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| Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (LNE-INBO) | |
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English name: Research Institute for Nature and Forest Thesaurus terms (6) : Dunes; Forests; Marine birds; Nature conservation; Pollution; Wetlands MRG keywords (4) : Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Hydrodynamics; Sediment mechanics/dynamics Geographical term : Belgium, Flanders [Marine Regions]
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| The Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) was founded in 2006 and focuses on the sustainable management and the use of nature. INBO primarily works for the Flemish government, but as a Flemish research and knowledge institute, INBO also performs research and provides knowledge to policy makers and other interested stakeholders. The institute provides information for international reports and to local authorities and supports organisations with regard to nature management, forestry, agriculture, hunting and fisheries.
The marine research focuses on the impact of human activities on coastal breeding birds and sea bird populations; migration bottlenecks; habitat use and recovery of (diadromous) fish in estuaries; landscape dynamics in coastal dunes; flora and fauna in coastal nature reserves; management evaluation, ecological objectives, recovery, state and trend evaluation in estuaries. The Species Diversity research team focuses on the study of seabirds at sea, breeding seabirds and coastal birds. It monitors population trends and studies anthropogenic impact, food ecology, habitat use and migration patterns. The monitoring activities contribute to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Birds and Habitats Directives and the environmental status of the North East Atlantic (OSPAR QSR). Within this context, INBO concluded important cooperation agreements with several national and international research institutes. The research team Estuaria is mainly working in the framework of the long-term vision for the Scheldt estuary, the updated Sigmaplan, the Water Framework directive and the Birds and Habitats directives. The integrated monitoring system of the macrobenthos, water birds, vegetation and habitats or ecotopes provides information for the evaluation of the state and trends of the environment and the licensing policy in order to set objectives and metrics for European directives, the ecological recovery strategy for the Scheldt estuary and the design, planning and evaluation of the associated measures. The research contributes to the research and monitoring (O&M) effort of the Flemish-Dutch Scheldt Commission (VNSC) and is performed in collaboration with numerous partners. The research team Aquatic Management performs ichthyologic research in estuaries: research on habitat use and recovery; migration and migration bottlenecks; effects of pumping stations and hydropower; the preparation of species recovery and species management plans (e.g. eel management plan). The Landscape Ecology and Nature Management research team focuses on the landscape dynamics in the coastal dunes (including hydrology and geomorphology), the inventory and mapping of vegetation and focus species along the Flemish coast, and providing scientific support for conservation management and restoration. The research group Monitoring and Restoration of Aquatic Fauna conducts policy-related scientific research on the monitoring of fish in estuaries. Within the framework of various national and international directives fish assemblagesare surveyed to map the state of aquatic wildlife. Migration pattern and spawning activities are studied for diadromic species (especially twaite shad). In the frame work of the long-term vision for the Sea Scheldt estuary and the updated Sigmaplan, the evolution of fish assemblages are monitored in flood control areas with a controlled reduced tide and in newly created floodplains and wetlands i.e. compensation measures to assure ecological recovery of the estuary. The Open Science Lab for Biodiversity (oscibio, https://oscibio.inbo.be/) offers technical support to research projects it participates in (such as LifeWatch, RIPARIAS, GloBAM and the Belgian Biodiversity Platform). This support is mainly focused on data management, the publication of open data and the development of research software. Its approach is open by default, international, and community-oriented, with the goal of making biodiversity research more efficient and reproducible. |
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Derous, S.; Austen, M.; Claus, S.; Daan, N.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Deneudt, K.; Depestele, J.; Desroy, N.; Heessen, H.; Hostens, K.; Marboe, A.H.; Lescrauwaet, A.-K.; Moreno, M.P.; Moulaert, I.; Paelinckx, D.; Rabaut, M.; Rees, H.; Ressurreição, A.; Roff, J.C.; Santos, P.T.; Speybroeck, J.; Willems, W.; Stienen, E.W.M.; Tatarek, A.; ter Hofstede, R.; Vincx, M.; Zarzycki, T.; Degraer, S. (2007). Building on the concept of marine biological valuation with respect to translating it to a practical protocol: Viewpoints derived from a joint ENCORA-MARBEF initiative. Oceanologia 49(4): 579-586, | Projects (19) | Top | Persons | Publications |
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