Biodiversity Climate Forest REDD+ Remote sensing

Main goals

Training of Madagascar National Parks

Specific objectives

  • Historic analysis of the deforestation : PHCF methodology
  • Modelling of future deforestation : in partnership with CIRAD
  • Measurement of carbon stocks and aerial biomass : dendrometric data conversion collected into the field in carbon stocks (tC/ha). Practical application of Mantadia protected area.
  • Carbon stocks and aerial biomass cartography : in partnership with CIRAD

Related people

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Project Manager / France

Clovis Grinand

PhD in Functional Ecology and Agronomic Sciences (SupAgro, IRD and CIRAD) and specialized in Localized Information Systems for Spatial Planning (AgroParisTech), he is an expert in land use change monitoring using remote sensing, digital soil mapping and spatial modeling applied to forestry, agronomy and landscape ecology. He is the author of numerous international scientific publications.

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