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2nd Luki Symposium
| Period | [11/12/2008 - 12/12/2008] |
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| Event location | Royal Museum for Central Africa Leuvense steenweg 13, B-3080 Tervuren |
| Host | Royal Museum for Central Africa |
| Contact person |
Hans Beeckman
hans.beeckman@africamuseum.be + 32 (0) 2 769 56 11 + 32 (0) 2 769 52 42 |
9:00: Registration and ordering of sandwiches for lunch
9:30: Shango Mutambwe: «La conservation de la nature Congolaise et l’importance de la réserve forestière de Luki»
9:50 : Laurent Nsenga: «La pertinence de la recherche scientifique pour la gestion de la réserve forestière de Luki»
10:10 : Noel Kabuyaya & Theodore Trefon: “Environmental Governance in Luki”
10:30 : Coffee break
10:50 : Koen Bostoen & Joseph Koni: «Noms et usages des plantes utiles dans les communautés bantouphones: observations du Mayombe et du Bandundu»
11:10: Ralf Jürgen Becker: “The Mayombe phytodiversity and potential for floristic research in Luki and Tchela”
11:30: Armel Ibala Zamba: «Les poissons du bassin de la Luki»
11:50: Camille Couralet: “58 years of change in the tropical rainforest of Luki: long-term dynamics and influence of disturbances"
12:10: lunch break
13:30: Harold Hugues: “Preliminary results of a geochemical study targeting the silica cycle in a small tropical watershed, Luki reserve, DR Congo” 13:50: Florias Mees: “Preliminary results of soil and weathering studies in the Luki reserve, DR Congo”
14:10: Maaike De Ridder: “Limba (Terminalia superba Engl. et Diels) plantations for carbon sequestration: potentials and facts"
14:30: Ilse Boeren: “Dendrochronology in Luki. Methods and first results”
14:50: Wannes Hubau: “Morphology and biomass repartition in plantation grown limba trees Terminalia superba Engl. et Diels”
15:10: Marieke Van Goidsenhoven: “Sylvicultural experiments in Luki: the case of tola (Prioria balsamifera (Vermoesen) Breteler)”
15:30: Domir De Bakker: “Canopy spider diversity in the Biosphere Nature Reserve of Luki (Bas-Congo, Mayombe, DR Congo)”.
15:50: Jurate De Prins: “The diversity of moths in Luki”
December 12th 2008 Luki business meeting:
10:00 – 12:30
- Samy Mankoto, UNESCO : «UNESCO et les forêts Congolaises»
- Brigitte De Cadt, Belgian Science Policy: «La politique scientifique Belge et les forêts Congolaises.»
- Eddy Nierynck, Belgian Development Cooperation: «La coopération internationale Belge à la conservation et la gestion des forêts en RDC.»
- Round table discussion on (1) international visibility of past and ongoing activities of the Luki consortium, (2) opportunities for collaboration and (3) strategies.