Projects

Reducing land degradation through and for sustainable rural land use in the South Ethiopia Rift Valley
This project aims at increasing capacities within Arba Minch University (Ethiopia) to understand and address land degradation processes, including soil fertility loss, sediment production by gullies and landslides and sediment delivery to the lakes. Outcomes include PhD theses, an integrated geodatabase and a meteo-hydrological monitoring network. The Elgo-Sile and Basso-Shafé catchments are used as case study sites. Attention is given to integrate indigenous practices and to develop outreach tools.
Project “Forty springs, forty nations, finding common ground for sustainable development in the South-Ethiopian Rift Valley

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2017 2022

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Project leader: KU Leuven and VUB