Here our section about the innovation and research of our team. All reserach works explore nature-based solutions dimension and ecosystem services in relation with environmental concerns.
Aurore Fanal
#weedtrees #seedsdispersion #anthropogenicactivities
Identifying why a tree species could be potentially invasive in temperate forests.
I am currently working on Belgian forests, colonized by some exotic trees that are potentially invasive. The understanding of their ecology and dispersal is crucial to prevent ecological issues.
The expectation is to identify future invasive tree species of temperate forests.
Lilly Gillet
#lifeinquarries #ecosystemservices #SMARTtools
Quarries are an opportunities for biodiversity that offer to extractive activities ecosystem services when it is well-managed.
I am currently working on the developement of smart biodiversity tools to manage actions favourable to local fauna and flora that live in quarries during operations. The human pertubations punctuate the life cycle by habitats move, removal and creation.
The challenge is to create functionnal tools helping worker or site manager to recognize wild organisms and to anticipate the perturbations in order to create new pleasant habitats for them.
Lucie Rivière
#greenroof #nativespecies #ecosystemservices
Testing innovative green roofs inspired from nature-based solutions concept in our cities through green roof. CityRoof project.
I am currently working on the interaction between water-soil system with plant characteristic in order to optimize the green roof system.
The expectation of the project is the usage of recycled build materials (bricks) into new durable substrate for plants.
Harold Strammer
#greeninfrastructure #Landscaping #Landuse
Green infrastructure concept is well-studied and well-known in temperate areas. Everybody is able to list 2 or 3 functionnalities of urban (green) space. But is this approach transferable to tropical cities?
I am currently working on the land use typology of green spaces found in Africa related to ecosystem services they provide. We already observed that the urban spaces do not share the same functionnalities than those in temparate cities.
The expectation of the project is to make a cartography highlighting green infrastructure, land use and ecosystem services to identify a new applicable tropical typology.
