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International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation

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ITC

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The International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) is aims at international education, flanked by research and project services. It's international training programmes offer some 40 different specialization courses, at MSc and PhD levels. ITC’s research activities concentrate on Geo-information Science and Earth Observation. ITC has six scientific departments, of which the Department of Earth Systems Analysis (ESA) is the partner in this project. ESA develops models based on remote sensing data and GIS and data integration techniques for: soil resources assessment for multiple uses, especially land degradation assessment and monitoring, soil erosion and surface runoff, natural hazards and disaster management (earthquakes, floods, landslides and desertification-land degradation) in relation to earth dynamic processes. The ITC is also an associate institute of the United Nations University (UNU) on Disaster Geo-Information Management and on Land Administration (http://www.itc.nl/unu). In DESIRE ITC is coordinator of Workblock 4.

Website

www.itc.nl

Address

Hengelosestraat 99
P.O. Box 6

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Involved personnel

Name	Contact details	Key qualifications	Photo
Prof. Dr. Victor Jetten	Tel: +31 53 4874412 E-mail: jetten@itc.nl	Chair in earth Surface Systems Analysis. Development of spatial models of land degradation processes (erosion, flooding, mass movement).
Dr. Dhruba Pikha Shrestha	Tel: +31 53 4874 264 Email: shrestha@itc.nl	Spatial modelling of soil erosion; remote sensing techniques applied to land use change and land degradation studies including soil salinity
Prof. Dr. Freek van der Meer	Tel: +31 53 4874353 E-mail: vdmeer@itc.nl	Imaging spectrometry applied to geological characterization of the environment; Monitoring and 4D temporal analysis of geological processes; Spatial statistics applied to image analysis.
Dr. Abbas Farshad	Tel: +31 53 4874318 E-mail: farshad@itc.nl	Soil-landscape relationships (soil geography, geo-pedology); land degradation and desertification assessment; sustainable land management.
Dr. David Rossiter	Tel: +31 53 4874499 E-mail: rossiter@itc.nl	Models of spatial variation & geostatistics; Continuous-model mapping; Quantitative modelling of soil-landscape relations; Parameterization of process.
Mrs. Sabine Maresh (MSc)	Tel: +31 53 4874370 E-mail: maresh@itc.nl	Management, project services and marketing of educational and research projects. Experience with EU projects, Asaian Dvelopment Bank projects and others. International marketing.

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Erosion and Soil & Water Conservation Group
Wageningen University

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ESW-WU

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Research of the Erosion and Soil & Water Conservation Group of Wageningen University (ESW-WU) focuses on physical and socio-economic processes that cause land degradation, and the design of technology that conserves soil and water  and tailor it to the local socio-economic conditions.  We mostly operate in interdisciplinary groups in developing countries, but are active in Europe, the USA, Australie and elswhere also. ESW-WU has at its diposal laboratory facilities, field monitoring devices, an experimental field in The Netherlands and research facilities in several tropical countries. Research is undertaken on scales ranging from the plot, field, farm, village to the watershed. ESW-WU is the leading partner in several interdisciplinary projects on soil & water conservation and has formal cooperation agreements with many EU and DC partners. Through collaborative research ESW-WU participates in NUFFIC/NPT- programmes in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Uganda and collaborates with CGIAR-centres such as ICRISAT, ICRAF and CIP

Website

www.esw.wur.nl

Address

Erosion and Soil & Water Conservation Group
P.O. Box 47
Droevendaalsesteeg 4
6700 AA Wageningen
Netherlands

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Involved personnel

Name	Contact details	Key qualifications	Photo
Prof. Leo Stroosnijder	Tel: +31 317 482446 E-mail: leo.stroosnijder@wur.nl	Head of ESW-WU. Supervising 15 international PhD-students. Coordinating several international research projects. Fields of expertise: soil and water conservation, system analysis , agronomic modeling, land use planning and policy
Ms. Dr. Monique Slegers	Tel: +31 317 486131 E-mail: monique.slegers@wur.nl	Social scientist. Fields of expertise: adoption of soil & water conservation measures, policies and impact assessment
Ms. Dr. Saskia Faye-Visser	Tel: +31 317 484583 E-mail: saskia.faye-visser@wur.nl	Physical geographer. Fields of expertise: assessment of erosion & design of soil & water conservation. Modeling in an GIS environment.
Dr Cathelijne Stoof	Tel: +31 317 486619 E-mail: cathelijne.stoof@wur.nl personal website: www.fire.wur.nl	Soil scientist/ soil physicist. Expert in soil physical field and lab experiments, hydrological modeling. PhD topic: Fire effects on soil-water movement.
Dr Jantiene Baartman	Tel: +31 317 486620 E-mail: jantiene.baartman@wur.nl	Soil scientist/geomorphologist with special interest in landscape evolution, soil erosion and dynamic modelling. PhD topic: Natural and human-induced erosion - combining short-term event-based research and landscape evolution modelling.
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