ECOTROP International Database of Research Institutions in Tropical Ecology Version 1.0, March 1994 Copyright 1994 by the DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUER TROPENOEKOLOGIE (GERMAN SOCIETY FOR TROPICAL ECOLOGY) Funded by the DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUER TECHNISCHE ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GERMAN AGENCY FOR TECHNICAL COOPERATION) (GTZ) Data compiled by Project Coordinator Dipl.-Biol. Rudolf Specht, B. Sc. Entries ordered by continents (field REGION) and countries NO 617 DATE OF INFORMATION 16.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM USTHB NAME Universit‚ des Sciences et de la Technologie H. Boumedi ene SUBDIVISIONS Unit‚ de Recherches sur les Ressources Biologiq ues Terrestres CONTACT ADDRESS1 BP 812 ADDRESS2 CITY Alger Gare 16000 ENGLISH NAME University of Sciences and Technology H. Boumed iene Research Unit for Terrestrial Biological Resources REGION AF COUNTRY Algeria TELEPHONE 213-2-642705/646122 FAX 213-2-642705 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Algeria TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS x Steppes, deserts AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS x OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); mountains and highlands; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservati on/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; forestry; afforestation/reforestation; deforestation/erosion ; forest management; forest products; soil science; higher p lants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION steppes; Saharan deserts; inv entarization of flora; cartography; climate; soils; dynamics of vegetation; phytoecology; phytosociology; ecosystems pro duction; biogeochemical cycles; adaptation REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 213 DATE OF INFORMATION 20.08.91 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Institute of Forestry Development SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Director ADDRESS1 Rua comtjika ADDRESS2 PO Box 74 CITY Luanda ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Angola TELEPHONE 23934 FAX TELEX 3322 AN E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information given by: Secretary for Fo restry and Natural Resources, Ministry of Forestry and Natur al Resources, Private Bag 350, Capital City, Lilongwe 3, Mal awi. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Angola TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS x OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS forestry; forest products; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Seedling nursery, forest prod ucts. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 629 DATE OF INFORMATION 15.10.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Department of Agricultural Research SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 Private Bag 0033 ADDRESS2 CITY Gaborone ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Botswana TELEPHONE 267-359780 FAX 267-375204 TELEX 2752 SACAR BD E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Botswana, Southern Africa TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS x weeds research CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS agriculture; other tropical farming systems ; animal husbandry/livestock; botany/vegetation science; soi l science; insects; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION weeds research REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 375 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.09.93 TYPE bot,mus ACRONYM NAME National Museum, Monuments and Art Gallery SUBDIVISIONS Natural History Section CONTACT Bruce J. Hargreaves, Sr. Curator ADDRESS1 Private Bag 00114 ADDRESS2 CITY Gaborone ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Botswana TELEPHONE 373860 FAX 302797 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Botswana TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical deserts and arid lands; botany/veg etation science; systematics/taxonomy (botany); zoology and faunistics; systematics/taxonomy (zoology); birds; insects; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 395 DATE OF INFORMATION 27.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Botswana SUBDIVISIONS Department of Biology CONTACT Dr. J. M. Dangerfield ADDRESS1 P Bag 0022 ADDRESS2 CITY Gaborone ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Botswana TELEPHONE 351151 FAX 356591 TELEX 2429 BD E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Botswana TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; tro pical deserts and arid lands; other types of wetlands; botan y/vegetation science; systematics/taxonomy (botany); conser vation/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems resear ch; soil science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (z oology); mammals; insects; other invertebrates; higher plant s (angio- and gymnosperms); fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Useful indignous plants; func tional ecology of millipedes, woodlice, termites; stress stu dies on crop plants; viral diseases of man and animals; soil -inhabiting fungi; post harvest fruit pathology; larval lipi d quality of Gonimbrasia belina; genetic variation and popul ation structure in the schistosomiasis vectors Biomphalaria and Bulinus; genetic stock assessment in phane worm and comm ercially important fishes in the Okavango delta; genetic app roaches to differentiation of termite colonies and ranges; e nzyme polymorphism; blue-green algae in rangeland soils arou nd Gaborone. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 526 DATE OF INFORMATION 15.10.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Botswana SUBDIVISIONS Environmental Science CONTACT Georges Ekosse ADDRESS1 P.Bag 0022 ADDRESS2 CITY Gaborone ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Botswana TELEPHONE 351151 ext. 2574 FAX 35659 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Botswana TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical deserts and arid lands; rivers and streams; lakes; soil science; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 483 DATE OF INFORMATION 14.08.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM ISABU NAME Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Directeur G‚n‚ral ADDRESS1 Avenue de la Cathedrale ADDRESS2 BP 795 CITY Bujumbura ENGLISH NAME Burundi Institute of Agricultural Sciences REGION AF COUNTRY Burundi TELEPHONE 22-3390 FAX 257-22-5798 TELEX 5147 BDI MINAGRI E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Burundi TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS agriculture; other tropical farming systems ; conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; forestry; agroforestry; deforestation/erosion; forest management; for est products; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 487 DATE OF INFORMATION 03.08.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM INIDA NAME Instituto Nacional de Investigacao e Desenvolvimento Ag rario SUBDIVISIONS Departamento de Ciencias do Ambiente CONTACT Horacio Constantino da Silva Soares ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY C.P. 84 Praia M.P.A.A.R. ENGLISH NAME National Institute of Agrarian Research and Dev elopment Department of Environmental Sciences REGION AF COUNTRY Cabo Verde TELEPHONE (238) 611570 FAX (238) 611770 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical deserts and arid lands; islands; a griculture; animal husbandry/livestock; botany/vegetation sc ience; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botan y); conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosyst ems research; forestry; agroforestry; limnology/hydrology; b irds; reptiles and amphibians; higher plants (angio- and gym nosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 626 DATE OF INFORMATION 14.09.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM IRZV NAME Institute of Animal & Veterinary Research SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT The Director ADDRESS1 P.O. Box 1457 ADDRESS2 CITY Yaounde ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Cameroon TELEPHONE 237-232486 FAX 237-232486 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Cameroon TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x Montane forest OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES x Veterinary research on morbidity and mort ality MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other primary forest; other secondary forest; tropical sa vannas and savanna woodland; tropical deserts and arid lands ; rivers and streams; lakes; other types of wetlands; tropic al oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); islands; mountains and highlands; animal husbandry/livestock; conservation/protected areas/wil dlife resources; fisheries; ocean science; zoology and fauni stics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zool ogy); mammals; birds; fish; reptiles and amphibians; insects ; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION montane forest; veterinary re search on morbidity and mortality; improving livestock, wild life and fisheries industry; wildlife conservation; REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 392 DATE OF INFORMATION 20.08.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM ORSTOM NAME ORSTOM Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le D‚velopp ment en Coop‚ration SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Marcel Ngoma-Mouaya ADDRESS1 B.P. 181 ADDRESS2 CITY Brazzaville ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Congo TELEPHONE (242) 83-26-80/81/82 FAX (242) 83-29-77 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Congo TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS x Entomology ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS x OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; tropical savannas and savanna woodland; rivers and streams; lakes; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coasts and coastal areas (incl. ma ngroves); agriculture; anthropology/ethnobotany/ethnozoology ; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); syste matics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protected areas/wildl ife resources; ecosystems research; fisheries; forestry; agr oforestry; afforestation/reforestation; deforestation/erosio n; forest management; forest products; limnology/hydrology; ocean science; soil science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); fish; in sects; other invertebrates; higher plants (angio- and gymnos perms); fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Subject descriptions given in letter for the two ORSTOM centres in Congo: bioclimatology; hydrology; pedology, agricultural entomology , human and social sciences, phytopathology, microbiology, n utrition, medical entomology, botany, palynology, vegetation ecology, vegetational physiology, physical oceanography, fi sh biology. REMARKS The Centre ORSTOM de Brazzaville is one of two resea rch bases maintained by ORSTOM in Congo, the other being at Pointe-Noire. See separate entries on the parent organization of ORSTOM (F rance) (#184) and other ORSTOM entitites. Information taken from letter. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 518 DATE OF INFORMATION 13.09.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Centre de Recherches Oc‚anologiques SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 B.P. V 18 ADDRESS2 29, Rue des Pˆcheurs CITY Abidjan ENGLISH NAME Oceanological Research Center REGION AF COUNTRY C“te d'Ivoire (Ivo ry Coast) TELEPHONE (225)-35-50-14/35-58-80 FAX (225)-35-11-55 TELEX 214235 F Att Mix C-R-O-A E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, C“te d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coasts and coastal areas (in cl. mangroves); botany/vegetation science; general ecology ( botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protect ed areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; fisheries; limnology/hydrology; ocean science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); fish; other invertebrates; ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procar yonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 486 DATE OF INFORMATION 04.08.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM IDEFOR NAME Instituts des Forˆts SUBDIVISIONS Departement Plantes Oleagineuses CONTACT Dr. Brou Kouame ADDRESS1 13 B.P. 989 ADDRESS2 CITY Abidjan 13 ENGLISH NAME Forest Institute Department of Oil Plants REGION AF COUNTRY C“te d'Ivoire (Ivo ry Coast) TELEPHONE (+225) 329510/223303 FAX (+225) 226985 TELEX 22167 E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, C“te d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; secondary rai n forest; agriculture; shifting cultivation; higher plants ( angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION oil plants (e.g. oil and coco nut) REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 349 DATE OF INFORMATION 21.08.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM ISERST NAME Institut Sup‚rieur d'Etudes et des Recherches Scientifi ques et Techniques SUBDIVISIONS Sciences de la Vie CONTACT Dr. Laurent Bray ADDRESS1 BP. 486 ADDRESS2 CITY Djibouti ENGLISH NAME Higher Institute for Scientific and Technical R esearch and Studies; Life Sciences REGION AF COUNTRY Djibouti TELEPHONE (253) 352795 FAX (253) 354812 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Djibouti TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES x Water resources, Energy MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical deserts and arid lands; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); anthropology/ethnobotany/e thnozoology; conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources ; soil science; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Water resources; energy; dese rtification REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 417 DATE OF INFORMATION 18.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Alemaya University of Agriculture SUBDIVISIONS Faculty of Forestry CONTACT Demel Teketay ADDRESS1 P.O. Box 138 ADDRESS2 CITY Dire Dawa ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Ethiopia TELEPHONE (05) 112374/112364 FAX 009251-5111525 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Ethopia (Hararghae, Wollo, Wond-ge net) TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x Hararghae OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x Ethiopia/Hararghae AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x Ethiopia/Hararghae DEFORESTATION/EROSION x Ethiopia/Wollo FOREST MANAGEMENT x Ethiopia/Wond-genet, shashemene ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS x Ethiopia/Addis Ababa, wood utilization and research center OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x Hararghae FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS mountains and highlands; forestry; agrofore stry; afforestation/reforestation; deforestation/erosion; f orest management; forest products; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 433 DATE OF INFORMATION 29.07.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Universit‚ de la R‚union SUBDIVISIONS Laboratoire de Biologie Marine CONTACT Dr. Chantal Conand ADDRESS1 15 Avenue Ren‚ Cassin ADDRESS2 CITY 97489 Saint-Denis C‚dex ENGLISH NAME University of Reunion Laboratory of Marine Biology; Faculty of Sciences REGION AF COUNTRY France/R‚union TELEPHONE (262) 294545 FAX (262) 290090 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, AS, R‚union, Indian Ocean, Indo-Pa cific TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x R‚union, India n Ocean COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x Indo-Pacific ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x echinoderms, Indo-Pacific FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x Echinodermata, Corals HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atol ls); coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); ecosystems research; fisheries; ocean science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); f ish; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Echinodermata; corals; coral reef ecology. Additional keywords from list of study areas by other member s of the Faculty: temperate and tropical lagoon ecosystems; biometry; numerical ecology; impact of anthropogenic disturb ance on coral reef ecosystems; physico-chemical properties o f marine environments; dissolved mineral nutrients; carbon m etabolism; calcification; natural and anthropogenic degradat ion of coral ecosystems (nutrient enrichment; impact of defo restation and intensive agriculture; extraction of coral mat erial). REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 247 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.12.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM IAB/CSIR NAME Institute of Aquatic Biology Council for Scientific and Industrial Research SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Director ADDRESS1 PO Box 38 ADDRESS2 Achimota CITY Accra ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Ghana TELEPHONE 233 21 775511, -775135 FAX 233 21 777655, -773106 TELEX 2433 gtz gh E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Ghana TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; other types of w etlands; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); fisheri es; limnology/hydrology; zoology and faunistics; general eco logy (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); fish; insect s; other invertebrates; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperm s); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Mr. Amoako DeGraaft-Johnson: watershed management, aquatic plants (hyacinth); Mr. Charles Biney: aquatic pollution, heavy metals, aquatic chemistry; Mr. Joseph S. Amakye: taxonomy and ecology of diptera (Chiro nomidae); Dr. Jimmy Samman: ecology of copepods and cladocera in fresh waters, effect of onchocerciasis control drugs on invertebra te fauna in Ghana's rivers; Dr. Eddi Kofi Abban: fish ecology and genetics; Mr. Patrick Ofori-Danson: fish biology, ecology, stock asses sment in rivers, lakes and reservoirs; Mr. Joseph K. Ofori: fish biology and ecology, aquaculture i n ponds, fish reproduction. The Institute's work programme is designed to cover the gene ral aquatic ecosystems with emphasis on: - studies on the abiotic and biotic components of the water bodies and their catchments; - health problems covering vectors and agents of water-assoc iated diseases of man, livestock, and fish; - productivity of water bodies Current research activities include: - studies on limnology, water quality, pollution and monitor ing of indicators of Global Warming in Ghana - invertebrate biodiversity, hydrobiological monitoring, pro duction; invertebrate fauna monitoring in support of the Onc hocerciasis Control Programme - biological control of vectors of water-associated diseases - fisheries (biodiversity, monitoring, fisheries studies in impoundments: reservoirs and earthen dams, aqauculture (Tila ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology pia, Clarias), freshwater prawns, Volta clams; information s ystems - aqautic weeds (surveys, management, control) - vectors of water-associated diseases - rehabilitation of the Densu River basin. REMARKS The Institute of Aquatic Biology was established by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in 1965. It has the mandate to conduct research in all aspects of the resources of the inland, estuarine, lagoonar and the immediate coastal inshore water systems of Ghana and to pro vide needed information for the proper utilization, exploita tion, development and management of the resources. The Institute operates through five scientific divisions: - Limnochemistry - Hydrobiology - Aquatic Plants and River Basin Management - Fisheries - Parasitology/Entomology/Microbiology The Institute has a staff of over 130, among them 25 scienti sts. Field stations: Aquaculture Research and Development Centre (ARDEC) at Akosombo; Tamale Field Station at Tamale; researc h vessel on the Volta lake (based at Akosombo). The Institute's location is at: Airport Residential Area off Agostinho Neto Rd. CSIR Campus Accra (address given in address fields is only postal address) Information taken from brochure. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 411 DATE OF INFORMATION 26.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Cape Coast SUBDIVISIONS Department of Zoology CONTACT Dr. John Blay Jr. ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Cape Coast ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Ghana TELEPHONE 042-2440/.../2449 (10 lines) FAX TELEX 2552 UCC GH E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, West Africa, Ghana TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; rivers and streams; lakes; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); fisheries; limnology/hydrology; zoology a nd faunistics; general ecology (zoology); mammals; fish; ins ects; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 337 DATE OF INFORMATION 06.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Ghana SUBDIVISIONS Department of Botany CONTACT ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Accra ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Ghana TELEPHONE FAX TELEX 2556 UGL GH E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Ghana TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; tropical savannas and savanna woodland; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botan y); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protected ar eas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; forestry; defor estation/erosion; forest products; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 317 DATE OF INFORMATION 13.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Ghana SUBDIVISIONS Department of Oceanography and Fisheries CONTACT ADDRESS1 PO Box 99 ADDRESS2 CITY Legon ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Ghana TELEPHONE 775381 Ext. 8449 FAX TELEX 2556 UGL GH E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Ghana TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; other types of w etlands; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); fisheri es; ocean science; zoology and faunistics; fish; other inver tebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 573 DATE OF INFORMATION 20.11.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Ghana SUBDIVISIONS Department of Zoology CONTACT ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Legon, Accra ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Ghana TELEPHONE Accra 774967 FAX 233-21-774967 TELEX 2556 UGL GH, 2164 RIPS GH E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Ghana TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS x physiology, pollution studies, entomology OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; tropical savannas and savanna woodland; rivers and streams; lakes; other types of wetland s; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coasts an d coastal areas (incl. mangroves); agriculture; conservation /protected areas/wildlife resources; fisheries; limnology/hy drology; ocean science; zoology and faunistics; general ecol ogy (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); mammals; bird s; fish; insects; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION physiology, pollution studies , entomology REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 327 DATE OF INFORMATION 15.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Ghana SUBDIVISIONS Volta Basin Research Project CONTACT C. Gordon ADDRESS1 Legon ADDRESS2 CITY Accra ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Ghana TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Ghana TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; other types of w etlands; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); agricul ture; other tropical farming systems; botany/vegetation scie nce; general ecology (botany); conservation/protected areas/ wildlife resources; ecosystems research; fisheries; limnolog y/hydrology; soil science; zoology and faunistics; general e cology (zoology); birds; fish; insects; other invertebrates; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichen s/algae/procaryonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 519 DATE OF INFORMATION 28.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Science and Technology SUBDIVISIONS Department of Biological Sciences CONTACT Dr. E. Frempong ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Kumasi ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Ghana TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, West Afrika, Ghana TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x limnology OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; tropical sava nnas and savanna woodland; rivers and streams; lakes; botany /vegetation science; general ecology (botany); systematics/t axonomy (botany); fisheries; limnology/hydrology; zoology an d faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonom y (zoology); mammals; fish; insects; higher plants (angio- a nd gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryonts; fun gi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 359 DATE OF INFORMATION 30.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Science and Technology SUBDIVISIONS Institute of Renewable Natural Sources Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture CONTACT ADDRESS1 University Post Office ADDRESS2 CITY Kumasi ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Ghana TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Ghana TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; tropical sava nnas and savanna woodland; rivers and streams; lakes; conser vation/protected areas/wildlife resources; fisheries; forest ry; agroforestry; forest management; limnology/hydrology; zo ology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); fish; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS The Institute of Renewable Natural Resources is a mu ltidisciplinary faculty in the University of Science and Tec hnology. It consists of 4 academic departments: - Silviculture and forest management; - Fisheries and aquaculture - Wildlife and range management - Wood science and technology management and one unit yet to gain departmental status: - Agroforestry unit. In addition to graduate, postgraduate and diploma programs, faculty members are engaged in teaching and extension work. Information given in letter. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 265 DATE OF INFORMATION 13.07.93 TYPE ACRONYM NAME East African Wildlife Society SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 Box 20110 ADDRESS2 CITY Nairobi ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Kenya TELEPHONE 748170/1/2/3 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Kenya TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; tropical sava nnas and savanna woodland; rivers and streams; lakes; other types of wetlands; conservation/protected areas/wildlife res ources; insects; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Environmental degradation in general. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 363 DATE OF INFORMATION 09.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Egerton University SUBDIVISIONS Faculty of Agriculture Department of Agronomy CONTACT Dr. Lenah Nakhone ADDRESS1 P.O. Box 536 ADDRESS2 CITY Njoro ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Kenya TELEPHONE (254) 37-61620 FAX (254) 37-61442 TELEX 33075 KE. E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Kenya TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; tro pical deserts and arid lands; rivers and streams; lakes; coa sts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); agriculture; other tropical farming systems; ecosystems research; forestry; agr oforestry; deforestation/erosion; forest management; soil sc ience; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Dryland farming; marine ecolo gy (Lamu field station); agroforestry; range improvement, d ryland farming, conservation tillage systems, soil conservat ion, water conservation (Chemeron field station). The Dryland farming project is a collaborative research with the Program for International Development, Clark University (USA), the Institute for Applied Research of Ben Gurion Uni versity of the Negev (Israel) and the Development Studies Ce ntre (Israel). The main focus of this project is to enhance food, commercial woodfuel and fodder production in Kenya's d ryland. In particular, the collaborating group has initially targeted the semi-arid zones (450 to 900 mm rainfall) withi n Kenya's drylands which are the most vulnerable elements of the ecological base. The intention is to promote growth of plants indigenous to drylands. In addition, there is ongoing research on: - combating desertification - ecology of inland lakes and their environs. Information taken from letter REMARKS The University has 2 field stations: at Chemeron in Baringo District and in Lamu District. The activities at Che meron include range improvement, dryland farming, conservati on tillage systems, and soil and water conservation. The Lam u station is at its early stages and will concentrate on mar ine ecology. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 275 DATE OF INFORMATION 30.07.93 TYPE int ACRONYM NAME International Centre for Research in Agroforestry SUBDIVISIONS Training and Information Division CONTACT Michael Hailu ADDRESS1 PO Box 30677 United Nations Avenue ADDRESS2 CITY Gigiri, Nairobi ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Kenya TELEPHONE (254-2) 521 450 FAX (254-2) 521 001 TELEX 22048 ICRAF E-MAIL CGNET: CGI236 SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; mountains and highlands; forestry; agroforestry; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS As an international institution, ICRAF has the respo nsibility to collect, analyse, and disseminate information o n agroforestry research and methodology development. Because agroforestry is a new science, there is an acute shortage o f trained research and development workers in this important field. Thus, all of ICRAF's dissemination programmes reflec t a commitment to strengthen the capacity of national resear ch systems to study and develop agroforestry as a multidisci plinary approach to land use. Dissemination activities are closesly tied to the needs of I CRAF's national partners. The objectives are to: - establish a lasting capacity for agroforestry research and development through short- and medium-term training - incorporate agroforestry in degree programmes in national educational systems - locate and classify information related to agroforestry an d help national institutions gain access to this information - ensure that the results of agroforestry research reach the global community of scientists and specialists concerned wi th agroforestry research and development. Information taken from leaflet: ICRAF - Fact Sheet for Disse mination Programmes, October 1991 ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 565 DATE OF INFORMATION 02.09.93 TYPE gov,nat ACRONYM NAME Kenya Wildlife Service SUBDIVISIONS Scientific Services CONTACT ADDRESS1 P.O. Box 40241 ADDRESS2 CITY Nairobi ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Kenya TELEPHONE 501081/2 FAX 505866/501752 TELEX 22804 Porini E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Kenya TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x Tropical (equatorial) fore sts (not rain forests) OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of tropical forest; other prima ry forest; other secondary forest; tropical savannas and sav anna woodland; tropical deserts and arid lands; rivers and s treams; lakes; other types of wetlands; tropical oceans (inc l. coral reefs and atolls); coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); mountains and highlands; botany/vegetation scien ce; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; forestry; afforestation/reforestation; deforestation/erosion; forest m anagement; limnology/hydrology; ocean science; zoology and f aunistics; general ecology (zoology); mammals; birds; fish; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION tropical (equatorial) forests , but no rain forests; applied conservation, management, eco logical monitoring REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 142 DATE OF INFORMATION 24.02.94 TYPE int ACRONYM ICIPE NAME The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecolo gy SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Rose A. Washika, Chief Communications Officer ADDRESS1 PO Box 30772 ADDRESS2 CITY Nairobi ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Kenya TELEPHONE Nairobi 802501/3/9 FAX Nairobi 803360 TELEX 22053 ICIPE, 25066 DUDU E-MAIL CGI 063 SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (letter, brochures) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS mainly AF; AS (Philippines) TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS agriculture; animal husbandry/livestock; bo tany/vegetation science; mammals; insects; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Crop pests (esp. borers of ma ize, sorghum, cowpeas and banana); plant resistance to insec t pests; biological control of insect pests; insect mass-rea ring technology; livestock ticks; tsetse; vectors of human ( leishmaniasis, malaria) and livestock diseases and pests (es p. ticks, tsetse fly, trypanosomiasis); locusts. REMARKS The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ec ology (ICIPE) was founded in 1969 following the initiative o f Prof. Thomas Odhiambo (Kenya) and scientists from the USA. ICIPE is financed through donations from UN agencies, gover nmental aid agencies, and private foundations. The Kenya gov ernment is one of the major donors. Since November 1980, the principal ICIPE donors have established an umbrella organiz ation known as the Sponsoring Group for the ICIPE (SGI). The ICIPE collaborates with a large number of national and i nternational research and development organizations and inst itutions in Africa, Europe, North and South America and Asia . ICIPE operates within a ceiling of 50 international professi onal staff. ICIPE offers various levels of training in order both to mee t international institutional goals of staff development and to increase the scientific and technological capacity of tr opical developing nations. A collaborative programme between the ICIPE and some 15 African universities is the African R egional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science (ARPPIS), a three-year course and research project ending with a Ph.D. ICIPE's research programmes are supported by 5 research unit s which provide assistance in chemistry, cell biology, senso ry physiology, biomathematics and computer usage, and social science interface. An ICIPE team is resident at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in the Philippines. In 1985, the Pest Management Research and Development Networ k (PESTNET) was created to pool resources in the combat of i ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology nsect pests by African countries. Besides several smaller field sites, ICIPE operates a field station on Lake Victoria: Mbita Point Field Station PO Box 30 Mbita Point Tel. (035) 43281/2/6 Information taken from "The International Centre of Insect P hysiology and Ecology - A Profile", Nairobi 1990. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 212 DATE OF INFORMATION 06.02.92 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Forestry Research Section SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Forestry Research Officer ADDRESS1 PO Box 774 ADDRESS2 CITY Maseru ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Lesotho TELEPHONE 322826 FAX 310349 TELEX 4414 SADCC LO E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information given by: Secretary for Fo restry and Natural Resources, Ministry of Forestry and Natur al Resources, Private Bag 350, Capital City, Lilongwe 3, Mal awi. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Lesotho TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS forestry; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Tree improvement, evaluation and mensivation, inventory, species and provenances, seed co llection/processing/storage, tree breeding, volume tables, b iomass production, growth plots, species and provenance tria ls, establishment, fuelwood, multi-purpose trees, nursery pr actices, entomology. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 214 DATE OF INFORMATION 11.06.91 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Chitedze Agricultural Research Station SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Agroforestry Commodity Team Leader ADDRESS1 PO Box 158ka ADDRESS2 CITY Lilongwe ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Malawi TELEPHONE 767222 FAX 730514 TELEX 44648 MINIAGRIC-MI E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information given by: Secretary for Fo restry and Natural Resources, Ministry of Forestry and Natur al Resources, Private Bag 350, Capital City, Lilongwe 3, Mal awi. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Malawi TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS forestry; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Direct seedling, seedling nur sery practices, tree management, soil and nutrition. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 215 DATE OF INFORMATION 16.09.91 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Energy Studies Unit SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 PO Box 30452 ADDRESS2 CITY Lilongwe 3 ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Malawi TELEPHONE 722755 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information given by: Secretary for Fo restry and Natural Resources, Ministry of Forestry and Natur al Resources, Private Bag 350, Capital City, Lilongwe 3, Mal awi. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Malawi TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS forestry; agroforestry; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Energy systems, charcoal prod uction, agroforestry, social energy surveys. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 208 DATE OF INFORMATION 09.09.92 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Fisheries Research Station SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Mankebay in Margochi ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Malawi TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Questionnaire sent through Ministry of Forestry and Natural Resources, Private Bag 350, Capital Ci ty, Lilongwe 3, Malawi. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Malawi TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; conservation/pro tected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; fisher ies; limnology/hydrology; fish; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 216 DATE OF INFORMATION 15.07.91 TYPE ACRONYM FRIM NAME Forest Research Institute of Malawi SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Assistant Chief Forestry Officer, Research ADDRESS1 PO Box 270, FRIM ADDRESS2 CITY Zomba ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Malawi TELEPHONE 722755 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information given by: Secretary for Fo restry and Natural Resources, Ministry of Forestry and Natur al Resources, Private Bag 350, Capital City, Lilongwe 3, Mal awi. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Malawi TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS x OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS forestry; forest management; forest product s; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Evaluation of species and pro venances, seed technology, seedling nursery techniques, vege tative propagation, tree breeding, establishment and culture , soils and nutrition, forest protection, tree management, n atural regeneration, forest products, yield evaluation and p rediction, water relations and yields. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 562 DATE OF INFORMATION 31.08.93 TYPE int ACRONYM ICLARM NAME International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Manag ement SUBDIVISIONS ICLARM/GTZ Africa Aquaculture Project CONTACT Dr. Randall E. Brummett, Project Director ADDRESS1 P.O. Box 229 ADDRESS2 CITY Zomba ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Malawi TELEPHONE (+265)-522733/531274/531215 FAX (+265)-522733/523508 TELEX 44441 BUREAU MI E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Central Africa, Southern Africa, M alawi TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS x aquaculture ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; other types of w etlands; agriculture; other tropical farming systems; fisher ies; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); fish ; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION ecology of integrated smallho lder farms; multiple crop production (animals, plants and/or fish); biological focus on low-input fishponds; research wi th ecological, chemical, anthropological, sociological compo nents; introduction and adoption of new technologies for the ir impact on household and farm economies; aquaculture. REMARKS The project is being carried out in cooperation with the Malawi Fisheries Department and the University of Malaw i and supported by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fr Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Germany. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 524 DATE OF INFORMATION 27.09.93 TYPE nat ACRONYM INSAH NAME Institut du Sahel SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 B.P. 1530 ADDRESS2 CITY Bamako ENGLISH NAME Sahel Institute REGION AF COUNTRY Mali TELEPHONE (223)-23-02-37 FAX (223)-23-02-37 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Mali TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS x OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other primary forest; other secondary forest; tropical sa vannas and savanna woodland; tropical deserts and arid lands ; rivers and streams; lakes; tropical oceans (incl. coral re efs and atolls); coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); islands; agriculture; animal husbandry/livestock; conservat ion/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; fisheries; forestry; agroforestry; afforestation/reforestat ion; deforestation/erosion; forest management; forest produc ts; limnology/hydrology; ocean science; soil science; zoolog y and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/tax onomy (zoology); insects; higher plants (angio- and gymnospe rms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 592 DATE OF INFORMATION 04.10.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM CNROP NAME Centre National de Recherches Oc‚anographiques et des P ˆches (CNROP) SUBDIVISIONS D‚p. de la Recherche et de l'Environnement (DRE ) CONTACT M. le Directeur ADDRESS1 BP 22 ADDRESS2 CITY Nouadhibou ENGLISH NAME Fisheries and Oceanographic National Research C enter Subdept. of Research and Environment REGION AF COUNTRY Mauritania TELEPHONE 45124 FAX 49 050 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Mauritania, coastal zone, Banc d'A rguin TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; fisheries; ocean science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); mammals; fish; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION cottage industry fishing; pel agic fishing; demersal fishing; development assistance; coo peration; fishing statistics; ecobiology and dynamics of the reserve populations of main fish species; evaluation of sto cks; socio-economics; resources in Baie du L‚vrier and Banc d'Arguin; sanitary control; environment; rivers; fishing pro ducts technology; fishing equipment technology. Information from brochure "CNROP", July 1992. REMARKS The CNROP, a public service institution, was created in 1978. Its creation was preceded by a fishing laboratory built in 1950. Research projects did not really start before 1970. The Centre consists of central management, four technical de partments (Resources and Environment, Development, Statistic s and Data Processing, Technology), three research support o ffices (Documentation and Information, Financial, Administra tion), one branch and one unit (Kaedi Unit). The CNROP has two oceanographic ships and runs a museum-aqua rium. It offers a number of publications ("Poissons de mer d e Mauritanie", research documents, scientific reports with s everal issues per year). International cooperation with Atlantniro (CEI), CIEO (Canad a), FAO, ORSTOM (France), IFREMER (France), Oceanographic In stitute of Monaco, IRCM (Romania), Universit‚ de Bretagne oc cidentale (France), Universit‚ de Nice (France), University of Washington (Seattle, USA). ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 170 DATE OF INFORMATION 02.06.92 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Mauritius Herbarium SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 Sugar Industry Research Institute ADDRESS2 CITY R‚duit ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Mauritius TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Mauritius TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS islands; agriculture; botany/vegetation sci ence; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany ); soil science; insects; higher plants (angio- and gymnospe rms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Pesticide and fertilizer poll ution, weed science. Geographical Information System (GIS). REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 169 DATE OF INFORMATION 04.06.92 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Mauritius Institute SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT R. Gajeelee, Director ADDRESS1 Chauss‚e - PO Box 54 ADDRESS2 CITY Port Louis ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Mauritius TELEPHONE 212-2815, 212-0639, 212-5717 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Mauritius TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS fish; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS The Mauritius Institute collaborates with most of th e following institutions: - Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute R‚duit - Albion Fisheries Research Institute Albion - University of Mauritius: School of Science, School of Agri culture R‚duit - Ministry of Environment and Land Use Edith Cavell Street Port-Louis - Forestry Services Botanical Garden Street Curepipe ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 424 DATE OF INFORMATION 28.07.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Resource s SUBDIVISIONS Forestry Service CONTACT A.W. Owadally, Conservator of Forests ADDRESS1 Botanical Garden Street ADDRESS2 CITY Curepipe ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Mauritius TELEPHONE 675-4966 FAX 674-3449 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Mauritius TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other primary forest; other secondary forest; rivers and streams; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coa sts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); islands; botany/veg etation science; conservation/protected areas/wildlife resou rces; ecosystems research; forestry; zoology and faunistics; mammals; birds; reptiles and amphibians; higher plants (ang io- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryonts ; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 427 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Mauritius SUBDIVISIONS Faculty of Science Department of Natural Sciences CONTACT Rafic Dulymamode ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY R‚duit ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Mauritius TELEPHONE 230 454-1041 FAX 230 454-9642 TELEX 4621 UNIM IW E-MAIL 230 464 1773 SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Mauritius TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; coasts and coastal area s (incl. mangroves); islands; botany/vegetation science; sys tematics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protected areas/wil dlife resources; limnology/hydrology; ocean science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); insects; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/ procaryonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 217 DATE OF INFORMATION 28.02.94 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Universidade Eduardo Mondlane SUBDIVISIONS Faculdade de Agronomia e Engenharia Florestal CONTACT ADDRESS1 CP 257 ADDRESS2 CITY Maputo ENGLISH NAME Eduardo Mondlane University Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry REGION AF COUNTRY Mozambique TELEPHONE 258-1 49 0009 FAX 258-1 492176 TELEX 6-858 UEMAF MO E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Mozambique TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; bot any/vegetation science; systematics/taxonomy (botany); fores try; agroforestry; afforestation/reforestation; deforestatio n/erosion; forest management; higher plants (angio- and gymn osperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 697 DATE OF INFORMATION 05.03.94 TYPE priv ACRONYM DRFN NAME Desert Research Foundation of Namibia SUBDIVISIONS Desert Ecological Research Unit of Namibia (DER UN) Namib Education Group (NEG) CONTACT Dr. Mary K. Seely ADDRESS1 PO Box 1592 ADDRESS2 CITY Swakopmund ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Namibia TELEPHONE via: 00264-61-229855 FAX via: 00264-61-230172 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Namibia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS x esp. ephemeral river systems LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x south-west Afri can coast ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS x esp. desertification ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x esp. desertification ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x ethnobotany BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS x CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x hydrology; water science, management OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x desertification ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS x OTHER CATEGORIES x socioeconomics and ecology; arid land man agement MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; tro pical deserts and arid lands; rivers and streams; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); agriculture; animal husban dry/livestock; anthropology/ethnobotany/ethnozoology; botany /vegetation science; general ecology (botany); systematics/t axonomy (botany); ecosystems research; forestry; deforestati on/erosion; limnology/hydrology; soil science; zoology and f aunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy ( zoology); mammals; birds; reptiles and amphibians; insects; other invertebrates; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION desertification; water scienc e; water management; ephemeral river systems; socioeconomics and ecology; arid land management REMARKS The Desert Research Foundation of Namibia is a non-g overnmental organization dedicated to research and education related to the arid and semi-arid environments of Namibia. Research in the Namib Desert takes place at Gobabeb under th e auspices of the Desert Ecological Research Unit of Namibia (DERU). DERU encourages and facilitates research and study by scientists and post-graduate students from around the wo rld, who may spend from several days to several years in the Namib while investigating a wide variety of subjects. These scientists and students are supported by: - a comprehensive library collection - basic laboratory equipment - a stimulating environment - a base from which to conduct fieldwork Today, the DERU focuses on doing appropriate research - basi c research that has an obvious application. Community development in arid environments is another focus of attention for the DRFN. The Namib Education Group (NEG) is the education wing of the ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DRFN. The major function of the NEG is to provide a facilit y for the coordination of a broad spectrum of education base d activities and resources that can be of use to a wide vari ety of Namibian and international organizations. The NEG foc uses on both formal and informal aspects of education. Information taken from brochure. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 336 DATE OF INFORMATION 15.08.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Namib Research Institute SUBDIVISIONS Ministry of Wildlife, Conservation and Tourism (Research Section) CONTACT ADDRESS1 Namib-Naukluft Park ADDRESS2 PO Box 1204 CITY Walvis Bay ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Namibia TELEPHONE 642-3581 (Radio 226) FAX 641-2796 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Namibia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES x primarily desert ecology MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical deserts and arid lands; rivers and streams; other types of wetlands; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); conservation/protected areas/wildlife res ources; ecosystems research; zoology and faunistics; mammals ; birds; reptiles and amphibians; insects; other invertebrat es; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lic hens/algae/procaryonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Primarily desert ecology. REMARKS The Institute carries out appropriate arid zone rese arch, in particular in the Namib Desert. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 189 DATE OF INFORMATION 29.07.92 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Lake Chad Research Institute SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Director ADDRESS1 Private Mail Bag 1293 ADDRESS2 CITY Maiduguri ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Nigeria TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (letter, questionnaire, brochure) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Nigeria, Lake Chad TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS agriculture; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Genetic improvement of wheat, millet and barley; problems of production of all agricultur al food crops grown in the broad ecological zone covered by Borno and Gongola States. In particular: crops agronomy; ada ptation of improved or introduced crop varieties; pest and d isease control measures; farming systems including integrati on of livestock, tree crops and agro-forestry into productio n systems; socio-economic problems of agricultural productio n; soil management; storage and processing problems. Agricul tural research liaison. Laboratory and technical services. O rganization of courses. Activities in the past also included fisheries (development of flat-bottom transport boats, catch and processing technol ogy). REMARKS The Lake Chad Research Institute was established in 1975 and began work in the following year. It has establishe d several experimental sites in Borno State, Bauchi State an d Gongola State. Originally, the scope of the Institute's activities was very broad and included faunistic and limnological research. How ever, its research mandate has now been limited to the broad agricultural field. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 222 DATE OF INFORMATION 16.04.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT The Director ADDRESS1 P.M.B. 6006 ADDRESS2 CITY New Bussa Niger State ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Nigeria TELEPHONE FAX TELEX Telegram: NIFFISH E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Nigeria TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; other types of w etlands; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); conserv ation/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems researc h; fisheries; limnology/hydrology; birds; fish; reptiles and amphibians; insects; other invertebrates; ferns/mosses/lich ens/algae/procaryonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION aquaculture, socioeconomics o f water bodies REMARKS Field stations: - Tiga, Kano State, Nigeria - Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria - Oguta Station, Imo State, Nigeria The National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research (fo rmerly the "Kanji Lake Research Project") was set up in 1968 by the Federal Government of Nigeria with assistance from t he United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) was the executing agency, wh ile the then Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Natural res ources represented the Federal Government. By 1975, qualifie d Nigerians took over the leadership of the "Kanji Lake Rese arch Institute". In 1987, the mandate of the Institute chang ed from multi-commodity into the one carrying out research o n freshwater fisheries and aquatic resources generally, with emphasis on hydrology, fisheries biology, limnology, fisher ies technology, hatchery management, aquaculture, training a nd extension. The Institute is funded by the Federal Governm ent of Nigeria with the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Wat er Resources and Rural Development as the supervising Minist ry. The Institute as its general aim "to assist in the comprehen sive development of all the natural resources in Nigerian ma n-made lakes and other freshwater bodies through research an d survey". Among its specific aims are: "to develop strategi es and techniques for increasing fish production to meet loc al demands and where possible for export; to develop technol ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology ogy suitable for the culturing of freshwater fish species; t o aid fish seed production for the use of fish farmers; to s timulate fish culture; to monitor the ecology, pollution and productivity of Nigerian water bodies; to study the hydrolo gical behaviour of Nigerian water bodies". The Institute is made up of the following programmes: Aquati c and Fish Biology; Aquaculture; Fisheries Technology; Hydro logy; Limnology; Socio-Economics and Extension; Federal Coll ege of Freshwater Fisheries Technology; Administration. Information taken from a brochure supplied by the Institute. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 182 DATE OF INFORMATION 23.09.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NIOMR NAME Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Mr. Ako Amadi ADDRESS1 P.M.B. 12729 ADDRESS2 Victoria Island CITY Lagos ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Nigeria TELEPHONE 617530, -35, 40, -43, -44 FAX 234-1-619517 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (letter, questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Nigeria (coast and territorial sea , i.e. Gulf of Guinea) TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x estuarine, inshore and offshore fishing in Gulf of Guinea FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES x coastal brackish water fish farming MAMMALS BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs, atolls) ; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); botany/vegetat ion science; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); fisheries; forestry; ocean science; soil science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systemati cs/taxonomy (zoology); birds; fish; reptiles and amphibians; other invertebrates; ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryonts ; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Beach erosion, global change and global warming, sea-level rise, marine pollution, marine and mangrove ecosystems. Estuarine, inshore and offshore fi shing in Gulf of Guinea. Coastal brackish water fish farming . REMARKS The Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine R esearch is a governmental institution with the following maj or research divisions: - Fishery Resources - Marine Geology and Geophysics - Chemical and Physical Oceanography - Fish Technology - Extension Services Besides the research projects specified above, the Institute is also initiating a project to establish the first referen ce collection of marine and estuarine organisms in Nigeria. Apart from the headquarters of the Institute on Victoria Isl and, Lagos, there is also a station at Port Harcourt on the Nigerian eastern coastline. The Institute cooperates and col laborates with Nigerian universitites, in particular the Uni versity of Calabar and the University of Port Harcourt. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 538 DATE OF INFORMATION 15.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Ogun State University SUBDIVISIONS Department of Biological Sciences CONTACT Dr. S. O. Owa ADDRESS1 P.M.B. 2002 ADDRESS2 CITY Ago-Iwoye ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Nigeria TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Nigeria TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x mangrove OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x mangroves ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other secondary forest; tropical savannas and savanna woo dland; rivers and streams; lakes; coasts and coastal areas ( incl. mangroves); anthropology/ethnobotany/ethnozoology; bot any/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); systematic s/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protected areas/wildlife r esources; ecosystems research; fisheries; forestry; agrofore stry; forest management; forest products; limnology/hydrolog y; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); system atics/taxonomy (zoology); mammals; birds; fish; reptiles and amphibians; insects; other invertebrates; higher plants (an gio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryont s; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 612 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.11.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Rivers State University of Science and Technology SUBDIVISIONS Dept. of Fisheries CONTACT Dr. I. G. Nawa ADDRESS1 P.M.B. 5080 ADDRESS2 CITY Port Harcourt ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Nigeria TELEPHONE 084-335808 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Nigeria, Niger Delta, Cross River, Imo River Basins, coastal areas and estuaries TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS x OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; rivers and streams; lakes; ot her types of wetlands; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangr oves); islands; agriculture; shifting cultivation; other tro pical farming systems; animal husbandry/livestock; botany/ve getation science; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxo nomy (botany); conservation/protected areas/wildlife resourc es; ecosystems research; fisheries; forestry; agroforestry; afforestation/reforestation; deforestation/erosion; forest m anagement; forest products; limnology/hydrology; ocean scien ce; soil science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (z oology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); mammals; fish; rept iles and amphibians; other invertebrates; higher plants (ang io- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryonts ; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 463 DATE OF INFORMATION 21.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Benin SUBDIVISIONS Botany, College of Agriculture, Science and Eng ineering CONTACT ADDRESS1 P.M.B. 1154 ADDRESS2 CITY Benin City ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Nigeria TELEPHONE FAX TELEX 41365 UNIBEN NG E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Nigeria TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x folk medicine, ethno ecology BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS x folk medicine, ethnoecology CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; secondary rai n forest; tropical savannas and savanna woodland; rivers and streams; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); anthro pology/ethnobotany/ethnozoology; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); eco systems research; forestry; agroforestry; limnology/hydrolog y; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION ethnoecology; folk medicine; REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 514 DATE OF INFORMATION 23.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Ibadan SUBDIVISIONS Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry CONTACT Prof. E. Olabode Lucas ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Ibadan ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Nigeria TELEPHONE Ibadan 400550-400614 FAX TELEX CAMPUS 31128 NG E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Nigeria, humid tropical region TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS x ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other primary forest; other secondary forest; tropical sa vannas and savanna woodland; tropical deserts and arid lands ; rivers and streams; lakes; agriculture; shifting cultivati on; other tropical farming systems; animal husbandry/livesto ck; conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; fisheri es; forestry; agroforestry; afforestation/reforestation; def orestation/erosion; forest management; forest products; soil science; mammals; birds; fish; reptiles and amphibians; ins ects; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); fungi (Mycolog y); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 669 DATE OF INFORMATION 17.12.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Nigeria SUBDIVISIONS Zoology; Biological Sciences CONTACT ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Nsukka, Enugu State ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Nigeria TELEPHONE Nsukka 6251 ext. 44 FAX TELEX 51496 ULIONS NG E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Nigeria, Eastern States TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; riv ers and streams; lakes; zoology and faunistics; fish; insect s; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 367 DATE OF INFORMATION 07.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Universit‚ Nationale du Rwanda SUBDIVISIONS D‚partement de Biologie CONTACT Dr. Charles Ntaganda ADDRESS1 Campus Universitaire de Butare ADDRESS2 B.P. 117 CITY Butare ENGLISH NAME National University of Rwanda Faculty of Sciences, Dept. of Biology REGION AF COUNTRY Rwanda TELEPHONE 30271/30272/30273/30821 FAX (250) 30870/30821 TELEX 22605 UNR RW E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Rwanda TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; mou ntains and highlands; botany/vegetation science; conservatio n/protected areas/wildlife resources; zoology and faunistics ; mammals; birds; fish; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperm s); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 572 DATE OF INFORMATION 22.11.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM ORSTOM NAME Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Dev eloppement en Coop‚ration (ORSTOM) SUBDIVISIONS D‚partement Ecologie CONTACT Dr. Michel Grouzis ADDRESS1 BP 1386 ADDRESS2 CITY Dakar ENGLISH NAME ORSTOM REGION AF COUNTRY Senegal TELEPHONE 221 323480/323476 FAX 221 324307 TELEX 51468 SG E-MAIL grouzis@orstom.fr SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Sahelian and Sudanian countries, T unisia, West Africa TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x Sahelian and Soudan ian countries, West Africa TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x Sahelian and Soudanian cou ntries, West Africa RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x Tunisia GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS x ecophysiology, Sahelian and Sudanian countries CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; tro pical deserts and arid lands; botany/vegetation science; gen eral ecology (botany); forestry; agroforestry; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION ecophysiology; tree and grass interactions; rehabilitation of degraded arid lands; legume s REMARKS See also entries on the parent organization ORSTOM a nd other ORSTOM entities. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 676 DATE OF INFORMATION 03.01.94 TYPE gov ACRONYM ORSTOM NAME ORSTOM SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 BP 1386 ADDRESS2 CITY Dakar ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Senegal TELEPHONE 221-323476/323488 FAX 221-324387 TELEX E-MAIL Floret@orstom.sn SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur es) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Senegal, Mali, Cameroon TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; agr iculture; shifting cultivation; botany/vegetation science; g eneral ecology (botany); ecosystems research; fisheries; for estry; deforestation/erosion; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION reduction of the fallow perio d; biodiversity and sustainable development; study, improvem ent and management of fallow REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 234 DATE OF INFORMATION 16.04.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM CSIR NAME Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) SUBDIVISIONS Division of Earth, Marine and Atmospheric Scien ce and Technology CONTACT Dr. Allan Connell ADDRESS1 Box 17001 ADDRESS2 CITY Congella 4013 ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE (031) 81-5851 FAX (031) 81-2509 TELEX 622431 E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; South Africa (Natal) TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x artificial OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS x estuaries AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS x population structures, toxicology OTHER CATEGORIES x freshwater and marine pollution MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; other types of w etlands; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coa sts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); limnology/hydrology ; ocean science; zoology and faunistics; fish; other inverte brates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Estuaries; population structu res; toxicology; freshwater and marine pollution; faecal pol lution; health index for estuaries; marine chemistry. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 280 DATE OF INFORMATION 27.07.93 TYPE mus ACRONYM NAME Natal Museum SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 Private Bag 9070 ADDRESS2 CITY 3200 Pietermaritzburg ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE 0331-451 404 FAX 0331-450 561 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, AS, SA, CA, OC; all tropical ocean s, global TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other primary forest; other secondary forest; tropical sa vannas and savanna woodland; tropical deserts and arid lands ; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); islands; mountains and hig hlands; ocean science; zoology and faunistics; systematics/t axonomy (zoology); insects; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Taxonomy/systematics of Dipte ra of afrotropical region; mollusca of all tropical oceans. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 584 DATE OF INFORMATION 21.09.93 TYPE priv ACRONYM ORI/SAAMBR NAME Oceanographic Research Institute South African Association for Marine Biological Research SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Mrs. Sally Walsh, Librarian ADDRESS1 PO Box 10712 ADDRESS2 CITY Marine Parade, 4056 ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE (031) 373536 FAX (031) 372132 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur es) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, South West Indian Ocean, South Afr ica TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x estuaries TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x dolphins, seals, penguins ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x marine pro tected areas ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x marine BIRDS FISH x marine REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x marine turtles INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x marine HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of wetlands; tropical oceans (i ncl. coral reefs and atolls); coasts and coastal areas (incl . mangroves); islands; animal husbandry/livestock; conservat ion/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; fisheries; ocean science; zoology and faunistics; general e cology (zoology); mammals; fish; reptiles and amphibians; ot her invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION estuaries; dolphins, seals, p enguins; marine mammals; marine fish; marine turtles; marine invertebrates; by-catch research; multiple use of finfish r esources; linefish research; coral research; mussel, oyster, lobster, prawn, crab stocks; evaluation of artificial reefs ; marine reserves: Keywords from "1992/93 Research Overview". REMARKS The Oceanographic Research Institute (ORI) was estab lished in 1959. Staff includes 14 scientists and 10 field an d technical staff. ORI's activities include research project s, advisory and consultancy services, graduate training prog rammes and regional and collaborative efforts. Information from brochure and "1992/93 Research Overview". ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 277 DATE OF INFORMATION 26.07.93 TYPE mus ACRONYM NAME Port Elizabeth Museum SUBDIVISIONS Centre for Dolphin Studies CONTACT Dr. V. G. Cockroft ADDRESS1 PO Box 13147 ADDRESS2 CITY Humewood 6013 ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE 27 41 561-051 FAX 27 41 562-175 TELEX E-MAIL pemvgc@zoo.upe.ac.za SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; South Africa, Mo‡ambique, Madagasc ar, southern Africa TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS x population/conservation genetics OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); islands; conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; z oology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematic s/taxonomy (zoology); mammals; reptiles and amphibians; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Causes and prevention of bott lenose dolphin capture in Natal shark nets; population statu s of humpback dolphins off Natal; identity of Southern Afric an bottlenose and humpback dolphins; marine mammal (dolphins and dugongs) distribution and interaction with gill-net fis heries in Maputo Bay, Mo‡ambique; assessment of occurrence, distribution and status of coastal marine mammals and gill-n et fisheries off Mo‡ambique; preliminary assessment of marin e mammal (dolphins and dugongs) and reptile distribution off Madagascar and the influence of environmental degradation o n coastal resources; dugong (Dugong dugong) and seagrass dis tribution and dynamics in Bazaruto Bay, Mo‡ambique; correla tes of growth and condition in marine mammals: monitoring th e "health" of coastal ecosystems through top predator nutrit ional condition. Conservation/population genetics. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 243 DATE OF INFORMATION 07.06.93 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Rhodes University SUBDIVISIONS Department of Zoology and Entomology CONTACT ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Grahamstown 6140 ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x South Africa, Zimba bwe, Malawi TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x Malawi OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mal awi OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS x South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x South Africa, Zimbabwe, Malawi OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; mou ntains and highlands; zoology and faunistics; general ecolog y (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); birds; insects; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 232 DATE OF INFORMATION 23.04.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME The University of Stellenbosch SUBDIVISIONS Department of Zoology CONTACT J. A. J. Neil ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Stellenbosch 7600 ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; South Africa, Namibia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; tro pical deserts and arid lands; rivers and streams; lakes; oth er types of wetlands; mountains and highlands; conservation/ protected areas/wildlife resources; soil science; zoology an d faunistics; general ecology (zoology); mammals; other inve rtebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 278 DATE OF INFORMATION 27.07.93 TYPE mus ACRONYM NAME Transvaal Museum SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Dr. Ina Plug ADDRESS1 PO Box 413 ADDRESS2 CITY Pretoria 0001 ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE 012 322-7632 FAX 012 322-7939 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, N amibia, southern Africa TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x southern Africa TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x South Africa, Namibia RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x South Africa OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x South Africa, Botswa na, Lesotho BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x South Africa FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x South Africa SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x South Africa, Namibia OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x southern Africa BIRDS x southern Africa FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x southern Africa INSECTS x southern Africa OTHER INVERTEBRATES x southern Africa HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; tro pical deserts and arid lands; mountains and highlands; anthr opology/ethnobotany/ethnozoology; ecosystems zoology and fau nistics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zo ology); mammals; birds; reptiles and amphibians; insects; ot her invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 441 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Cape Town SUBDIVISIONS Marine Biology Research Institute Zoology Department CONTACT Prof. G. M. Branut ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Cape Town ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE 021-6503604 FAX 021-6503726 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, South Africa, Southern Mocambique TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x NE coast of So uth Africa COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x southern Mocamb ique ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atol ls); coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); ecosystems research; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Structure and ecology of cora l reefs. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 237 DATE OF INFORMATION 27.04.93 TYPE ACRONYM NAME University of Cape Town SUBDIVISIONS Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithol ogy CONTACT Prof. W. Roy Siegfried ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Rondebosch 7700 ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE +27-21-650-3304 FAX +27-21-650-3295 TELEX 521439 E-MAIL siegfried@uctvax.ac.za SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur es) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; South Africa, Namibia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; tro pical deserts and arid lands; conservation/protected areas/w ildlife resources; ecosystems research; birds; insects; high er plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS The Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornitholo gy (also known as the Fitztitute) was founded in 1959. It no w has a staff of more than 50 people. It is funded in part b y the University of Cape Town, in part by the CSIR's Foundat ion for Research Development in Pretoria, and in part by oth er organizations and individuals. The main focus of the Fitztitute's research during the last decade or so has been on the roles of birds in the functioni ng of ecosystems. Increasingly in recent years, the Fitztitu te has been called upon to undertake research dealing with e nvironmental problems and the exploitation of biological res ources, and to advise government and private-sector bodies a ccordingly. This research is exemplified by projects on rare and endangered birds, the viability of small nature reserve s, the effects of alien invasions, commercial and subsistenc e utilization of marine and terrestrial biological resources , and the impact of coastal development. This background, in part, provided a stimulus in 1986 for a review of the Fitztitute's aims and objectives. ...The Fitzt itute developed its own mission statement to guide it for th e foreseeable future: "To promote and undertake scientific studies involving birds , that contribute to the theory and practice affecting the m aintenance of biological diversity and the sustained use of biological resources". Some current and potential conservation biology research pro jects: - Are southern African birds adequately preserved within nat ure reserves? - Conservation of small populations - The effects of commercial salt production on estuarine bir ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology ds - Effects of locust control measures on birds - Scientific management and socio-economics of a Greywing Pa rtridge hunting industry - How do changes in the numbers and diet of seabirds indicat e what is happening to the recruitment of the region's fish populations? How does seabird guano fertilize intertidal and nearshore waters (and influence commercial crayfish catches )? - birds as predators of krill, fish, and squid and as indica tors of size of prey stocks in the Southern Ocean. - How do birds and humans influence rocky intertidal communi ties of the coast? - Ostrich studies could lead to improvements in the commerci al utilization of these birds. - Pollination of forage plants and commercially utilizable p lants by birds - Monitoring systems for man-caused impacts in the environme nt - Alien organisms - Gamebirds Information taken from brochure "Conservation Biology and th e Percy FitzPatrick Institute of Afican Ornithology" and lea flet "Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology". ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 231 DATE OF INFORMATION 06.05.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Durban-Westville SUBDIVISIONS Department of Botany CONTACT Prof. T. D. Steinke ADDRESS1 P/Bag X54001 ADDRESS2 CITY Durban 4000 ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE (031) 8202365 FAX (031) 8202790 TELEX 6-23228 SA E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; South Africa, Namibia, east coast of Africa TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x Namibia, South Africa, east coast of Africa COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x Namibia, South Africa, east coast of Africa ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS x physiology, incl. stress physiology CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atol ls); coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); botany/vege tation science; general ecology (botany); ecosystems researc h; ocean science; other invertebrates; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 244 DATE OF INFORMATION 22.04.93 TYPE ACRONYM NAME University of Durban-Westville SUBDIVISIONS Zoology Department CONTACT Carolyn Baker ADDRESS1 Pb X 54001 ADDRESS2 CITY Durban 4000 ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, South Africa TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x coastal forest OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS x ethology OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of tropical forest; tropical sa vannas and savanna woodland; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); mammals; reptiles and amphibians; insects; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION coastal forest, ethology REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 236 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.04.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Pretoria SUBDIVISIONS Department of Botany CONTACT Prof. G. J. Bredenkamp ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Pretoria 0002 ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE (12) 4703121 FAX (12) 432184 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; South Africa TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; riv ers and streams; mountains and highlands; anthropology/ethno botany/ethnozoology; botany/vegetation science; general ecol ogy (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/pr otected areas/wildlife resources; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 245 DATE OF INFORMATION 17.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Pretoria SUBDIVISIONS Department of Entomology CONTACT Dr. S. L. Chown ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Pretoria 0002 ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE (2712) 420 3236 FAX (2712) 342 3136 TELEX E-MAIL steve_c@agric.up.ac.za SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, South Africa TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x afromontane OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of tropical forest; other prima ry forest; tropical savannas and savanna woodland; tropical deserts and arid lands; mountains and highlands; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); insects; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION afromontane forests REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 242 DATE OF INFORMATION 04.06.93 TYPE ACRONYM NAME University of Pretoria SUBDIVISIONS Department of Zoology CONTACT Prof. R. J. van Aarde ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Pretoria 0002 ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; South Africa TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS x coastal dune forests AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); forestry; afforestation/reforestation; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); mammals; birds; othe r invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 273 DATE OF INFORMATION 13.05.93 TYPE ACRONYM NAME University of Stellenbosch SUBDIVISIONS Faculty of Forestry CONTACT Dr. H. J. van Hensbergen ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Stellenbosch 7600 ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE 02231-773 290 FAX 02231-773603 TELEX E-MAIL HJVH@MATIES.SUN.AC.ZA SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Namibia, South Africa TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x Namibia, South Afri ca TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x South Africa LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x South Africa OTHERS x grasslands, plantation forests, South Africa AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x South Afri ca, Namibia ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x South Africa AGROFORESTRY x " AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x " DEFORESTATION/EROSION x " ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT x " FOREST PRODUCTS x " OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x South Africa ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x South Africa, Namibia GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x South Africa, Namibia BIRDS x " " FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x South Africa OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x South Africa FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x South Africa SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; riv ers and streams; mountains and highlands; conservation/prote cted areas/wildlife resources; forestry; agroforestry; affor estation/reforestation; deforestation/erosion; forest manage ment; forest products; soil science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); mammals; birds; insects; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Grasslands, plantation forest s. The following keywords were taken from research descriptions in the "Annual Report 1991": forest mensuration and biometr y, growth and yield prediction, diameter growth of Eucalyptu s grandis, Eucalyptus grandis coppice reduction trial, fores try finance, silviculture, species trials,vegetative propaga tion of pine, eucalypt and Paulownia, soils research, seed r esearch, nursery research, establishment research, nutrition research, mycorrhizal research, forest engineering technolo gy, management planning, work efficiency, computer software, environmental impact of harvesting and rehabilitation, comp action studies, working environment, wood anatomy, wood proc essing, computer-aided macroscopic identification key for in digenous wood species, collection of real log data, wood phy sics, wood drying, computer-based control systems, moisture in wood, timber quality, pulp and paper technology, reserve surveys, conservation evaluation, viability of small populat ions, environmental impact of plantation forestry and agricu lture, animal population studies, small mammal populations i n fynbos and effects of veld burning, parks and recreation m anagement. REMARKS The mission of the Faculty of Forestry is to serve f orestry in Southern Africa by: - Educating professional managers and researchers capable of playing a leading role in forestry, the forest products ind ustry, and renewable resource conservation. - Conducting basic and applied research and disseminating kn owledge. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology The Faculty is the only institution in Southern Africa offer ing degree level education in the fields of Forestry and Woo d Science. It is solely responsible for three different bach elor degrees and jointly teaches a fourth with the Faculty o f Agriculture. These degrees are in wood science, forest sci ence, parks and recreation management and in animal physiolo gy. In addition the Faculty offers seventeen postgraduate de grees up to the level of D.Sc. Information taken from brochure "University of Stellenbosch - Faculty of Forestry". ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 235 DATE OF INFORMATION 15.04.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of the Witwatersrand SUBDIVISIONS Centre for African Ecology CONTACT Prof. Norman Owen-Smith ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Wits 2050 ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY South Africa TELEPHONE (11) 716-4193 FAX (11) 339-3407 TELEX 4-27125 SA E-MAIL 030brows@witsvma.wits.ac.za SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, leaflet ) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; South Africa, Botswana TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; agr iculture; other tropical farming systems; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (bot any); conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosy stems research; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoo logy); mammals; birds; reptiles and amphibians; insects; hig her plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Ecology of large herbivores, herbivore-plant interactions (Prof. N. Owen-Smith); soils ec ology, plant ecophysiology (Dr. Mary Scholes); plant populat ion biology, demography, genetics (Dr. Robbie Robinson); ani mal ecophysiology, biogeography (Mr. Graham Alexander); rura l development and conservation (Mr. Charles Shackleton) REMARKS The Centre for African Ecology is a research group w ithin the School of Biology. Its mission statement is "to fo ster the development and maintenance of a centre of excellen ce in ecology and related biological disciplines, and their application to conserving and managing biological resources, with special relevance to African environments". Current research: - Large herbivore ecology, herbivore-plant interactions (Pro f. Owen-Smith): movements of migratory ungulates, Chobe Nati onal Park, Botswana; ecological consequences of elephant imp acts on vegetation, northern Botswana; ecology of browsing, browser-woody plant relations; dynamics of woody plant popul ations; optimal foraging models for large herbivores. - Soil biological processes (M. Scholes): dynamics of N and P at the soil-root interface; effects of acid rain on soil p rocesses; formation of sodic soils. -Plant population biology (R. Robinson): ecology of highveld grasslands; flora of serpentine soils; plant demography. - Biological resources and sustainable rural development (C. Shackleton): multiple products of wody plants. - Ecological biogeography of ectothermic vertebrates (G. Ale xander): thermal physiology of snakes and lizards. Information taken from leaflet supplied by Prof. Owen-Smith. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 634 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.11.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Khartoum SUBDIVISIONS Faculty of Science; Department of Botany CONTACT ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Khartoum ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Sudan TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Sudan TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical deserts and arid lands; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); mountains and highlands; b otany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); systemat ics/taxonomy (botany); higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms ); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 620 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.11.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Wildlife Research Centre SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Dr. Ibrahim M. Hashim ADDRESS1 P.O. Box 16 ADDRESS2 El Mourada CITY Omdurman ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Sudan TELEPHONE 613532 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Sudan TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS conservation/protected areas/wildlife resou rces; mammals; birds; reptiles and amphibians; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 183 DATE OF INFORMATION 04.08.92 TYPE mus ACRONYM NAME National Museums of Tanzania SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Dr. G.F. Mtoka, Curator, Marine Biology ADDRESS1 PO Box 511 ADDRESS2 CITY Dar Es Salaam ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Tanzania TELEPHONE 31365/6 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (letter, questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Tanzania TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs, atolls) ; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); anthropology/e thnobotany/ethnozoology; fisheries; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Ecology and biology of invert ebrates; cocle farming; portumids; anthropological research on marine resources. REMARKS The Museum is collaborating with the University of D ar Es Salaam in conducting joint research. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 210 DATE OF INFORMATION 03.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM SUA NAME Sokoine University of Agriculture SUBDIVISIONS Directorate of Research and Postgraduate Studie s CONTACT Ludovick D. B. Kinabo, Director ADDRESS1 P.O. Box 3000 ADDRESS2 Chuo Kikuu CITY Morogoro ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Tanzania TELEPHONE 056-4388 FAX TELEX 55308 UNIVMOG E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Tanzania TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS x Semi-arid lands AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other primary forest; other secondary forest; tropical sa vannas and savanna woodland; mountains and highlands; agricu lture; shifting cultivation; other tropical farming systems; animal husbandry/livestock; botany/vegetation science; gene ral ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conserv ation/protected areas/wildlife resources; forestry; agrofore stry; afforestation/reforestation; deforestation/erosion; fo rest management; limnology/hydrology; soil science; mammals; birds; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses /lichens/algae/procaryonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION semi-arid lands REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 209 DATE OF INFORMATION 28.07.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM TAFORI NAME Tanzania Forestry Research Institute SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Director General ADDRESS1 PO Box 1854 ADDRESS2 CITY Morogoro ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Tanzania TELEPHONE 056-2864 FAX 056-3725 TELEX 55141 TACOTA TZ E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Tanzania TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS x OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; tro pical deserts and arid lands; mountains and highlands; agric ulture; shifting cultivation; other tropical farming systems ; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); syste matics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protected areas/wildl ife resources; ecosystems research; forestry; agroforestry; afforestation/reforestation; deforestation/erosion; forest m anagement; forest products; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Forest production, forest eco logy, tree genetics, tree breeding, seed nurseries, industri al plantation, community forestry, forest economics, forest mensuration, forest protection, forest pathology, forest ent omology, fire protection, wood structure, wood anatomy, stre ngth testing, seasoning, wood preservation, timber engineeri ng, wood working, panel boards manufacture, wood energy, fir ewood and charcoal, cooking stoves, wood chemistry, extracti ves, pulp and paper, forest operations, forest roads, loggin g. REMARKS The Tanzania Forestry Research Institute in its pres ent form was stablished by an Act of Parliament in 1980. The Institute is semi-autonomous, self-accounting and managed b y a governing board. It carries out the following functions: - Sets up experiments relating to the planting, growth, deve lopment and conservation and use of local and exotic tree sp ecies. - Investigates causes and suggests ways of controlling and p reventing the occurrence of forest diseases and pests. - Coordinates research and provides advice to the Government , public institutions and other persons on the practical app lication of modern techniques suitable for development and c onservation of the landscape, soil, fauna and flora. - Provides advice on the establishment and development of wo od industries. - Cooperates with the Government and any person or group of persons in providing facilities for the training of research ers. - Establishes a system of documentation and dissemination of ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology research results. - Encourages the devlopment of forestry through the protecti on of forestry industry, provision of consultancy services, and increasing the supply, sale, utilisation and conversion of timber. - Carries out any other activity deemed by the Board of Dire ctors as being of interest to the Institute. The Institute is divided into the Directorates of Forest Pro duction (Sections of Forest Ecology, Forest Management, Fore st Protection, and Tree Genetics), Forest Utilisation (Secti ons of Wood Structure, Timber Engineering, Wood Energy, Wood Chemistry, and Forest Operations), and Finance and Administ ration. Research areas to date have been: - Scientific research in "Conservation Forests and Woodlands " (inventory of floristic and faunistic composition, ecology , importance of floristic and faunistic components as produc ers of medicines, dyes, fruits etc.; establish ways in which these can be put to use outside the forests and woodlands). - Silviculture/ecology in "Non-conservation Forests and Wood lands" (increase knowledge on natural processes in exploited and un-exploited forests and woodlands, improvement of management). - Agro-silvo-pastoral and soil conservation research. - Tree breeding. - Silviculture/ecology in plantations. - Soils and nutrition. - Growth and yield (conifers, broadleaved species and planta tions). - Forest protection (insect pests, fungi and other injurious organisms, explore potential for biological pest control, r eference collections of insects, fungi). - Utilisation research. The new TAFORI"Forestry Research Master Plan 1992-2002" iden tifies five major research areas: - Community and Farm Forestry: Field surveys in different ec ological zones to identify biologically and economically via ble farm forestry systems with farmer participation; on-farm research with emphasis on the use of indigenous species; ev aluation and monitoring of farming systems with special emph asis on increasing sustainable food and wood production. - Ecology, Conservation of Natural Forests and Biodiversity: Study and conserve the genetic resources of the natural for ests (montane forests, miombo woodlands, mangroves and river ine forests); study and management of catchment areas; refor estation. - Tree Improvement: Tree breeding and propagation with empha sis on indigenous species, particularly for plantation and a groforestry purposes. - Plantation Forestry: Large scale planting to support fores t industries; increase the number of "consumer acceptable" s pecies and reduce risks of damage from pathogens and pests; introducing wood as cash crop to farmers. - Harvesting, Utilization and Marketing: Reduce costs of fie ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology ld operations and processing of wood in order to make wood m ore available to the poor communities; adopt and develop loc al wood utilization technologies to increase the durability of wood. TAFORI runs seven research centres: Dodoma Arid Zone Afforestation Research Centre, PO Box 1576, Dodoma Kibaha Lowland Afforestation Research Centre, PO Box 30072, Kibaha Lushoto Silviculture Research Centre, PO Box 95, Lushoto Malya Lake Zone Afforestation Research Centre, PO Box 166, M alya Moshi Timber Utilization Research Centre, PO Box 10, Moshi Mufindi Pulpwood Research Centre, PO Box 45, Mafinga Tabora Miombo Woodland Research Centre, PO Box 131, Tabora Information taken from brochures "Tanzania Forestry Research Institute" and "Tanzania Forestry Research Institute, Fores try Research Master Plan 1992-2002". ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 192 DATE OF INFORMATION 11.08.92 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Dar Es Salaam SUBDIVISIONS Department of Zoology and Marine Biology CONTACT Prof. Dr. A.M. Nikundiwe, Head ADDRESS1 PO Box 35064 ADDRESS2 CITY Dar Es Salaam ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Tanzania TELEPHONE 49 192 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Tanzania TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; other types o f tropical forest; tropical savannas and savanna woodland; t ropical deserts and arid lands; rivers and streams; lakes; o ther types of wetlands; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs, atolls); coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); islands ; mountains and highlands; conservation/protected areas/wild life resources; ecosystems research; fisheries; limnology/hy drology; ocean science; zoology and faunistics; general ecol ogy (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); mammals; bird s; fish; reptiles and amphibians; insects; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Genetics, evolution. Coastal forests. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 188 DATE OF INFORMATION 21.08.92 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Dar Es Salaam SUBDIVISIONS Faculty of Science Department of Botany, Department of Zoology & Marine Biology CONTACT ADDRESS1 PO Box 35065 ADDRESS2 CITY Dar Es Salaam ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Tanzania TELEPHONE 49192 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Tanzania TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; tropical sava nnas and savanna woodland; rivers and streams; coasts and co astal areas (incl. mangroves); botany/vegetation science; ge neral ecology (botany); conservation/protected areas/wildlif e resources; fisheries; soil science; zoology and faunistics ; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); mammals; birds; fish; reptiles and amphibians; insects; hig her plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/al gae/procaryonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 312 DATE OF INFORMATION 02.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM IMS NAME University of Dar Es Salaam SUBDIVISIONS Institute of Marine Sciences CONTACT Ngusaru Amani, Assistant Research Fellow ADDRESS1 PO Box 668 ADDRESS2 CITY Zanzibar ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Tanzania TELEPHONE +255 54-32128 FAX +255 54-33050 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Tanzania (Zanzibar) TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x algae FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atol ls); coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); islands; fi sheries; ocean science; fish; other invertebrates; ferns/mos ses/lichens/algae/procaryonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Research priorities: - Living resources and ecology; fisheries, ecology and marin e botany; - Chemical and Environment Marine Sciences, chemical oceanog raphy, marine pollution; - Physical and applied marine sciences; physical oceanograph y, marine geology, ocean engineering; - Marine education extension and development, marine affairs , resource economics, sociological studies. Relevant research currently being undertaken: Reproductive biology; substrate erosivity; floral cover; fau nal distribution; effects of pollutants on coral reefs; seaw eed farming; role of mangroves in nutrient dynamics; photosy nthetic studies; mariculture; finfish fisheries; marine envi ronmental protection of coral reefs and mangroves. Additional keywords taken from report "The role of the Insti tute of Marine Sciences in the development of artisanal fish eries and marine environmental protection in Zanzibar" by J. C. Horrill, N. Jiddawi & M.A.K. Ngoile. REMARKS The Institute of Marine Sciences was established on July 1, 1979. The Institute is part of the University of Dar Es Salaam which is under the Ministry of Science Technology and Higher Education. The Institute has 18 research staff (9 physical and applied marine scientists, 2 chemical oceanographers, 7 biologists). The aims of the IMS are: - To undertake research in all aspects of marine sciences; - To provide postgraduate studies and in the future establis h undergraduate studies in accordance with the country's man power requirements; - To provide advisory and consultancy services in marine aff airs; ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology - To engage in utilization of marine resources. Collaborative research is being carried out with the Univers ities of Guelph and McMaster, Canada, and with the Internati onal Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD), Canada. Information taken from report "The role of the Institute of Marine Sciences in the development of artisanal fisheries an d marine environmental protection in Zanzibar" by J.C. Horri ll, N. Jiddawi & M.A.K. Ngoile. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 579 DATE OF INFORMATION 05.11.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM IRA NAME Institut des Regions Arides SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Le Pr‚sident-Directeur G‚n‚ral ADDRESS1 Route du Jorf ADDRESS2 km 22 El Fje CITY 4119 Medenine ENGLISH NAME Institute of Arid Regions State Department of Scientific Research and Technology REGION AF COUNTRY Tunisia TELEPHONE 216-5-640661 FAX 216-5-640435 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Tunisia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical deserts and arid lands; agricultur e; animal husbandry/livestock; anthropology/ethnobotany/ethn ozoology; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany ); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protected are as/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; forestry; agrofo restry; limnology/hydrology; soil science; zoology and faunistics; s ystematics/taxonomy (zoology); mammals; birds; fungi (Mycolo gy); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION The mission of the IRA is: - conduct research for the development of the agricultural s ector, for conservation of natural resources and for combati ng desertification; - education of specialist technicians; - integrated development projects in southern Tunisia. Projects up to date: techniques for mechanical and biologica l fixation of sand; irrigation; identification of the main p astoral species, seed collections; cartography; biology of t wo insect pests in oases; increase in agricultural productio n; camel reproduction. Information from brochure. REMARKS The Institut des Regions Arides was founded in 1976. It has a staff of 25 scientists and around 30 technicians a nd engineers. Besides the centre at Medenine, the IRA runs r egional stations at GabŠs, K‚bili, Tataouine and Ben Gardane . The Institute offers several publications. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 663 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.01.94 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Makerere University SUBDIVISIONS Faculty of Science CONTACT Dr. John B. Kaddu, Dept. of Zoology ADDRESS1 PO Box 7062 ADDRESS2 CITY Kampala ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Uganda TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Uganda TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS x mycology CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; botany/vegetation science; systematics/taxonomy (bot any); zoology and faunistics; systematics/taxonomy (zoology) ; mammals; birds; fish; reptiles and amphibians; insects; ot her invertebrates; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); f ungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION mycology REMARKS The Department of Zoology of the Faculty of Science operates a field station called Kibale Forest Field Station, funded by USAID (United States Agency for International Dev elopment). ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 304 DATE OF INFORMATION 28.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Makerere University SUBDIVISIONS Institute of Environment and Natural Resources CONTACT ADDRESS1 PO Box 7298 ADDRESS2 CITY Kampala ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Uganda TELEPHONE 256 41 530134/5 FAX 256 41 245597 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Uganda TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x montane, evergreen, semide ciduous OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x swamps TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS x anthropogenic AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; other types o f tropical forest; tropical savannas and savanna woodland; r ivers and streams; lakes; other types of wetlands; islands; mountains and highlands; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservatio n/protected areas/wildlife resources; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systemati cs/taxonomy (zoology); mammals; birds; fish; reptiles and am phibians; insects; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); f erns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Anthropogenic ecosystems. Swa mps. Montane forest, evergreen forest, semideciduous forest. REMARKS The National Biodiversity Data Bank (NBDB) is a unit of Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural Resources. The aim of the NBDB is to inventory and monitor the national biological resources of Uganda and to provide i nformation to conservationists, Government agencies, NGOs, l and managers and others interested in the conservation and s ustainable utilisation of these resources. The NBDB keeps information in a large computer database and as hardcopy on: - checklists of the indigenous flora and fauna of Uganda - distribution of plants and animals in Uganda - protected areas and other sites of conservation concern - e.g. those with high biodiversity. Conservationists, Government agencies, NGOs and others can a ccess the data upon request. Data from several long-term studies are already available - for instance how the number of marabous has increased in var ious urban areas of Uganda in the wake of human activity, an d how elephants, after severe decline, are recovering. The NBDB collaborates with many institutions in Uganda such as IUCN and NEIC, plus sister projects in the East Africa re gion and global information centres in Europe and the USA. Training in data collection, computerisation and analysis is an integral part of the NBDB's work. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology Information from leaflet provided by the Institute. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 207 DATE OF INFORMATION 11.08.92 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Department of Fisheries SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Att.: Director ADDRESS1 PO Box 350100 ADDRESS2 CITY Chilanga ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zambia TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information included in a letter and q uestionnaire filled out by Secretary General, National Counc il for Scientific Research, PO Box 158, Chelston, Lusaka, Za mbia. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Zambia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS fisheries; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 198 DATE OF INFORMATION 11.08.92 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Department of Wildlife and Natural Resources SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Att.: Director ADDRESS1 PO Box 50042 ADDRESS2 CITY Lusaka ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zambia TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information included in a letter and q uestionnaire filled out by Secretary General, National Counc il for Scientific Research, PO Box 158, Chelston, Lusaka, Za mbia. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Zambia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; other types of w etlands; conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; li mnology/hydrology; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 205 DATE OF INFORMATION 11.08.92 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Forest Department SUBDIVISIONS Division of Forest Research CONTACT Att.: Chief Forest Research Officer ADDRESS1 PO Box 22099 ADDRESS2 CITY Kitwe ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zambia TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information included in a letter and q uestionnaire filled out by Secretary General, National Counc il for Scientific Research, PO Box 158, Chelston, Lusaka, Za mbia. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Zambia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS botany/vegetation science; forestry; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Herbarium; silvicultural stud ies on maintenance and assessment of indigenous species. Rehabilitation of denuded forest areas and quarry wastelands ; protection of forest resources from bark beetle (Phoracant ha), termites; control of the weed Lantana camara. Information taken from : E. Kaimoyo, National Council for Sc ientific Research: National Status Report on Biodiversity Pr ogramme for Zambia, November 1991. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 200 DATE OF INFORMATION 11.08.92 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Livestock and Pest Research Centre SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 c/o NSCR ADDRESS2 PO Box CH 310158 CITY Lusaka ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zambia TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information included in a letter and q uestionnaire filled out by Secretary General, National Counc il for Scientific Research, PO Box 158, Chelston, Lusaka, Za mbia. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Zambia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS animal husbandry/livestock; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION studies on Zambian plants wit h acaricidal/insecticidal properties; tick control REMARKS The Livestock and Pest Research Centre is one of the two main centres in Zambia at the National Council for Scie ntific Research (NCSR) involved in work related to the Biodi versity Programme of the Commonwealth Science Council. This programme was introduced in Zambia in 1988 with a view of "i mproving the nutritional and health standards of the people through an efficient use of the available bio-resources. One of the aims of the programme was to preserve the knowledge and practices of the local people in their use of especially higher plants as food sources and in primary health care se rvices for both humans and livestock. The overall aim of the programme for Zambia was that of ensuring a sustained utili zation of environmental resources on a renewable basis inclu ding amelioration of soils." Research at the Livestock and Pest Research Centre included in this programme: - Studies on selected Zambian plants with acaricidal/insecti cidal properties in order to provide small-scale farmers wit h cheaper, safer and sustainable sources of tick control che micals. Work has concentrated on plants belonging to the gen era Neorautanenia, Boscia, Acauthosicyos, Courbonia and Teph rosia. Information condensed and cited from: E. Kaimoyo (Nov. 1991) , National Council for Scientific Research: National Status Report on Biodiversity Programme for Zambia. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 202 DATE OF INFORMATION 11.08.92 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Mount Makulu Central Research Station SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 P/Bag 7 ADDRESS2 CITY Chilanga ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zambia TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information included in a letter and q uestionnaire filled out by Secretary General, National Counc il for Scientific Research, PO Box 158, Chelston, Lusaka, Za mbia. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Zambia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS soil science; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 201 DATE OF INFORMATION 11.08.92 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Msekera Research Station SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 PO Box 510089 ADDRESS2 CITY Chipata ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zambia TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information included in a letter and q uestionnaire filled out by Secretary General, National Counc il for Scientific Research, PO Box 158, Chelston, Lusaka, Za mbia. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Zambia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS forestry; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS Collaboration with the International Council for Res earch in Agroforestry (ICRAF). ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 240 DATE OF INFORMATION 06.05.93 TYPE ACRONYM NAME National Council for Scientific Research SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 PO Box CH. 310158 ADDRESS2 Chelston CITY Lusaka ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zambia TELEPHONE 281081/2/3/4/5/6 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Zambia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT x Zambia, Copperbelt region FOREST PRODUCTS x Zambia, Copperbelt region ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x Zambian National Wildlife Parks BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of tropical forest; other prima ry forest; tropical savannas and savanna woodland; agricultu re; other tropical farming systems; botany/vegetation scienc e; general ecology (botany); conservation/protected areas/wi ldlife resources; forestry; forest management; forest produc ts; mammals; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 196 DATE OF INFORMATION 17.08.92 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME National Parks and Wildlife Service SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Director ADDRESS1 Private Bag 1 ADDRESS2 CITY Chilanga ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zambia TELEPHONE Chilanga (278366),278187/278517, 278683/278028 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Zambia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of wetlands; conservation/prote cted areas/wildlife resources; mammals; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 203 DATE OF INFORMATION 11.08.92 TYPE ACRONYM NAME SADCC Regional Gene Bank SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 Chalimbana Research Station ADDRESS2 Private Bag CH 6 CITY Lusaka ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zambia TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information included in a letter and q uestionnaire filled out by Secretary General, National Counc il for Scientific Research, PO Box 158, Chelston, Lusaka, Za mbia. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Zambia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS botany/vegetation science; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 668 DATE OF INFORMATION 24.12.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME The University of Zambia SUBDIVISIONS Crop Science Department School of Agricultural Sciences CONTACT The Head ADDRESS1 PO Box 32379 ADDRESS2 CITY Lusaka ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zambia TELEPHONE +260-1-250587 FAX +260-1-250587/253952 TELEX ZA 44370 E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Zambia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS agriculture; shifting cultivation; other tr opical farming systems; animal husbandry/livestock; ecosyste ms research; forestry; agroforestry; soil science; insects; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 204 DATE OF INFORMATION 11.08.92 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Tree Improvement Research Centre SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 PO Box 21210 ADDRESS2 CITY Kitwe ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zambia TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information included in a letter and q uestionnaire filled out by Secretary General, National Counc il for Scientific Research, PO Box 158, Chelston, Lusaka, Za mbia. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Zambia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS botany/vegetation science; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION research on plant species for nutritional value; potential livestock feed; medicinal drug s; molluscicidal properties; ecology; distribution; patholog y; domestication; propagation; breeding; Schistosomiasis con trol; fruit trees; mycorrhizal fungi; tissue culture; REMARKS The Tree Improvement Research Centre is one of the t wo main centres in Zambia at the National Council for Scient ific Research (NCSR) involved in work related to the Biodive rsity Programme of the Commonwealth Science Council (the oth er being the Livestock and Pest Research Centre). This progr amme, which was introduced in Zambia in 1988, aims to improv e "the nutritional and health standards of the people throug h an efficient use of the available bio-resources. One of th e aims of the programme was to preserve the knowledge and pr actices of the local people in their use of especially highe r plants as food sources and in primary health care services for both humans and livestock. The overall aim of the progr amme for Zambia was that of ensuring a sustained utilization of environmental resources on a renewable basis including a melioration of soils." Research at the Tree Improvement Research Centre related to this programme includes: - Research on several plant species to "evaluate their nutri tional value as potential livestock feed, their potential as medicinal drugs and molluscicidal properties....Studies of the ecology, distribution, pathology and variations of speci es belonging to the generea Uapaca, Parinari, Ricinodendron and Anisophyllea were carried out. Some aspects in those stu dies still continue". - Efforts aimed at "improving the selected suitable varietie s"; genetic, physiological and silvicultural studies of the selected genera aimed at "improving their growth and fruitin g potential under domestication "; propagation and breeding ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology studies. - Schistosomiasis control study using extracts from Phytolac ca dodecandra. - Genetic studies, research in breeding and cultivation of U apaca kirkiana and Ricinodendron rautanenii as fruit trees; micorrhizal fungi of Uapaca kirkiana seedlings; tissue cultu re studies; flower and fruit initiation of Ricinodendron rau tanenii. - Research on Phytolacca dodecandra for molluscicidal proper ties to target snail species (schistosome vectors). Information condensed and cited from: E. Kaimoyo (Nov. 1991) , National Council for Scientific Research: National Status Report on Biodiversity Programme for Zambia. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 199 DATE OF INFORMATION 11.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Zambia SUBDIVISIONS Department of Biology CONTACT ADDRESS1 P.O.Box 32379 ADDRESS2 CITY Luasaka ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zambia TELEPHONE +260-1-228951/252514 FAX +260-1-253952 TELEX ZA 44370 E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Zambia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x Lower Zambesi, Katue flats LAKES x Lake Kariba, Lake Banguelu OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x Banguelu swamps TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x Northern province OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x Central and southern provin ces OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x Lusaka province OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x National P arks, game reserves, management areas ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x Lusaka province FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION x Copperbelt province, northern and Lu ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x Eastern and Lusaka province SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x Lusaka province OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x Lusaka province OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x Lusaka province FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x Lusaka, Luadula, No rthern, Eastern provinces FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; riv ers and streams; lakes; other types of wetlands; agriculture ; shifting cultivation; other tropical farming systems; bota ny/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); systematics /taxonomy (botany); conservation/protected areas/wildlife re sources; ecosystems research; forestry; deforestation/erosio n; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); system atics/taxonomy (zoology); mammals; insects; higher plants (a ngio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryon ts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 206 DATE OF INFORMATION 11.08.92 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Zambia Forestry College SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 Private Bag ADDRESS2 CITY Mwekera ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zambia TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information included in a letter and q uestionnaire filled out by Secretary General, National Counc il for Scientific Research, PO Box 158, Chelston, Lusaka, Za mbia. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Zambia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS forestry; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 295 DATE OF INFORMATION 28.07.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Lake Kariba Fisheries Research Institute SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Ms. P. C. Chinamba ADDRESS1 Box 75 ADDRESS2 CITY Kariba ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zimbabwe TELEPHONE 263-61-2936/7 FAX 263-61-2938 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Zimbabwe TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS lakes; fisheries; fish; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 194 DATE OF INFORMATION 14.09.92 TYPE bot ACRONYM NAME National Herbarium and National Botanic Garden SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Th. Mller, Head ADDRESS1 PO Box 8100 ADDRESS2 CITY Causeway ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zimbabwe TELEPHONE 725313, 702236 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF; Zimbabwe TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x dry deciduous forest OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; other types o f tropical forest; tropical savannas and savanna woodland; b otany/vegetation science; systematics/taxonomy (botany); con servation/protected areas/wildlife resources; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procary onts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION dry deciduous forest REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 211 DATE OF INFORMATION 20.06.92 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Research and Development Division SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Deputy Divisional Manager ADDRESS1 PO Box HG 595 ADDRESS2 Highlands CITY Harare ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zimbabwe TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information given by: Secretary for Fo restry and Natural Resources, Ministry of Forestry and Natur al Resources, Private Bag 350, Capital City, Lilongwe 3, Mal awi. GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Zimbabwe TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS forestry; agroforestry; forest management; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Tree breeding, silviculture, entomology, pathology, mapping and inventory, agroforestry, seeds. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 343 DATE OF INFORMATION 02.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Zimbabwe SUBDIVISIONS Faculty of Agriculture CONTACT ADDRESS1 P.O. Box MP 167 ADDRESS2 Mount Pleasant CITY Harare ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zimbabwe TELEPHONE 263-4-303211 EXT 1402 FAX 263-4-732828 TELEX 26580 UNIVZ ZW E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Zimbabwe TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; tro pical deserts and arid lands; agriculture; other tropical fa rming systems; animal husbandry/livestock; conservation/prot ected areas/wildlife resources; forestry; deforestation/eros ion; soil science; mammals; birds; insects; higher plants (a ngio- and gymnosperms); fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 522 DATE OF INFORMATION 30.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Zimbabwe SUBDIVISIONS University Lake Kariba Research Station CONTACT ADDRESS1 P.O. Box MP 167 ADDRESS2 Mount Pleasant CITY Harare ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zimbabwe TELEPHONE 161-22312 FAX 161-2707 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Zimbabwe, Zambia, southern Africa TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS x impacts of land use ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS x limnology CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES x climate change impacts MAMMALS BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; riv ers and streams; lakes; other types of wetlands; agriculture ; botany/vegetation science; ecosystems research; fisheries; limnology/hydrology; birds; fish; reptiles and amphibians; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION impacts of land use and of cl imatic changes; REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 515 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.09.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Zimbabwe Forestry Commission SUBDIVISIONS Research and Development Division CONTACT ADDRESS1 P.O.Box HG 595 ADDRESS2 Highlands CITY Harare ENGLISH NAME REGION AF COUNTRY Zimbabwe TELEPHONE 263-4-46878/46879 FAX 263-4-47066 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AF, Zimbabwe TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x moist forests, medium and high altitude OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS x OTHERS x ecology of indigenous forests LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of tropical forest; other prima ry forest; other secondary forest; tropical savannas and sav anna woodland; conservation/protected areas/wildlife resourc es; forestry; agroforestry; forest management; forest produc ts; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); fungi (Mycology) ; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION moist forests in high and med ium altitude; ecology of indigenous forests; REMARKS The Division runs four forest research stations, thr ee dealing with plantation forests, one with dry woodlands. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 497 DATE OF INFORMATION 29.07.93 TYPE priv ACRONYM BCAS NAME Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Saleemul Huq ADDRESS1 620 Road 10A ADDRESS2 Dhanmondi GPO Box 3971 CITY Dhaka 1205 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Bangladesh TELEPHONE 8802-815829 FAX 8802-811344 TELEX 8656734 E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Bangladesh TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; rivers and streams; lakes; ot her types of wetlands; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangr oves); agriculture; botany/vegetation science; ecosystems re search; fisheries; forestry; agroforestry; afforestation/ref orestation; deforestation/erosion; forest management; limnol ogy/hydrology; zoology and faunistics; systematics/taxonomy (zoology); mammals; birds; fish; reptiles and amphibians; hi gher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION environmental impacts of grou ndwater utilisation; impact of shrimp cultivation on the agr oecosystem in the tidal areas of Bangladesh; environmental c ase studies of haor zone and pond ecosystems; stress on surf ace water systems due to industrial/domestic effluents and a grochemicals; environmental impacts of flood control and dra inage in the catchment area; social forestry; National Conse rvation Strategy; State of the Environment Report Bangladesh ; monitoring and evaluation of the New Fisheries Management Policy of the Government; fish disease; shrimp; aquaculture in the north west; urban health programs; Global Warming; di rectory of Bangladesh experts for consultancies. Information from "1989-1990 Biennial Report". REMARKS The BCAS, set up in 1984, is a private, non-profit, non-governmental institution dedicated to promoting and deve loping research and development in all branches of science i ncluding fundamental, applied, appropriate and social scienc es in the context of Bangladesh in particular and developing countries in general. The Centre has a full-time staff of i ts own (about 36 persons) and can also call on the services of other experts ("Fellows") both in Bangladesh and abroad. BCAS works closely with a number of national and internation al agencies (Government, government agencies, Ford Foundatio n, NORAID, USAID, DANIDA, CIDA, WHO, UNDP, ADB and others). Examples of international collaboration are Social Forestry projects with the Universities of California, Berkeley and Y ale, USA; Agriculture University, Norway, Bangladesh Agricul tural Research Institute and others. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology The main programmes consist of the following: - Resource management, environment and development (RMED) - Expert manpower development and training - Publication and dissemination - Computer and software BCAS publishes a number of publications (books, reports, new sletter, monographs). Information taken from "1989-1990 Biennial Report". ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 376 DATE OF INFORMATION 24.08.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM BRRI NAME Bangladesh Rice Research Institute SUBDIVISIONS Entomology Division CONTACT Dr. Zahirul Islam ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Gazipur 1701 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Bangladesh TELEPHONE (0681) 2160 or 2180 Ext. 350 FAX TELEX Cable: Riceres, Dhaka, Bangladesh E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; Bangladesh TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS x irrigated, upland and wetlands rice ecosystems AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS agriculture; other tropical farming systems ; soil science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoolo gy); insects; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Irrigated rice ecosystems; up land rice ecosystems; wetlands rice ecosystems. REMARKS BRRI was established in 1970 to achieve and to maint ain food self-sufficiency through the development of new ric e technologies. It has 16 research divisions. Besides the he adquarters at Gazipur, BIRRI has 7 regional stations. Collab oration is with IRRI, ODA, ZICA, USAD and others. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 158 DATE OF INFORMATION 23.04.92 TYPE ACRONYM NAME National Committee on IGBP SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Dr. S.D. Chaudhuri, Chairman ADDRESS1 c/o Bangladesh Academy of Sciences 3/8 Asad Avenue ADDRESS2 Mohammadpur CITY Dhaka - 1207 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Bangladesh TELEPHONE 310425 FAX TELEX 642215 SRS BJ E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (letter, questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; Bangladesh TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of wetlands; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); agriculture; botany/vegetation sci ence; conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; limno logy/hydrology; soil science; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Methane emission from wet ric e fields. Coastal ecology, including mangrove forests. REMARKS The research projects are related to the Internation al Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) on Global Change. In stitutions involved in environmental research are: - SPARRSO - Ministry of Defense - Department of Bangladesh Meteorology - Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh - Department of Water Resources, Bangladesh University of En gineering & Technology - Departments of Zoology, Geography, Botany and Geology, Uni versity of Dhaka - Department of Botany, University of Rajshahi - Atomic Energy Research Centre - Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Gazipur - Department of the Environment, Rd. No. 127, Dhanmondi R/A, Dhaka - NCAMI, 78-D, Purana Paltan, Dhaka ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 362 DATE OF INFORMATION 03.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM CER NAME University of Rajshahi SUBDIVISIONS Centre for Environmental Research (CER) CONTACT Prof. M.I. Zuberi, Director ADDRESS1 Third Science Building ADDRESS2 CITY Rajshahi 6205 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Bangladesh TELEPHONE (880) 0721-3041 Ext. 421 FAX (880) 286-3057, (880) 224-6655 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Bangladesh, Indo-Bangladesh TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x Indo-Bangladesh PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x Indo-Bangladesh LAKES x Indo-Bangladesh OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x Bangladesh SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x Indo-Bangladesh BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x Indo-Bangladesh GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x Indo-Bangl adesh ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x Bangladesh FISHERIES FORESTRY x Indo-Bangladesh AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x Bangladesh OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x Bangladesh GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x Bangladesh BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; secondary rai n forest; rivers and streams; lakes; agriculture; other trop ical farming systems; anthropology/ethnobotany/ethnozoology; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); system atics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protected areas/wildli fe resources; ecosystems research; forestry; agroforestry; a fforestation/reforestation; deforestation/erosion; limnology /hydrology; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology ); mammals; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mo sses/lichens/algae/procaryonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 496 DATE OF INFORMATION 19.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Universiti Brunei Darussalam SUBDIVISIONS Department of Biology CONTACT The Head ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Gadong 3186 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Brunei Darussalam TELEPHONE 673-2-427001 FAX 673-2-427003 TELEX UBD-BU-2725 E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Southeast Asia, Brunei Darussalam TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x heath forest, peat swamp f orest OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS x OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; other types of tropical forest; other primary forest ; rivers and streams; lakes; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); anthropology/ethnobotany/ethnozoology; botany/v egetation science; general ecology (botany); systematics/tax onomy (botany); conservation/protected areas/wildlife resour ces; forestry; forest products; zoology and faunistics; gene ral ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); mamma ls; birds; fish; reptiles and amphibians; insects; higher pl ants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/pr ocaryonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION heath forest, peat swamp fore st; research is focused on mixed Dipterocarp forest at Belal ong Field Studies Centre, including taxonomical and ecologic al studies of a wide range of plant and animal groups. REMARKS The University runs the Kuala Belalong Field Studies Centre (Temburong District) in the Batu Apoi Forest Reserve (50,000 hectares). This Centre is equipped for use by rese archers and other visitors and has a small laboratory. It is surrounded largely by primary mixed lowland and ridge Dipte rocarp forest (altitude range of area allocated for research 50-913 metres, research area 5,000 hectares), with small ar eas of lower montane forest. Hunting in the area has been mi nimal. The Centre, set up in early 1991, was the headquarter s of a 15-month joint UBD-Royal Geographical Society expedit ion in which some 50 scientists from 8 countries participate d. The Biology Department of the University has a long-term com mittment to research into tropical forest ecosystems within Brunei Darussalam. The University offers one Fellowship annu ally for research at the Field Centre, in addition to one or more Fellowships tenable at UBD for research in Brunei as a whole. Over the past 3 years much of the Department's resea rch has concentrated on the Mixed Dipterocarp Forest at Bela long. Information taken from brochure and additional remarks. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 594 DATE OF INFORMATION 14.09.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Academia Sinica SUBDIVISIONS Institute of Botany Lab. of Quantitative Vegetation Ecology CONTACT Zhang Xinshi & Gao Qiong ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Beijing 100044 ENGLISH NAME Chinese Academy of Sciences REGION AS COUNTRY China, P.R. TELEPHONE +86-1-8312840 FAX +86-1-8319534 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, China TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of tropical forest; other prima ry forest; other secondary forest; mountains and highlands; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); ecosyst ems research; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 462 DATE OF INFORMATION 02.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME South China College of Tropical Crops SUBDIVISIONS Department of Tropical Crop Cultivation CONTACT ADDRESS1 Baodaoxincun ADDRESS2 CITY Danzhou City Hainan Province ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY China, P.R. TELEPHONE 0890-322319-73162, -73172 FAX 0890-23776 TELEX 7108 E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, China, Hainan TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x rubber trees TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of tropical forest; other secon dary forest; tropical savannas and savanna woodland; islands ; agriculture; other tropical farming systems; ecosystems re search; soil science; insects; higher plants (angio- and gym nosperms); fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 450 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.11.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME The Chinese Academy of Sciences SUBDIVISIONS Kunming Institute of Zoology CONTACT ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Kunming, Yunnan 650223 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY China, P.R. TELEPHONE 86-871-5140390 FAX 86-871-5151823 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, China TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x subtropical forest OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; other types o f tropical forest; other primary forest; conservation/protec ted areas/wildlife resources; zoology and faunistics; genera l ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); mammals ; birds; fish; reptiles and amphibians; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION subtropical forest; databases on natural reserves in China, protected wildlife, endangere d wildlife, mammals, birds, specimen management. REMARKS The Institute has established several databases both in Chinese and English: - Affirmed Natural Reserves in China (618 Natural Reserves a nnounced before 1991; information on location, biounit, prov ince, county, total area, establishment date, reasons for pr otection) - Protected wildlife (protected mammals and birds in the Lis t of the Protected Wildlife of National Importance in China, Jan. 1989; total of 324 species; main information: scientif ic name, Chinese name, taxonomy, distribution of biounits, p rovinces, habitat, natural reserves) - Endangered wildlife in China (232 Chinese species extracte d from the 1990 IUCN Red Data List and the files of CITES; 7 1 mammals, 161 birds) - Mammals in China: total of 580 species of Chinese mammals (including 43 species of Cetacea (whales and dolphins)) - Birds in China: total of 1179 species of Chinese birds All above databases are combined as a Monitoring Information System. - Specimen Management Databases (two databases including 773 birds species and 295 fish species). Additional information from letter. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 698 DATE OF INFORMATION 14.02.94 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Chinese University of Hong Kong SUBDIVISIONS Biology Department CONTACT Dr. Mike Crosland ADDRESS1 Shatin, N.T. ADDRESS2 CITY Hong Kong ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Hong Kong TELEPHONE 852-609-6348 FAX 852-603-5646 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Hong Kong TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS botany/vegetation science; systematics/taxo nomy (botany); zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zool ogy); insects; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS Upon request, Dr. Crosland can supply interested pro fessional entomologists with strong affiliation to an academ ic or research institution with information on free accomoda tion in Hong Kong during collecting trips. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 408 DATE OF INFORMATION 10.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME The University of Hong Kong SUBDIVISIONS Department of Botany CONTACT Dr. Richard Corlett ADDRESS1 Pokfulam Road ADDRESS2 CITY Hong Kong ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Hong Kong TELEPHONE (852) 859-1942 FAX (852) 858-3477 TELEX E-MAIL corlett@hkucc.hku.hk SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Hong Kong TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x seasonal tropical/subtropi cal OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS x secondary grasslands and shrublands AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x (Coastal) SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other primary forest; other secondary forest; tropical sa vannas and savanna woodland; rivers and streams; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); islands; mountains and high lands; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protected areas/ wildlife resources; forestry; afforestation/reforestation; d eforestation/erosion; limnology/hydrology; ocean science; zo ology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); mammals; bi rds; insects; other invertebrates; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Secondary grasslands and shru blands; seasonal tropical and subtropical forests. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 484 DATE OF INFORMATION 24.07.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Aligarh Muslim University SUBDIVISIONS Centre of Wildlife & Ornithology CONTACT Dr. A. H. Musavi ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Aligarh 202 002 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 571-29052 FAX 91-571-29827 TELEX 564-230 AMU IN E-MAIL amwlfls@amu.ernet.in SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India, Uttar Pradesh (U.T.), Madhy a Pradesh (M.P.), Himachal Pradesh (H.P.), Rajasthan, Himala ya TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x U.P., Rajasthan RIVERS AND STREAMS x U.P., M.P., Rajasthan LAKES x U.P OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x U.P., M.P., Rajasthan TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x U.P., H.P., North-East Region OTHERS x rural and urban forests (U.P.) AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS x vertebrate pest management ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS x ethology OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical deserts and arid lands; rivers and streams; lakes; other types of wetlands; mountains and high lands; agriculture; conservation/protected areas/wildlife re sources; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); mammals; birds; reptiles and amphibians; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION vertebrate pest management; r ural and urban forests; ethology (behaviour); international collaboration: grassland ecology and storks REMARKS The Centre of Wildlife & Ornithology was established in 1986 as a department of post-graduate studies and resear ch. This is the first institution exclusively devoted to wil dlife science studies in the Indian University System. Members of the Centre's staff are particularly involved in f ield basic research on ecology, populations and behaviour of endangered species of birds and mammals with special refere nce to conservation and management. The Institute runs a field station in low altitude hill fore sts in the Himalaya in Raniket. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 156 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.10.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Annamalai University SUBDIVISIONS Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology CONTACT Dr. Al. Paulpandian, Director ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Parangipettai 608 502, Tamil Nadu ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 223 FAX 0414-22987 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, letter, newsletter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x mangroves OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x mangroves ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x ethnobotany, ethnozo ology BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS x physiology, culture CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS x OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES x aquatic pollution MAMMALS x marine mammals BIRDS x coastal birds FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x marine HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x algae, procaryonts FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of tropical forest; rivers and streams; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coa sts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); islands; anthropolo gy/ethnobotany/ethnozoology; botany/vegetation science; gene ral ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conserv ation/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems researc h; fisheries; forestry; afforestation/reforestation; defores tation/erosion; forest management; forest products; limnolog y/hydrology; ocean science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); mammals; birds; fish; other invertebrates; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION mangroves; marine mammals; co astal birds; plant physiology; plant culture; marine inverte brates; aquatic pollution; pollution toxicology; microbiolog y; diseases in fishes; degradation; human pathogens; biochem istry and physiology of marine organisms; algae; procaryonts . REMARKS The Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Anna malai University, specializes in the following research area s: Biological Oceanography; Marine Biology; Marine Pollution To xicology; Physiology and Biochemistry of Marine Organisms; M arine Microbiology; Larval Ecology; Fish and Shellfish Biolo gy and Pathology; Marine Ecology and Coastal Aquaculture. Since March 2, 1992, the ENVIS Centre (Environmental Informa tion System) has started functioning at the Centre of Advanc ed Study in Marine Biology. This Centre is intended to colle ct, store and distribute information on research, protection and conservation of mangroves, estuaries, coral reefs and l agoons of the tropics. ENVIS publishes a newsletter. It offe rs its services to user agencies or any one who desires info rmation in the above fields. Information taken from letter and ENVIS newsletter. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 531 DATE OF INFORMATION 18.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Annamalai University SUBDIVISIONS Faculty of Agriculture Department of Agronomy CONTACT ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Annamalai Nagar 608002 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India, Tamil Nadu TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS agriculture; other tropical farming systems ; animal husbandry/livestock; forestry; agroforestry; affore station/reforestation; insects; ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/p rocaryonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 350 DATE OF INFORMATION 13.08.93 TYPE uni,bot,int ACRONYM NAME Banaras Hindu University SUBDIVISIONS International Society for Tropical Ecology Department of Botany CONTACT ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Varanasi 221 005 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE (0542) 312989 (for Int. Soc. for Trop. Ecol.) or ( 0542) 310291 PABX 352 for office of Botany Dept. FAX (0542) 312059 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS x AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS x pollution, production, resource management CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS x biolog. N2-fixation, litter and nutrient dynamics LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES x MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of tropical forest; other prima ry forest; other secondary forest; tropical savannas and sav anna woodland; tropical deserts and arid lands; rivers and s treams; lakes; other types of wetlands; mountains and highla nds; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); sy stematics/taxonomy (botany); ecosystems research; forestry; agroforestry; afforestation/reforestation; deforestation/ero sion; forest management; limnology/hydrology; soil science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systemati cs/taxonomy (zoology); higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms ); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Biol. N2-fixation; litter and nutrient dynamics; pollution, production, management of res ources. Also subtropical regions. The International Society for Tropical Ecology which is loca ted at this institution publishes a journal "Tropical Ecolog y". REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 419 DATE OF INFORMATION 20.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM BITS NAME Birla Institution of Technology and Science SUBDIVISIONS Biological Sciences Group CONTACT ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Pilani, Rajasthan 333031 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE "BITS", Pilani FAX 015951-8518 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; tro pical deserts and arid lands; botany/vegetation science; gen eral ecology (botany); zoology and faunistics; general ecolo gy (zoology); insects; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 322 DATE OF INFORMATION 30.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Birsa Agricultural University SUBDIVISIONS Department of Silviculture Faculty of Forestry CONTACT Dr. O. N. Pandey ADDRESS1 Kanke ADDRESS2 CITY Ranchi 834006 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 0651-455535 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x tropical dry deciduous forest OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x tropical plantations TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of tropical forest; other prima ry forest; other secondary forest; tropical savannas and sav anna woodland; agriculture; shifting cultivation; botany/veg etation science; general ecology (botany); forestry; agrofor estry; afforestation/reforestation; forest management; highe r plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Tropical dry deciduous forest . Tropical plantations of Gmelina arborea, Cassia siamea, Da lbergia sisso, Leucaena leucocephala, Acacia auriculiformis, Melia azedarach, Eucalyptus tereticornis. Research projects: Completed: - Effect of fertilizers on the growth of Acacia auriculiform is, financed by the Society for Promotion of Wastelands Deve lopment (SPWD), 1981-84. - Effect of spacing on the growth and biomass production of Dalbergia sisso, Eucalyptus hybrid., Leucaena leucocephala a nd Melia azedarach, financed by the Department of Non-Conven tional Energy Resource (DNER), Government of India, 1987-89. - Standardisation of nursery techniques of important forest tree species financed by the Government of India, 1987-89. Continued: - All India Coordinated Research Project on agroforestry, fi nanced by ICAR, New Delhi, 1987-present. - Biomass, productivity, energy flow and mineral cycling of natural and man-made forest ecosystems, financed by the Indi an Council of Forestry and Education (ICFRE), Dehra-Dun, 199 0-present. Natural forest of Shorea robusta and man-made for ests of Gmelina arborea, Dalbergia sisso and Cassia siamea a re being studied. - Utilization of fly-ash as a soil conditioner for agricultu ral crops and tree species of Chotanagpur region, financed b y the Steel Authority of India Ltd., R&D Centre for Iron and Steel, Ranchi, 1993-present. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 589 DATE OF INFORMATION 20.09.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM BSI NAME Botanical Survey of India SUBDIVISIONS Ecology Unit - BSI, Howrah 711103, India CONTACT ADDRESS1 P-8, Brabourne Road ADDRESS2 CITY Calcutta 700001, W.B. ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL BOTSURV.INDIA SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur es) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x India: W. Bengal, Orissa, And hra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x India: N. Bengal, A ssam TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x India: Mahanadi, Orissa LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x coasts & mangro ves ISLANDS x India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; tropical sava nnas and savanna woodland; rivers and streams; coasts and co astal areas (incl. mangroves); islands; botany/vegetation sc ience; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botan y); conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/ procaryonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Primary and secondary objecti ves: survey of the plant resources of the country; taxonomic studies and preparation of National and State Floras; listi ng of endangered species; preparation of National Data Base on herbarium collections; habitat study of selected fragile ecosystems; ethnobotanical and geobotanical studies in speci fied areas. Flora Division: Flora of India project (work on 4 of 35 proj ected volumes almost complete); Ecology Division: revised cl assification of the coastal vegetation of India; effect of i ndustrial pollution on forests; botany of tiger habitats; th reatened plants of India; Red Data Book; conservation of tro pical plant resources; Cryptogamic Division; Pharmacognosy D ivision: plant material for commercial exploitation in the d rug industry; Plant Chemistry Division: chemical screening; technical and advisory services, consultancies, environmenta l impact assessments; inventories; studies on protected area s. Information taken from brochure "Centenary of the Botanical Survey of India 1890-1990". REMARKS The Botanical Survey of India originally dates from 1890 and was re-established by the Government of India in 19 54. Headquarters of the Survey are at Calcutta, while the Re search wing is located in the Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah. There are four separate offices of BSI: - Central National Herbarium (India's largest herbarium with ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology about 1,5 million specimens); - Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah - Central Botanical Laboratory, Howrah - Botanical Museum (Industrial Section, Indian Museum, Calcu tta) BSI has nine regional circles in different regions of the co untry: - Southern Circle, Coimbatore - Western Circle, Pune - Arid Zone Circle, Jodhpur - Northern Circle, Dehra Dun - Central Circle, Allahabad - Eastern Circle, Shillong - Sikkim Himalayan Circle, Gangtok - Arunachal Pradesh Circle, Itanagar - Andaman & Nicobar Circle, Port Blair In addition, there are two national Orchidaria, three Experi mental Gardens and one Gymnosperm Sanctuary. BSI offers a large number of publications: Flora of India se ries, National Flora; State and District Floras; monographs, bulletins, reports, special publications, bibliographies an d many more. Information from brochure "Centenary of the Botanical Survey of India 1890-1990". ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 151 DATE OF INFORMATION 02.06.92 TYPE gov ACRONYM CMFRI NAME Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 Post Box No. 2704 Shanmugam Rd. ADDRESS2 P.O. Ernakulam CITY Cochin 682 031 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information taken from: P. Vedavyasa R ao (1983): Marine biological institutions in India. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 25: 118-130, forwarded by Dr. V.K. Pillai, Marine Biological Association of India, CMFRI Campus, Dr. S alim Ali Road, PB 2673, Shanmugham Rd. P.O., Cochin 682 0311 GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs, atolls) ; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); conservation/p rotected areas/wildlife resources; fisheries; ocean science; fish; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Assessment and monitoring of the exploited marine fishery resources leading to their rati onal exploitation and conservation. Understanding of the flu ctuations in abundance of marine fishery resources in relati on to changes in the environment. Development of suitable ma riculture technologies for finfish and shellfish in the open sea. Training and education programmes. REMARKS CMFRI is an ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Res earch) Institute with several Regional Centres and 28 field centres. The National Marine Living Resources Data Centre (NMLRDC) is located in the Institute. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 534 DATE OF INFORMATION 17.09.93 TYPE priv ACRONYM NAME Centre for Wildlife Studies SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT K. Ullas Karanth ADDRESS1 499 Chitrabhanu Road A B Block ADDRESS2 Kuvempungar CITY Mysore 570 023 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 91-821-60364 FAX 91-821-62041 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India, Karnataka State, Nagarahole Park TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x moist and dry deciduous fo rest OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of tropical forest; other prima ry forest; other secondary forest; conservation/protected ar eas/wildlife resources; zoology and faunistics; general ecol ogy (zoology); mammals; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION ecology of large carnivores ( Panthera tigris, Panthera pardus, Cuun alpinus) in Nagarahol e Park REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 154 DATE OF INFORMATION 02.06.92 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Cochin University of Science and Technology SUBDIVISIONS School of Marine Sciences CONTACT ADDRESS1 Cochin University P.O. ADDRESS2 CITY Cochin 682 022 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information taken from: P. Vedavyasa R ao (1983): Marine biological institutions in India. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 25: 118-130, forwarded by Dr. V.K. Pillai, Marine Biological Association of India, CMF RI Campus, Dr. Salim Ali Road, PB 2673, Shanmugham Rd. P.O., Cochin 682 0311 GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs, atolls) ; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); ocean science; fish; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Biological, physical and chem ical oceanographic studies, ecological and physiological inv estigations. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 155 DATE OF INFORMATION 02.06.92 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Cochin University of Science and Technology SUBDIVISIONS The School of Environmental Studies CONTACT ADDRESS1 Cochin University P.O. ADDRESS2 CITY Cochin 682 022 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information taken from: P. Vedavyasa R ao (1983): Marine biological institutions in India. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 25: 118-130, forwarded by Dr. V.K. Pillai, Marine Biological Association of India, CMFRI Campus, Dr. S alim Ali Road, PB 2673, Shanmugham Rd. P.O., Cochin 682 0311 GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS conservation/protected areas/wildlife resou rces; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Major areas of research relat e to environmental pollution: air, water, land resource util ization, interaction of environmental impact of pollution on plants and animals. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 153 DATE OF INFORMATION 02.06.92 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 The Aquarium ADDRESS2 CITY Trivandrum ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information taken from: P. Vedavyasa R ao (1983): Marine biological institutions in India. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 25: 118-130, forwarded by Dr. V.K. Pillai , Marine Biological Association of India, CMFRI Campus, Dr. Salim Ali Road, PB 2673, Shanmugham Rd. P.O., Cochin 682 031 1 GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs, atolls) ; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); fisheries; oce an science; fish; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Studies on different aspects of marine biology: plankton, bottom fauna, bottom deposits, hydrology. Ecological aspects of coastal waters, fisheries, fouling organisms. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 150 DATE OF INFORMATION 02.06.92 TYPE gov ACRONYM FSI NAME Fishery Survey of India SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 Botawala Chambers ADDRESS2 Sir P.M. Road CITY Bombay 400 001 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information taken from: P. Vedavyasa R ao (1983): Marine biological institutions in India. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 25: 118-130, forwarded by Dr. V.K. Pillai, Marine Biological Association of India, CMFRI Campus, Dr. S alim Ali Road, PB 2673, Shanmugham Rd. P.O., Cochin 682 0311 GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs, atolls); coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); fisheries; fish; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Survey of the marine fishery resources of the Exclusive Economic Zone of India as well as the inland resources. REMARKS The FSI is a Government of India establishment with headquarters in Bombay and six bases. Surveys are being conducted at present on the resources in t he deeper waters of the continental shelf, shelf edge and up per continental slope. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 402 DATE OF INFORMATION 28.07.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Gujarat University SUBDIVISIONS Department of Botany Tropical Ecology CONTACT Prof. A.B. Vora ADDRESS1 University School of Sciences ADDRESS2 Navrangpura CITY Ahmedabad-380 009, Gujarat ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 442578 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India, Gujarat TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x Gir forest TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x Cutch RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x Nal Sarovar. All wetlands. TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS x Grassland, Banni Kutch AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x Kutch, Dangs BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x Sedges and grasses of Gujarat SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS x OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS x Thot/Nal FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x algae FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; tro pical deserts and arid lands; anthropology/ethnobotany/ethno zoology; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany) ; systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protected a reas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; forestry; agro forestry; forest products; limnology/hydrology; birds; highe r plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/alga e/procaryonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Kutch; Dangs;; Gir forest; gr asslands of Banni Kutch; sedges and grasses of Gujarat. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 478 DATE OF INFORMATION 28.07.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Indian Institute of Science SUBDIVISIONS Centre for Ecological Sciences CONTACT Dr. R. Sukumar ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Bangalore - 560 012 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 91-80-340985 FAX 91-80-341683 TELEX 0845-8349 E-MAIL RSUKU@CES.IISC.ERNET.IN SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India, Western Ghats TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x deciduous forest OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other primary forest; other secondary forest; tropical sa vannas and savanna woodland; mountains and highlands; botany /vegetation science; general ecology (botany); conservation/ protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; for estry; agroforestry; afforestation/reforestation; deforestat ion/erosion; forest management; zoology and faunistics; gene ral ecology (zoology); mammals; birds; reptiles and amphibia ns; insects; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS Field stations in North Kanara District and Nilgiri District (Southern India) ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 400 DATE OF INFORMATION 17.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Jiwaji University SUBDIVISIONS School of Studies in Botany CONTACT Prof. R. R. Das, Head ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Gwalior (M.P.) Pin-474011 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 0751-341 450 FAX 0751-341 450 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India, Central India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x ethnobotany BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x nutrient cycling FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; secondary rai n forest; lakes; other types of wetlands; agriculture; anthr opology/ethnobotany/ethnozoology; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); ec osystems research; forestry; deforestation/erosion; limnolog y/hydrology; soil science; higher plants (angio- and gymnosp erms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryonts; fungi (Mycolo gy); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 294 DATE OF INFORMATION 26.07.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Kakatiya University SUBDIVISIONS Department of Zoology CONTACT ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Warangal 506 009 Andhra Pradesh ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x South India, semi-a rid TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x Northeast India OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x South India (AP), semi-arid OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x Northeast and South India FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x South India (AP) OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x Northeast and South India SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x Northeast and South India OTHER INVERTEBRATES x " " HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical savannas and savanna woodland; lak es; agriculture; shifting cultivation; other tropical farmin g systems; ecosystems research; limnology/hydrology; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); insects; other i nvertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Dr. Reddy has worked on the s oil meso- and macrofauna, i.e. soil arthropods (including te rmites) and earthworm population ecology. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 152 DATE OF INFORMATION 02.06.92 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Karnataka University SUBDIVISIONS Department of Post-Graduate Studies and Researc h in Marine Biology CONTACT ADDRESS1 Kodibag ADDRESS2 CITY Karwar 581 303 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information taken from: P. Vedavyasa R ao (1983): Marine biological institutions in India. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 25: 118-130, forwarded by Dr. V.K. Pillai, Marine Biological Association of India, CMFRI Campus, Dr. S alim Ali Road, PB 2673, Shanmugham Rd. P.O., Cochin 682 0311 GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs, atolls) ; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); botany/vegetat ion science; fisheries; ocean science; zoology and faunistic s; fish; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Studies on physico-chemical a spects of the coastal environment. Plankton distribution, fo ulers and borers, intertidal ecology, mangrove ecology, biol ogy of fishes and productivity. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 310 DATE OF INFORMATION 29.11.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM KFRI NAME Kerala Forest Research Institute SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Dr. S. Chand Basha, Director ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Peechi - 680653, Thrissur, Kerala ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE (0487) 22375 FAX (0487) 782249 TELEX 887-275 KFRI IN E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India (Kerala, South India) TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x moist deciduous OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS x OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; tropical savannas and savanna woodland; mountains and hig hlands; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protected areas /wildlife resources; ecosystems research; forestry; agrofore stry; afforestation/reforestation; deforestation/erosion; fo rest management; forest products; soil science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); mammals; birds; fish; insects; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); fungi (Myc ology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Moist deciduous forest. Past achievements: termite control; disease control in nurse ry; polyurethane foam nursery; taungya impact; rooting of ba mboo cuttings; preservative treatment of rubberwood; volume- weight relationship of timber; timber identification; wildli fe survey in Silent Valley (part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserv e); artificial diet for teak defoliator; extended seed stora ge; vegetation map of Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary; volum e and yield table; dry zone afforestation; studies on demand and supply of wood; vector of sandal spike disease; biocont rol of Hyblaea puera; germplasm collection of bamboos, reeds and canes; plantations of indigenous species; teak seed orc hards; identification of canes; oil curing of canes; water c onsumption by tree species; multilocational provenance trial s of eucalypts; prolonging the service life of bamboo poles. Thrust areas of current research: reforestation trials; impr oving productivity of forest plantations (provenance trials; seed orchards; tissue culture; pest management; fertilizer trials); management of natural forests (studies on flora; re generation studies; decay of trees; monitoring permanent sam ple plots; vegetation mapping); enhancement of wood use effi ciency (reduction of wastage; improved preservation treatmen ts; utilization of lesser known non-conventional tree specie s); socio-economic analysis of forestry activities (evaluati on of forest schemes; economics of forest plantations); wild life (ecology; behaviour; feeding and ranging patterns; comm unity ecology); agroforestry (agroforestry models; tree arch ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology itecture of home gardens); fundamental studies (water use ef ficiency of trees; litter dynamics; statistical techniques f or research). Additional keywords taken from brochure "Kerala Forest Resea rch Institute", November 1993. REMARKS The Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) was esta blished on July 3, 1975 by the Government of Kerala as an au tonomous Institution supported by the Government. Its objectives in brief are: - Forestry in all its aspects - Wildlife management - Wood science and technology for the purpose of - Providing technical support to facilitate scientific manag ement and utilisation of the forests for social benefit; - Providing information and advice to wood-using industries and the general public on forest-related subjects - Increasing our understanding of the natural processes and patterns in the functioning of the forest ecosystem and thei r inter-relationships with the quality of our environment. The Institute is organized into small structural units calle d Divisions. At present, in addition to the Administrative D ivision headed by the Registrar, there are thirteen Research Divisions, representing the following disciplines: - Silviculture - Soil Science - Genetics - Plant Physiology - Entomology - Pathology - Ecology - Botany - Wildlife Biology - Wood Science - Statistics - Economics - Agroforestry-cum-publicity As on March 1993, there are 150 regular employees (46 scient ific, 19 technical, 85 administrative and supporting). Besides the headquarters at Peechi (28 hectares), sub-centre s have been established at Nilambur (43 hectares) and Palapi lly (38 hectares). Information taken from brochure "Kerala Forest Research Inst itute", November 1993. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 406 DATE OF INFORMATION 27.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Mahathma Gandhi University Sacred Heart College SUBDIVISIONS Department of Botany CONTACT ADDRESS1 Thevara ADDRESS2 CITY Cochin-682013, Kerala ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 315380 Ernakulam, Cochin-13 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India, Kerala TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x algae FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; ferns/mosses/ lichens/algae/procaryonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Algae; procaryonts; water pol lution monitoring; river pollution control; pond conservatio n; REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 148 DATE OF INFORMATION 28.04.93 TYPE ACRONYM NBRI NAME National Botanical Research Institute SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 Rana Pratap Marg ADDRESS2 CITY Lucknow 226 001 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 236431-35, 244035, 249588, 248021, 245240, 46069 FAX 0522-244330 TELEX 0535-315 E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS x agrotechnologies of ornamental plants ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x India (Uttar Pradesh , Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, North-East Region) BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x India; lichens of Antarctica, Bhutan & Nepal FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS agriculture; anthropology/ethnobotany/ethno zoology; botany/vegetation science; systematics/taxonomy (bo tany); higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/ lichens/algae/procaryonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Cryptogamic botany; ethnobota ny; seed biology; palynology; pharmacognosy; plant breeding and genetics; phytochemistry; floriculture; plant pathology and virology; environmental and aquatic botany; physiology a nd biochemistry; tree biology, including biomass research. REMARKS The National Botanical Research Institute is a Natio nal Laboratory and Institute of the Council of Scientific an d Industrial Research, New Delhi. It was originally set up a s the National Botanic Gardens by the Government of Uttar Pr adesh in 1948 and was taken over by the CSIR in 1953. In 197 8, it was renamed as the NBRI. Its activities are directed t owards national needs like wasteland development, environmen tal pollution, biomass, indigenous herbal drugs and high qua lity basic research in frontier areas such as plant biotechn ology and molecular biology. The NBRI has a scientific and technical staff of 292 persons . Its national facilities include a Botanic Garden, an Herbari um, the Banthra Research Station (Kanpur Road, Banthra, Luck now) and an Economic Botany Information Service. Information from brochure supplied by the Institute. Additional information given by letter: Ethnobotanical studies of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat has been completed. Ethnobotanical study of the stat es of the North-East region has been taken up; some tribal r egions have already been surveyed. Botany, systematics/taxonomy: Revisionary study of family Be rbidaceae, Ixora (Rubiaceae), Clemeties (Ranunculaceae), Ole aceae; checklists covering Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bi har, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir. Study on Legum ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology inosae is also taken up under ILDIS (International Legume Da ta-Base and Information Services) programme. So far a checkl ist of Indian Legumes has been prepared by the NBRI. Herbarium: One of the richest botanical herbaria of the coun try; 114,000 plant specimens including corpological and cryp togamic species, all properly identified, classified and inc orporated. The herbarium follows the Bentham and Hooker syst em of classification but its holdings are also classified ac cording to various states of the Indian Union. Following is the number of different groups of plants: Angiosperms & Gymnosperms: 75,000 Pteridophytes 3,000 Bryophytes 4,000 Lichens 12,000 Fungi 2,000 Corpological collections 16,000 Ethnobotanical collections 2,000 ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 147 DATE OF INFORMATION 28.04.92 TYPE nat ACRONYM NIO NAME National Institute of Oceanography SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 Dona Paula ADDRESS2 CITY Goa 403 004 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 4612, 6253-56, 5988 FAX 0832-4612 TELEX 0194-216 NIO IN 0194-316 MGG IN E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (brochure) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; India, Indian Ocean, Arabic Sea TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs, atolls) ; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); islands; botan y/vegetation science; conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; fisheries; ocean science; fi sh; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION - Food from the sea: survey o f marine living resources, location of new fishing grounds a nd development of culture techniques for prawns, fishes, mol luscs and seaweeds to generate extra seafood. - Minerals from the sea: geological and geophysical surveys. - Organic chemicals from the sea: identification and utiliza tion of marine plants and animals for pharmaceutical purpose s. - Ocean climate: studies on air-sea interaction and advectio n processes, heat budget parameters, evaporation rates, cool ing effect etc. in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Th is will help in predicting the variability of the monsoon. - Coastal zone management: studies on various physical and e ngineering parameters to control coastal erosion and facilit ate safe navigation. - Protection of the marine environment: identification and m onitoring of various pollutants, to evolve protective measur es and location of suitable sites for the safe disposal of f actory wastes and sewage. - Other activities: development of marine instrumentation, o cean engineering problems, marine corrosion and materials re search, remote sensing of ocean features, acoustic tomograph y, management of oceanographic data and information. REMARKS NIO is a National Laboratory under the Council of Sc ientific and Industrial Research. It was established in 1966 . Besides the headquarters in Dona Paula, NIO also has three regional centres: National Institute of Oceanography Regional Centre PB No. 1913 Vidyaniketan Annexe, Providence Road ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology Ernakulam, Cochin 682 018 Tel: 360306, 351814, 351535 National Institute of Oceanography Regional Centre Sea Shell Seven Bunglows Versova, Bombay 400 061 Tel: 6264807, 6263773 National Insitute of Oceanography Regional Centre 52, Kirlampudi layout Vishakapatnam 530 023 Tel: 54180 The Institute has a total strength of about 626 persons of w hich 52% are scientific and technical staff. NIO provides technology and expertise to many public and pri vate sector undertakings on problems connected with the sea. It has provided technical assistance to Sri Lanka, Seychell es, Mauritius, Kenya and Caribbean countries in training the ir scientists and exploring their exclusive economic zones. Among the publications figure a quarterly Newsletter, an Ann ual Report, a "Wave Atlas for the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal", an "Oceanographic Atlas of the Exclusive Economic Zone of India", the "National Directory of Marine Scientists ", the "Indian National Directory of Marine Research Project s" and the "Indian National Directory on Training and Educat ion in Marine Sciences". ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 567 DATE OF INFORMATION 16.09.93 TYPE priv ACRONYM NARI NAME Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Dr. Nandini Nimbkar, President ADDRESS1 P.O. Box 44 ADDRESS2 CITY Phaltan 415523, Maharashtra ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 021662-2396/2945 FAX 212-672837 (Pune) TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India, western Maharashtra TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical deserts and arid lands; agricultur e; animal husbandry/livestock; mammals; higher plants (angio - and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION studies on use of agrochemica ls as pesticides and growth promoters; utilization of deriva tives of non-edible oils for insect control; evaluation tria ls; rapeseed-mustard; safflower; sheep research; sweet sorgh um; tissue culture; renewable energy (solar, wind, but mainl y biomass): fuel production (using trees and grasses for bio mass production; alcohol from sweet sorghum as liquid fuel), utilisation for rural households and rural industry. Information from brochure. REMARKS The Institute was established in 1968 as an independ ent public foundation working on non-profit basis. The mandate of the Institute is: - to undertake research in agricultural activities with a vi ew to improve quality or quantity of all forms of agricultur al produce; - to undertake research and development in problems concerni ng rural and semi-rural life, more specifically in aforestry , agroforestry and renewable rural energies (biological, sol ar, wind). The Institute has a staff of 40 with 23 scientists and is re cognized by Shivaji University for the prupose of granting P h.D. The staff of the Institute also serve as faculty in som e universities. The Institute has about 50 hectares of irrigated farmland fo r research purposes and runs chemical and biological laborat ories and laboratories for alternative energy research, a fa brication workshop and a weather station. Information from brochure. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 288 DATE OF INFORMATION 23.07.93 TYPE uni,mus ACRONYM NAME Panjab University SUBDIVISIONS Fisheries Division Department of Zoology CONTACT Dr. M. S. Johal ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Chandigarh 160014 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 0172-541 942 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; India; Northern India: Punjab, Har yana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS x newly formed waterbodies in Thar Desert AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS x age and growth studies of freshwater fishes OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; other types of w etlands; ecosystems research; fisheries; limnology/hydrology ; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systema tics/taxonomy (zoology); fish; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Age and growth studies of fre shwater fishes; newly formed waterbodies in Thar Desert due to the construction of irrigation canals and storage of exce ss and flood water. Fishes: population dynamics, conservatio n of native fish species; impact of the introduction of exot ic fishes on native fish species; toxicology; impact of weed icides, insecticides, fungicides and herbicides on growth re production of local commercial fishes. Physico-chemical cond itions. REMARKS Future plans: in collaboration with the US Fish & Wi ldlife Service, work on the "Ecology of hillstream fishes of Himachal Pradesh and Garhwal regions" is planned (with US c onsultant). Previous research projects: "Growth of Indian major carps under different ecological con ditions"; Ichthyofauna of Rajasthan State". ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 418 DATE OF INFORMATION 23.08.93 TYPE nat ACRONYM SACON NAME Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History SUBDIVISIONS Divisions of Avian Ecology, Wetland Ecology, Te rrestrial Ecology, Conservation Biology, Ecotoxicology and E nvironmental Impact Assessment CONTACT Dr. S.N. Prasad ADDRESS1 Kalampalayam P.O. ADDRESS2 CITY Coimbatore-641 010 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 91-422-32273/35383 FAX 91-422-32273 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Is lands, Coramandel Coast, Himalayas TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x Andamans, Nicobar PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x Plantations OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x Deccan and Eastern Ghats TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x Coramandel coas t ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x Himalayas OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS x OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other primary forest; other secondary forest; tropical sa vannas and savanna woodland; tropical deserts and arid lands ; rivers and streams; lakes; other types of wetlands; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); islands; mountains and highlands; botany/vegetation science; conservation/protecte d areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; forestry; a fforestation/reforestation; deforestation/erosion; forest ma nagement; forest products; zoology and faunistics; general e cology (zoology); mammals; birds; fish; reptiles and amphibi ans; insects; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Plantations; conservation ext ension. Objectives are: (1) study India's biological diversi ty so as to promote its conservation and sustainable use; (2 ) ecology of the Indian avifauna with special reference to i ts conservation; (3) foster the development of professional wildlife research, in India, by training postgraduates and f orest managers; (4) function as a regional nodal agency for the dissemination of information on biodiversity and its con servation. Topics of the Divisions: Conservation Biology (management of fragmented ecosystems an d populations; development of a conceptual and empirical fra mework for sustainable use of biodiversity); Avian Ecology ( island avifauna; long-term monitoring of endangered species, long-term studies on breeding strategies and population dyn amics, changes in avaian communities as a result of human ac tivities); Terrestrial Ecology (remote sensing, ecosystem st ructure and function, restoration ecology of degraded habita ts, sustainable natural resource use, GIS - Geographic Infor mation Systems); Wetland Ecology (mapping of Indian wetlands , protected area network, impact of development projects, lo ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology ng-term ecosystem functioning of representative wetlands); E cotoxicology (impact of pesticides on bird communities; asse ssment and monitoring of pesticide and heavy metal contamina tion in major Indian wetlands, pathways of contamination); M odelling and Simulation (dynamics of biochemical processes i n aquatic bodies, dynamics of forest ecosystems, integration with GIS, application of systems modelling and simulation i n environmental impact assessment). Information taken from brochure. REMARKS The Center is an autonomous institution of the Minis try of Environment and Forests (Government of India). It cam e into being in 1990. Scientific staff consists of 12 member s (expected to increase to 22 by the end of 1993). The Cente r consists of several Divisions: Conservation Biology, Avian Ecology, Terrestrial Ecology, Wetland Ecology, Ecotoxicolog y, Modelling and Simulation and Environmental Impact Assessm ent. International collaborators are welcome. Information taken from brochure. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 481 DATE OF INFORMATION 28.07.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Shivaji University SUBDIVISIONS Department of Zoology CONTACT Dr. N. K. More ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Kolhapur - 416 004 Maharashtra ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 22571 to 22576 FAX 24033 TELEX NIL E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India, Maharashtra, Western Ghats TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x Western Ghats LAKES x Western Ghats OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x Western Gh ats ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x Maharashtra FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x Western Ghats OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS x toxicology OTHER CATEGORIES x recycling of waste using invertebrates MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x Maharashtra REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x Western Ghats OTHER INVERTEBRATES x Western Ghats HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; conservation/pro tected areas/wildlife resources; fisheries; limnology/hydrol ogy; zoology and faunistics; fish; insects; other invertebra tes; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION insects: biochemistry, physio logy, biology, pest and pest management; waste management an d soil renewal using soil invertebrates; Biosphere concept; environmental biology; toxicology and pollution studies; ani mal physiology, stress physiology, industrial physiology, re productive physiology; cell biology: aging process, Ayurved medicines. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 455 DATE OF INFORMATION 24.07.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME State Forest Research Institute SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT The Director ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 Polipathar CITY Jabalpur 482 008 Madhya Pradesh ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 25540; 21104 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; India, Madhya Pradesh TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x tropical deciduous forest OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS x genetics, tree breeding LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of tropical forest; botany/vege tation science; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxono my (botany); forestry; afforestation/reforestation; forest m anagement; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION tropical deciduous forest; ge netics & tree breeding. Additional information taken from brochure (A Report on Fore stry Research in Madhya Pradesh): ecology, biology, phenolog y and management of Sal (Shorea robusta); afforestation tech niques for mine overburdens; afforestation on hard laterites ; afforestation techniques for Chambal ravines (aerial seedi ng; checking erosion; reclamation of eroded ravines); irriga ted plantation using industrial effluents; reclamation on wa terlogged areas; cultivation techniques for important medici nal plants; nursery and planting techniques; special inputs like irrigation, manure, chemical fertilizers, biofertilizer s; trials on different species: Shorea robusta, Pinus Eucaly ptus, Acacia, Albizia, Gmelina arborea, Leucaena leucocephal a, Santalum album, Dendrocalamus strictus, Bambusa vulgaris, Dalbergia sissoo, Dalbergia latifolia, Bombax ceiba, Tecton a grandis, Grevillea pteridifolia, Emblica officinalis, Pong amia pinnata, Hardwickia binata; provenance trials; seed sta nd, seed production; vegetative propagation; seed procuremen t and certification; mensuration. Forest botany: herbarium; phenology; ecological succession in mined areas; flora of th e state of Madhya Pradesh in progress. Forest Utilization: y ield; durability of Eucalyptus fencing posts; fuelwood; copp icing and pruning. Soil science: nutritional requirements of Eucalyptus; soil of Sal area; site assessment of degraded w astelands. Ongoing projects: establishment of database on the flora of Pachmarhi for project formulation to constitute the Pachmarh i Biosphere Reserve; impact assessment of Madhya Pradesh lan ds to be submerged under the Sardar Sarovar Project; studies into ecological and socio-economic impact of opencast coal mining, reclamation of overburden heaps. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology REMARKS The State Forest Research Institute was established on June 27, 1963. It has a staff of around 100 persons. The Institute has the following research branches: - Silviculture - Forest Botany - Genetics & Tree Improvement - Seed Technology - Soil Science - Forest Ecology - Mensuration - Forest Utilization & Social Economics - Statistics - Documentation. The Institute has ten field stations in different edapho-cli matic zone of Madhya Pradesh, India, located at Jabalpur, Se oni, Amarkantak, Bilaspur, Raipur, Betul, Nepanagar, Morena, Indore and Jagdalpur. Information taken from brochure. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 449 DATE OF INFORMATION 14.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Sukhadia University SUBDIVISIONS Department of Zoology CONTACT Dr. S. B. Lall, Head ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Udaipur 313001 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 28180 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS x reproduction and development OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x bats BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zo ology); mammals; fish; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Reproduction and development; bats. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 335 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME The Maharatja Sayajirao University of Baroda SUBDIVISIONS Department of Zoology CONTACT Prof. Bonny Pilo ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Baroda 390 002 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE (0265) 336492 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India, Gujarat State TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; tropical deserts and arid lands; rivers and streams; lakes; conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; eco systems research; fisheries; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); mammals; birds; fish; reptiles and amphi bians; insects; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 495 DATE OF INFORMATION 07.08.93 TYPE bot,gov ACRONYM NAME Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Director ADDRESS1 Karimancode P.O. ADDRESS2 Pacha-Palode CITY Trivandrum - 695 562, Kerala ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 047284-236/226 FAX 0471-437230 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x moist deciduous forests OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x ethnomedicine, ethno pharmacology, ethnobotany BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x biotechnology GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS x horticulture, phytochemistry, biotechnology, ethnom edicine, ethnopharmacology, microbiology, seed biology CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; rivers and streams; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangr oves); mountains and highlands; anthropology/ethnobotany/eth nozoology; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botan y); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protected ar eas/wildlife resources; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperm s); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procaryonts; fungi (Mycology) ; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION moist deciduous forests; hort iculture; biotechnology; phytochemistry; ethnomedicine; ethn opharmacology; microbiology; seed biology; conservation of t ropical plant genetic resources and development of strategie s for their sustainable use; botanical, chemical, medicinal research for plant improvement and utilization REMARKS The Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute i s an autonomous organization under the Government of Kerala. It was established in 1979. The institution owns a property of 121 hectares in Palode, where it resides since 1986. The main objectives of the institution are: - conservation of tropical plant resources and development o f strategies for their rational use; - botanical, chemical, medicinal research for plant improvem ent and utilization; - translation of research to the public advantage; - collaboration with other institutions. Research & Development activities take place in the followin g Divisions: Horticulture and Garden Development, Plant Biot echnology, Cryptogamic Botany, Microbiology, Ethnomedicine, Phytochemistry, Ethnopharmacology and Conservation Biology. Living collections include an arboretum (605 species), bambu setum (38 species), palmetum (70 species) and orchidarium (4 50 wild species, 80 hybrids). The medicinal plant garden has over 750 species. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology The institution publishes a number of publications, among th em a quarterly bulletin and a series of monographs. Information taken from brochure. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 157 DATE OF INFORMATION 12.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Madras SUBDIVISIONS Centre of Advanced Study in Botany CONTACT ADDRESS1 Guindy Campus ADDRESS2 CITY Madras 600 025 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 2350401 (CAS Botany), 568778 (Univ. Madras) FAX TELEX UNOM IN 416376 (Univ. Madras) E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India, Madras TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coasts and coastal areas (in cl. mangroves); mountains and highlands; botany/vegetation s cience; systematics/taxonomy (botany); ecosystems research; fisheries; forestry; forest management; forest products; lim nology/hydrology; ocean science; soil science; ferns/mosses/ lichens/algae/procaryonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 401 DATE OF INFORMATION 07.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Utkal University SUBDIVISIONS P.G. Department of Botany CONTACT Dr. S.P. Adhikari, Senior Lecturer ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Bhubaneswar 751004 Orissa ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 0674-440254 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, India, Orissa TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x Mangroves; salt affected ricefield s TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x mangroves ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS x Algal biofertilizer; N2-Fixation ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x Temple tanks;brackish water lagoon; ri ver eutrophication; industrial pollution OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x Cyanobacteria, Micr ocystis, Trichodesmium, Red algae FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; other types of w etlands; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); agricul ture; limnology/hydrology; ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procar yonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Mangroves, salt affected rice fields; Algal biofertilizer, N2-Fixation; Temple tanks, brac kish water lagoon, river eutrophication, industrial pollutio n; Cyanobacteria, Microcystis, Trichodesmium, Red algae; REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 306 DATE OF INFORMATION 30.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Visva Bharati University SUBDIVISIONS Department of Zoology School of Life Sciences CONTACT Prof. Shelley Bhattacharya ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Santiniketan 731235, W. Bengal ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE 03463-52751 to 52756 Ext. 88 FAX (91) 03463-52672 TELEX 203 201 RABI IN E-MAIL root@vbharat.ernet.in SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS x laterite belt of West Bengal, India, including fore sts and ponds, agroecosystems AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x India, Eastern; Gangetic Plains GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS x endocrinology; toxicology; parasitology; fisheries, host parasite interactions, plant nematodes, biochemical pr ocesses, reproduction OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x soil microarthropods, planarians, nema todes HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS fisheries; soil science; zoology and faunis tics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoolo gy); mammals; fish; insects; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Endocrinology, toxicology, pa rasitology; soil microarthropods; planarians; plant nematod es; host parasite interactions; xenobiotic signals to bioche mical processes in fish and mammals; reproductive biology of fish; reproduction; entomology. Agroecosystems. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 302 DATE OF INFORMATION 29.07.93 TYPE nat ACRONYM WII NAME Wildlife Institute of India SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Dr. V. B. Mathur, Scientist ADDRESS1 Post Box 18, G.P.O. ADDRESS2 CITY Dehradun - 248 001 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE +91 135-82912 to 82915 FAX +91 135-28392, -82217 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur es) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x tropical dry and moist dec iduous forest OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x " OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x " TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x livestock ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x ethnobotany BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES x environmental impact assessment MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of tropical forest; other prima ry forest; other secondary forest; tropical savannas and sav anna woodland; tropical deserts and arid lands; rivers and s treams; lakes; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); m ountains and highlands; animal husbandry/livestock; anthropo logy/ethnobotany/ethnozoology; botany/vegetation science; ge neral ecology (botany); conservation/protected areas/wildlif e resources; forestry; forest management; mammals; birds; re ptiles and amphibians; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms ); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION National Wildlife Database Pr oject; creation of a laboratory facility at WII to standardi se methods to determine carnivore diet; ecological studies o f snow leopard and prey species (completed); habitat ecology of ungulates; inter-relationship of village ecosystem and e lephant corridor habitat; movement and habitat utilization b y elephants; ecology of Indian wild ass; ecology of aquatic mammals; ungulate-lion habitat in Gir Forest; management of the Asiatic Lion in Gir Forest; crop-damage by ungulates; im pact of the Narmada Sagar Project (dam construction) on flor a and fauna and attendant human aspects (environmental impac t assessment); village ecosystems; ecology of Nilgiri langur ; introduced rhinoceros in Dudhwa National Park; management and ecology of swamp deer; ecology of Asiatic wild buffalo; ecology and genetics of Himalayan ibex; study of montane gra sslands; conservation of biodiversity in the Satpura conserv ation area; infectious diseases in canids, viverrids and mus telids. Information from: Wildlife Institute of India, Annual Report 1991-1992. REMARKS The Wildlife Institute of India is a premier institu tion engaged in developing the wildlife science in India. It was set up in 1982, given autonomy in 1986 and functions as an autonomous institution of the Ministry of Environment an d Forests. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology WII's main objectives are: - Training managers and biologists for protected area manage ment and wildlife research (9-month Diploma Course and three -month Certificate Course plus various short-term courses; t wo-year M.Sc. programme in Wildlife Science with recognition from Saurashtra University; also workshops, seminars, sympo sia); - Training education and extension specialists for protected areas to gain public support for wildlife conservation; - Providing orientation courses for those involved in land-u se management; - Conducting and coordinating applied wildlife research and evolving relevant techniques suited to Indian conditions; - Creating a database for buildiing up a wildlife informatio n system employing modern analytical techniques and computer equipment; - providing advisory and consultancy services to Central and State governments, universities, research institutions, and other official and non-official agencies. Research areas: - Setting up of a computer-based national wildlife database to provide updated assessment of the conservation status of biogeographical regions, vegetation types, individual animal species and the network of protected areas in the country. Includes information on the management status, vegetation ty pes and species presence/absence in the 66 national parks an d 421 sanctuaries in India. Research projects see "Additional Subject Descriptions". The WII has an ongoing collaborative programme with FAO-UNDP and the US Fish and Wildlife Service (National Parks and Fo rest Service). Information taken from letter by Dr. Mathur and brochures: "Wildlife Institute of India"; "Wildlife Institute of India, Annual Report 1991-1992"; "Wildlife Institute of India in support of protected area ma nagement. Paper presented by H. S. Panwar & V. B. Mathur of the WII in the IV World Congress on National Parks and Prote cted Areas in Caracas, Venezuela, February 10-25, 1992." ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 149 DATE OF INFORMATION 02.06.92 TYPE gov ACRONYM ZSI NAME Zoological Survey of India SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 M-Block, New Alipur ADDRESS2 CITY Calcutta 700 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY India TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION Information taken from: P. Vedavyasa R ao (1983): Marine biological institutions in India. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 25: 118-130, forwarded by Dr. V.K. Pillai, Marine Biological Association of India, CMFRI Campus, Dr. S alim Ali Road, PB 2673, Shanmugham Rd. P.O., Cochin 682 0311 GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; India TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS conservation/protected areas/wildlife resou rces; ocean science; zoology and faunistics; mammals; birds; fish; reptiles and amphibians; insects; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS The ZSI is a Government of India Institute with seve ral Regional Centres and field stations. Besides laboratorie s and other research facilities, it possesses a reference mu seum and the richest library in India on zoological literatu re. A number of publications are produced. Research activities are organised under 19 divisions. Marine biological research is carried out mainly at the Madr as Station and the Estuarine Biological Station, Berhampur. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 379 DATE OF INFORMATION 05.08.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Balai Penelitian Kehutanan SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 Jl. Untung Surapati No. 7 (belakang) ADDRESS2 CITY Kupang 85115 ENGLISH NAME Forestry Research Institute REGION AS COUNTRY Indonesia TELEPHONE 0062 0391 31068 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, journal ) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; Indonesia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; tropical savannas and savanna woodland; islands; mountains and highlands; agriculture; sh ifting cultivation; other tropical farming systems; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); conserv ation/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems researc h; forestry; agroforestry; afforestation/reforestation; defo restation/erosion; forest management; limnology/hydrology; z oology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); mammals; b irds; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS The Institute consists of the following subdivisions : - Administrative Sub-section (Sub-seksi Tata Usaha) - Planning Section (Seksi Perenganaan) - Research Groups (Kelompok Peneliti) ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 291 DATE OF INFORMATION 28.07.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Balai Penelitian Kehutanan Pematang Siantar SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Dr. H. A. F. Mas'Ud ADDRESS1 PO Box 32 ADDRESS2 CITY Pematang Siantar 21101 North Sumatera ENGLISH NAME Pematang Siantar Forestry Research Institute REGION AS COUNTRY Indonesia TELEPHONE 0625-41644, -53, -59; 0622-24210 FAX 0625-41659 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; Indonesia, mostly Sumatera region TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS x OTHERS x non-wood products (bamboo, rattan etc.) LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x hydrology OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES x wildlife management MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other primary forest; rivers and streams; lakes; coasts a nd coastal areas (incl. mangroves); botany/vegetation scienc e; general ecology (botany); conservation/protected areas/wi ldlife resources; ecosystems research; forestry; agroforestr y; afforestation/reforestation; deforestation/erosion; fores t management; forest products; limnology/hydrology; soil sci ence; mammals; birds; insects; other invertebrates; higher p lants (angio- and gymnosperms); fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Non-wood products (bamboo, ra ttan etc.); wildlife management REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 391 DATE OF INFORMATION 07.07.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Fakultas Kehutanan Institut Pertanian Bogor SUBDIVISIONS Department of Forest Resource Conservation Department of Forest Management CONTACT Dr. Dudung Darusman ADDRESS1 Kampus Darmaga ADDRESS2 PO Box 168 CITY Bogor 16001 ENGLISH NAME Bogor Agricultural University Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Resource Conservation Department of Forest Management REGION AS COUNTRY Indonesia TELEPHONE (0251) 21677 FAX (0251) 311868 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Indonesia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x Mangroves OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x mangroves ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS x OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores ts; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); ecosystems r esearch; fisheries; forestry; agroforestry; afforestation/re forestation; deforestation/erosion; forest management; fores t products; mammals; birds; reptiles and amphibians; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS Oldest faculty of forestry in Indonesia, dating back to 1940. 135 fulltime academic staff members (of these 30 w ith a doctoral degree). The mission of the Faculty of Forestry IPB is to develop man power by "providing scientific support, improving technology and discovering new ways to manage, utilize and conserve th e forests, and to share this information with people through out the country. This mission is executed through...instruct ion, research and public service". (Information taken from brochure). ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 357 DATE OF INFORMATION 12.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM IPB NAME Institut Pertanian Bogor SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Prof. Sadan Widarmana ADDRESS1 Jalan Raya Pajajaran ADDRESS2 CITY Bogor 16143 ENGLISH NAME Bogor Agricultural University REGION AS COUNTRY Indonesia TELEPHONE 62-251-323081 FAX 62-251-312708 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Indonesia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x montane forest OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS x OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other primary forest; other secondary forest; tropical sa vannas and savanna woodland; rivers and streams; lakes; trop ical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coasts and coast al areas (incl. mangroves); mountains and highlands; agricul ture; shifting cultivation; other tropical farming systems; animal husbandry/livestock; anthropology/ethnobotany/ethnozo ology; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protected areas/ wildlife resources; ecosystems research; fisheries; forestry ; agroforestry; afforestation/reforestation; deforestation/e rosion; forest management; forest products; limnology/hydrol ogy; ocean science; soil science; zoology and faunistics; ge neral ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); mam mals; birds; fish; reptiles and amphibians; insects; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/ procaryonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS Institut Pertanian Bogor is the only Indonesian inst itution of higher learning dedicated exclusively to the agri cultural development. It was founded in September 1963. The university has 7 faculties: - Agriculture - Veterinary Medicine - Fisheries - Animal Husbandry - Agricultural Technology - Mathematics and Natural Sciences - Forestry There are altogether 32 departments and a teaching staff (to tal) of 1229 (among them 67 professors and 280 Ph.D. holders ) and 12000 students. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 162 DATE OF INFORMATION 07.05.92 TYPE ACRONYM NAME Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 Research and Development Centre for Oceanology Alamat Jl., Pasir Putih 1 ADDRESS2 Ancol Timur, PO Box 4801/JKTF CITY Jakarta ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Indonesia TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; Indonesia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs, atolls) ; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); botany/vegetat ion science; systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/pro tected areas/wildlife resources; fisheries; zoology and faun istics; systematics/taxonomy (zoology); fish; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 507 DATE OF INFORMATION 06.08.93 TYPE nat ACRONYM AARD NAME Ministry of Agriculture Agency for Agriculture Research and Development SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Director ADDRESS1 Jalan Ragunan 29 ADDRESS2 Pasar-Minggu CITY Jakarta 12540 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Indonesia TELEPHONE (021) 7806202 FAX (021) 7800644 TELEX 46432 AARD JK IA E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Indonesia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS x RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; tropical sava nnas and savanna woodland; tropical deserts and arid lands; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coasts and c oastal areas (incl. mangroves); islands; mountains and highl ands; agriculture; animal husbandry/livestock; ecosystems re search; fisheries; limnology/hydrology; soil science; mammal s; birds; fish; reptiles and amphibians; insects; higher pla nts (angio- and gymnosperms); fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION rice; integrated pest managem ent; raised bed cultivation; cassava;crop management; citrus ; dwarf pepper cultivation, rubber production; sugar; enviro nmental conservation; remote sensing; erosion; land rehabili tation; artificial reefs; shrimp culture. Information taken from brochure "This is AARD", 1992. REMARKS The Agency for Agricultural Research and Development of the Ministry of Agriculture was established in 1974 and now has a staff of over 2400 scientists. It is supported by 29 major Research Centers and Institutes and 181 experimenta l farms and ponds throughout Indonesia. AARD consists of a Secretariat, 2 Centers, 2 Research Center s (Center for Soil and Agroclimate Research and Center for A gricultural Socioeconomic Research) and 5 Research and Devel opment Centers (Food Crops, Horticulture, Industrial Crops, Animal Sciences, and Fisheries). These Research and Developm ent Centers oversee and coordinate the work of 16 research i nstitutes and an additional 40 research stations in the coun try. In addition, AARD is the coordination body for ten Research Institutes for Estate Crops, a Center for Agribusiness and D evelopment Studies, and the Indonesian Sugar Research Instit ute. In 1991, the additional Center for Agricultural Machinery De velopment was established at AARD. The main objectives of AARD are: - development of technology packages ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology - development of specific agricultural commodities - increased diversification of agricultural production - increasing production efficiency - encourage the shift from subsistence to commercial agricul ture - promotion of more balanced development between regions - development of sustainable agriculture AARD publishes various journals, proceedings, and technical bulletins. Information taken from brochure "This is AARD", 1992. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 443 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Mulawarman University SUBDIVISIONS Faculty of Forestry CONTACT Dr. Ir. Soeyitno Soedirman M. Agr ADDRESS1 Kampus Gunung Kelua ADDRESS2 PO Box 1013 CITY Samarinda, East Kalimantan ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Indonesia TELEPHONE (0541) 41118 Ext. 300; (0541) 35089 FAX (0541) 33724/35389 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Indonesia, East Kalimantan TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x Swamp forest (fresh water) OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS x Social economics aspect of tropical rain forest man agement, biotechnology for forest trees LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x Forest protection against pests/diseases ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other primary forest; other secondary forest; coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); forestry; agroforestry; aff orestation/reforestation; deforestation/erosion; forest mana gement; forest products; soil science; insects; higher plant s (angio- and gymnosperms); fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Research on natural forest ma nagement, artificial forests and forest products. Social eco nomic aspect of tropical rain forest management; biotechnolo gy of forest trees; forest protection (Pest/Diseases); s wamp forest (fresh water). REMARKS Cooperation with GTZ (German Technical Cooperation a gency) and JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) sin ce 1980. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 428 DATE OF INFORMATION 24.08.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Padjadjaran University SUBDIVISIONS Institute of Ecology CONTACT Dr. Nani Djuangsih ADDRESS1 Jalan Sekeloa ADDRESS2 CITY Bandung 40132 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Indonesia TELEPHONE 022-2504982/2502176 FAX 022-2504982 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Indonesia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS x homegarden ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS x ethnobotany CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS x ecotoxicology OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other primary forest; rivers and streams; lakes; mountain s and highlands; agriculture; other tropical farming systems ; anthropology/ethnobotany/ethnozoology; botany/vegetation s cience; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (bota ny); conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosys tems research; fisheries; forestry; agroforestry; afforestat ion/reforestation; deforestation/erosion; forest management; limnology/hydrology; zoology and faunistics; general ecolog y (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); mammals; birds; fish; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/ lichens/algae/procaryonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Home gardens; ethnobotany; ec otoxicology. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 545 DATE OF INFORMATION 10.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Pusat Penelitian Lingkungan Hidup Universitas Gadjah Mada SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT ADDRESS1 Sekip Blok K-9 ADDRESS2 CITY Yogyakarta ENGLISH NAME Gadjah Mada University Center for Environmental Studies REGION AS COUNTRY Indonesia TELEPHONE 0274-65722 FAX 0274-65722 TELEX 25135 UGM, Yogyakarta, Indonesia E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Indonesia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS conservation/protected areas/wildlife resou rces; forestry; agroforestry; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 611 DATE OF INFORMATION 28.10.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Universitas Indonesia - FMIPA SUBDIVISIONS Pusat Studi Biodiversitas CONTACT Dr. Jatna Supriatna ADDRESS1 Kampus Depok ADDRESS2 CITY Depok 16424 ENGLISH NAME University of Indonesia Institute for Biodiversity Studies REGION AS COUNTRY Indonesia TELEPHONE 62-21-727-0163 FAX 62-21-727-0012 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Indonesia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS x MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x ethnobotany BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS x ethnobotany CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS x Collections of fish, molluscs in suburban and fores ts OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; lakes; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); islands; mountains and highlands; anthropology/ethnobotany/ethnozoology; botany/vegetation sci ence; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany ); conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosyste ms research; fisheries; forestry; agroforestry; deforestatio n/erosion; forest management; limnology/hydrology; zoology a nd faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxono my (zoology); mammals; birds; fish; reptiles and amphibians; insects; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION ethnobotany; Collections of f ish and molluscs in suburban and forests REMARKS 4 research stations in Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi and Java. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 548 DATE OF INFORMATION 10.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana SUBDIVISIONS Faculty of Science and Mathematics CONTACT Dr. Friedhelm Goeltenboth ADDRESS1 Jalan Diponegoro 52-60 ADDRESS2 CITY Salatiga 50711 ENGLISH NAME Satya Wacana Christian University REGION AS COUNTRY Indonesia TELEPHONE 0298-81362 FAX 0298-81420 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Indonesia, Java, Papua New Guinea TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x Indonesia, Java LAKES x Indonesia, Java OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS x Man-made lakes (Indonesia, Java) AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x Indonesia, Papua New Guinea OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS x closed canopy agroforestry (Indonesia) ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x Indonesia, Java FISHERIES x Indonesia, Java FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x Indonesia, Java OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x aquatic invertebrates HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; agriculture; shi fting cultivation; ecosystems research; fisheries; limnology /hydrology; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION man-made lakes; closed canopy agroforestry; aquatic invertebrates; REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 334 DATE OF INFORMATION 11.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Universitas Lampung SUBDIVISIONS Fakultas Pertanian & Mipa CONTACT ADDRESS1 Sumantri Brojonegoro 1 ADDRESS2 CITY Bandar Lampung 35145 ENGLISH NAME Lampung University Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Mathematics and Scienc e REGION AS COUNTRY Indonesia TELEPHONE (21) 0721-74946 FAX (21) 0721-72767 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Indonesia, Sumatra, Lampung Provin ce TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS x Dryland AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS x Sustainable Agriculture ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS x National Parks LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; coasts and coastal areas (inc l. mangroves); mountains and highlands; agriculture; shiftin g cultivation; other tropical farming systems; animal husban dry/livestock; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (b otany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protecte d areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; fisheries; forestry; agroforestry; deforestation/erosion; soil science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); mammals; birds; insects; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Sustainable agriculture; fore stry in National Parks; dry land; hydrology, especially agri culture irrigation. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 338 DATE OF INFORMATION 29.07.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Universitas Sam Ratulangi SUBDIVISIONS Fakultas Perikanan CONTACT Boyke Herman Toloh ADDRESS1 Kampus Unsrat ADDRESS2 Bahu CITY Manado 95115 ENGLISH NAME Sam Ratulangi University Faculty of Fisheries REGION AS COUNTRY Indonesia TELEPHONE 62-431-62486 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Indonesia, North Sulawesi TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coasts and coastal areas (in cl. mangroves); conservation/protected areas/wildlife resour ces; fisheries; limnology/hydrology; ocean science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxon omy (zoology); fish; other invertebrates; ferns/mosses/liche ns/algae/procaryonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION General ecology research on c oral and mangrove ecosystem and associated organisms (fishes and invertebrates). An integral Biodiversity Project on a " Marine National Park" of Bunaken Island (North Sulawesi) is planned in cooperation with the Natural Resources Protection Agency. In collaboration with Aarhus University (Denmark), a Tropical Marine Molluscs Program (TMMP) started in 1993. REMARKS The faculty has a Marine Field Station at Likupang ( about 45 km from town). ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 358 DATE OF INFORMATION 19.08.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Udayana SUBDIVISIONS Faculty of Agriculture CONTACT Dr. M.S. Mahemdra/ Dr. N.N. Subadiyasa ADDRESS1 JL. Sudirman ADDRESS2 CITY Denpasar, Bali ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Indonesia TELEPHONE 62-361-22450 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; Indonesia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); fisheries; zoology and faunistics; fish; insects; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 662 DATE OF INFORMATION 09.12.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Basrah SUBDIVISIONS Department of Biology, College of Science CONTACT Dr. Abdullah H. A. Al-Mousawi ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Basrah ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Iraq TELEPHONE 410405 FAX TELEX 7025 E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Iraq TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; mountains and hi ghlands; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany) ; systematics/taxonomy (botany); limnology/hydrology; zoolog y and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/tax onomy (zoology); insects; other invertebrates; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/procar yonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 125 DATE OF INFORMATION 29.04.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME The Hebrew University of Jerusalem SUBDIVISIONS Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecolog y CONTACT Dr. U. N. Safriel ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Jerusalem 91904 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Israel TELEPHONE 972-2-585864 FAX 972-2-584741 TELEX E-MAIL uriel@hujivms SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, EU, AF; Israel (Eilat), Mediterran ean TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x coral reefs, in tertidal rocks ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; birds; fish; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 185 DATE OF INFORMATION 06.08.92 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Hiroshima University SUBDIVISIONS Faculty of Applied Biological Science CONTACT ADDRESS1 4-4 Icho-me Kagamiyama ADDRESS2 Higashihiroshima-shi CITY Hiroshima-ken 724 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Japan TELEPHONE 0824-22-7111 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (brochure) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs, atolls) ; animal husbandry/livestock; ecosystems research; fisheries ; ocean science; zoology and faunistics; fish; other inverte brates; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION reef fishes: feeding ecology, reproductive ecology, communities (Prof. Kenji Gushima). REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 127 DATE OF INFORMATION 12.05.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Osaka University SUBDIVISIONS Department of Biology College of General Education CONTACT Dr. Hiroshi Okada ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Toyonaka, Osaka 560 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Japan TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; Indonesia (West Sumatra) TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); higher plants (angio- and gy mnosperms); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS Cooperation with: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Andalas Universit y, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Study plots (Pinang Pinang plot and Gajabuik plot) in the Ul u Gadut area near Padang. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 126 DATE OF INFORMATION 11.06.92 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Tohoku University SUBDIVISIONS Biological Institute Faculty of Science CONTACT Dr. T. Kikuchi ADDRESS1 1-1-2-chome ADDRESS2 Katakira CITY Sendai 980 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Japan TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS OC, AS; Philippines, Federated States of Micronesia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x mangroves ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); botany/vegetation science; soil science; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION sea-level rise and accumulati on of peat in mangrove areas REMARKS Three-years program starting in 1992. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 121 DATE OF INFORMATION 02.05.92 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME University of Tsukuba SUBDIVISIONS Institute of Agriculture and Forestry CONTACT Dr. Kihachiro Ohba ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Japan TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND x TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; tropical sava nnas and savanna woodland; agriculture; animal husbandry/liv estock; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); forestry; fungi (Mycology) ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION mycology REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 520 DATE OF INFORMATION 27.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Marine Science Station SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Dr. Ahmad H. Abu-Hilal, Director ADDRESS1 P.O. Box 195 ADDRESS2 CITY Aqaba ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Jordan TELEPHONE (03)-31-51-44/45 FAX (03)-31-36-74 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Jordan TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atol ls); coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); conservatio n/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; o cean science; zoology and faunistics; systematics/taxonomy ( zoology); fish; other invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 365 DATE OF INFORMATION 10.08.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Department of Forestry SUBDIVISIONS Forest Research Branch CONTACT H.S. Lee ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY 93660 Kuching, Sarawak ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Malaysia TELEPHONE 082-442180 FAX 082-441377 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Malaysia, Sarawak TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x Peatswamp and mangrove OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x mangroves ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK x ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY x AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION x DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT x FOREST PRODUCTS x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other primary forest; coasts and coastal areas (incl. man groves); agriculture; shifting cultivation; animal husbandry /livestock; anthropology/ethnobotany/ethnozoology; botany/ve getation science; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxo nomy (botany); conservation/protected areas/wildlife resourc es; ecosystems research; forestry; agroforestry; afforestati on/reforestation; deforestation/erosion; forest management; forest products; soil science; zoology and faunistics; gener al ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); mammal s; insects; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); fungi (M ycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION peatswamp, mangrove REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 416 DATE OF INFORMATION 21.08.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Institut Penyelidikan Perikanan Fisheries Research Institute SUBDIVISIONS Department of Agriculture CONTACT Director of Research ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY 11700 Gelugor Penang ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Malaysia TELEPHONE 04-872 777 FAX 04-876 388 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Malaysia, East Malaysia, West Maly sia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x Peninsular Malaysia LAKES X peninsular Malaysia OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x East and West Malaysia COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x East and West M alaysia ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x East, West Malaysia ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x East, West Malaysia ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x Kenyir Lake, West Malaysia OCEAN SCIENCE x East, West Malaysia SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x Crustaceans; Molluscs HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; other types of w etlands; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coa sts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); conservation/protec ted areas/wildlife resources; fisheries; limnology/hydrology ; ocean science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zo ology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); fish; other inverteb rates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Crustaceans; molluscs; studie s on fish/prawn abundance in mangrove and seagrass areas; bi ology and abundance of aquatic species in marine parks; limn ology studies in Kenyir Lake (an ASEAN-EC-Project); oceanogr aphic surveys of Malaysian coastal waters; REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 661 DATE OF INFORMATION 02.12.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM MARDI NAME Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institu te (MARDI) SUBDIVISIONS Fundamental Research Division CONTACT ADDRESS1 PO Box 12301 ADDRESS2 CITY 50774 Kuala Lumpur ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Malaysia TELEPHONE 03-9486601-12, ext. 233, direct line: 03-9487639 FAX TELEX MA 37115 E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Malaysia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS x agricultural ecosystems AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS agriculture; botany/vegetation science; gen eral ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conser vation/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems resear ch; soil science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (z oology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); mammals; insects; h igher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION agricultural ecosystems; bact eria, viruses REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 598 DATE OF INFORMATION 18.10.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries Fisheries Research Institute SUBDIVISIONS Aquatic Ecology Section CONTACT Ismail Bin Ishak ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY 11700 Gelugor, Penang ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Malaysia TELEPHONE 04-872777 FAX 04-876388 TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Malaysia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coasts and coastal areas (in cl. mangroves); conservation/protected areas/wildlife resour ces; ecosystems research; fisheries; limnology/hydrology; oc ean science; zoology and faunistics; systematics/taxonomy (z oology); fish; other invertebrates; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 446 DATE OF INFORMATION 23.08.93 TYPE uni,bot ACRONYM NAME Universiti Malaya SUBDIVISIONS Botany Department CONTACT Head of Department ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY 59100 Kuala Lumpur ENGLISH NAME University of Malaya REGION AS COUNTRY Malaysia TELEPHONE 03-7555466 FAX 603-7566343 TELEX MA 39845 E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Malaysia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x Montane forests OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST x TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS x OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION x OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS x ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; other primary forest; other secondary forest; rivers and streams; mountains and highlands; agriculture; shifting cult ivation; other tropical farming systems; anthropology/ethnob otany/ethnozoology; botany/vegetation science; general ecolo gy (botany); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/pro tected areas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; forest ry; forest products; limnology/hydrology; soil science; high er plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/alg ae/procaryonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Montane forests. REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 285 DATE OF INFORMATION 29.07.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Universiti Pertanian Malaysia SUBDIVISIONS Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science Department of Fisheries Biology and Aquaculture Department of Fishing Technology and Marine Science CONTACT Dr. Fatimah MD Yussof ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor ENGLISH NAME University of Agriculture Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science REGION AS COUNTRY Malaysia TELEPHONE 03 948 6101 FAX 03 948 2697 TELEX Uniper MA 37454 E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; Malaysia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x marine turtles INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; other types of w etlands; tropical oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coa sts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); botany/vegetation s cience; general ecology (botany); systematics/taxonomy (bota ny); conservation/protected areas/wildlife resources; ecosys tems research; fisheries; limnology/hydrology; ocean science ; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systema tics/taxonomy (zoology); fish; reptiles and amphibians; othe r invertebrates; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION Keywords taken from brochure: aquaculture, fish disease and health management, fisheries biology, aquatic ecosystem management, fishing technology, o ceanography. REMARKS The Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science of Unive rsiti Pertanian Malaysia (UPM) was established in 1979. (... ) The Faculty offers and undergraduate degree and a diploma in fisheries science since its inception in 1979. In additio n, a bachelor degree in marine science has recently been est ablished. Research-based master's and doctoral degrees are a lso being offered in an array of disciplines. (...) These pr ogrammes are designed to train personnel to support sound ma nagement of aquatic resources and the sustainable developmen t of tropical aquaculture and fisheries industries both loca lly and overseas. Information from "Dean's Message" in brochure "Postgraduate Studies". ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 645 DATE OF INFORMATION 20.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Universiti Sains Malaysia SUBDIVISIONS School of Biological Sciences CONTACT Dr. Sinn-Chye Ho ADDRESS1 ADDRESS2 CITY 11800 Penang ENGLISH NAME University of Science REGION AS COUNTRY Malaysia TELEPHONE (604) 877888 ext. 3181 FAX (604) 865125 TELEX USMLIB MA40254 E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, brochur e) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Malaysia TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST x PRIMARY RAIN FOREST x SECONDARY RAIN FOREST x OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x mangroves OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x peat swamps TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) x COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x mangroves ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE x SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS x hydroponics, aeroponics OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) x OTHERS x natural plant products (chemicals etc.) CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH x FISHERIES x FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION x FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE x ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS x wildlife studies OTHER CATEGORIES x aquaculture, medical entomology (vector c ontrol), biotechnology MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) x SUBJECT KEYWORDS tropical lowland rain forest; primary rain forest; secondary rain forest; other types of tropical fores t; rivers and streams; lakes; other types of wetlands; tropi cal oceans (incl. coral reefs and atolls); coasts and coasta l areas (incl. mangroves); agriculture; other tropical farmi ng systems; botany/vegetation science; general ecology (bota ny); systematics/taxonomy (botany); conservation/protected a reas/wildlife resources; ecosystems research; fisheries; for estry; deforestation/erosion; limnology/hydrology; ocean sci ence; soil science; zoology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematics/taxonomy (zoology); mammals; birds; f ish; reptiles and amphibians; insects; other invertebrates; higher plants (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens /algae/procaryonts; fungi (Mycology); ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION mangroves; peat swamps; hydro ponics; aeroponics; natural plant products (e.g. chemicals); wildlife studies; aquaculture; medical entomology; vector c ontrol; biotechnology; additional keywords of research areas of staff, taken from b rochure: behavioural ecology; ecophysiology; community ecolo gy; tissue culture; microbiology; remote sensing; geographic information systems (GIS); resource management; environment al impact assessment; biodegradation; diseases; parasites; b iological control. REMARKS Research at the School of Biological Sciences is cen tered around Aquatic Biology, Environmental Biology, Botany, Biotechnology, Applied Entomology, Physiology, Genetics, Mi crobiology, Parasitology, Plant Pathology, Marine Sciences, and Zoology. The School carries out a large number of R&D projects. The s taff are involved in externally funded consultancies. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 413 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.09.93 TYPE uni ACRONYM NAME Yangon University SUBDIVISIONS Department of Zoology CONTACT Dr. Win Maung ADDRESS1 Univ. POB ADDRESS2 CITY Yangon (Rangoon) ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Myanmar (Burma) TELEPHONE (01) 32517 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Myanmar (Burma) TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS x OTHER PRIMARY FOREST x OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) x SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) x OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS other types of tropical forest; other prima ry forest; rivers and streams; lakes; limnology/hydrology; z oology and faunistics; general ecology (zoology); systematic s/taxonomy (zoology); fish; insects; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 480 DATE OF INFORMATION 15.09.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries SUBDIVISIONS Marine Science and Fisheries Centre Marine Ecology Section CONTACT ADDRESS1 P.O. Box 467 ADDRESS2 CITY Muscat Postal Code 113 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Oman TELEPHONE 740063 FAX 740159 TELEX ON 5503 AGRIFISH E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, summary of 1992 report) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Oman TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) x ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE x SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES x marine ecology MAMMALS BIRDS FISH REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS coasts and coastal areas (incl. mangroves); ocean science; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION marine ecology; marine plankt on; sea food technology; stock assessment; Omani abalone; ki ng fish (Scomberomorus commerson); spiny lobster (Panulirus homarus); fin fish species; hydrographic studies, plankton s tudies; red tide blooms. Information from summary of 1992 re port. REMARKS The Marine Science and Fisheries Centre has the task of providing research to obtain information concerning the fishery resource of Omani fisheries and the impact of exploi tation. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 580 DATE OF INFORMATION 06.09.93 TYPE mus ACRONYM NAME Ministry of National Heritage and Culture Natural History Museum SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Director ADDRESS1 PO Box 668 ADDRESS2 CITY Muscat 113 ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Oman TELEPHONE 602225, 602555 FAX 602735 TELEX 5649 OMNHCV ON E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (brochures, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS, Oman TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS LAKES OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY x ethnobotany BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE x GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES x ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES FORESTRY x AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology FOREST PRODUCTS OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY x OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS x GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS x BIRDS x FISH x freshwater REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS x INSECTS x OTHER INVERTEBRATES x molluscs (land, freshwater, marine) HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) x FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS x FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS anthropology/ethnobotany/ethnozoology; bota ny/vegetation science; general ecology (botany); conservatio n/protected areas/wildlife resources; forestry; limnology/hy drology; zoology and faunistics; mammals; birds; fish; repti les and amphibians; insects; other invertebrates; higher pla nts (angio- and gymnosperms); ferns/mosses/lichens/algae/pro caryonts; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS The Oman Natural History Museum was founded in 1985. Only animals and plants from Oman are shown. The Museum does not in itself engage in research, but encour ages it by inviting and sponsoring scientsts to study matter s of interest to the Museum, the National Herbarium and the other collections. This is usually done in conjunction with other Government ministries and departments. The National Herbarium, situated with the Natural History Mu seum, was formed in 1982. It has a collection of more than 6 000 specimen. There is also a collection of ferns and marine algae, and the nuclei of collections of aquatic algae, moss es, fungi, lichens, and seeds. The Shell Collection has nearly 20000 specimens of 500 speci es of molluscs of Oman. Information from brochures. ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 318 DATE OF INFORMATION 13.08.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Fisheries Research and Training Institute Punjab SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Director in Charge ADDRESS1 4 - G. T. Road ADDRESS2 Manawan CITY Lahore ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Pakistan TELEPHONE FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS AS; Pakistan, Punjab TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN FOREST PRIMARY RAIN FOREST SECONDARY RAIN FOREST OTHER TYPES OF TROPICAL FORESTS OTHER PRIMARY FOREST OTHER SECONDARY FOREST TROPICAL SAVANNAS AND SAVANNA WOODLAND TROPICAL DESERTS AND ARID LANDS RIVERS AND STREAMS x LAKES x OTHER TYPES OF WETLANDS x TROPICAL OCEANS (INCL. CORAL REEFS, ATOLLS) COASTS AND COASTAL AREAS (INCL. MANGROVES) ISLANDS MOUNTAINS AND HIGHLANDS OTHERS AGRICULTURE SHIFTING CULTIVATION OTHER TROPICAL FARMING SYSTEMS OTHERS ANIMAL HUSBANDRY/LIVESTOCK ANTHROPOLOGY/ETHNOBOTANY/ETHNOZOOLOGY BOTANY/VEGETATION SCIENCE GENERAL ECOLOGY (BOTANY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (BOTANY) OTHERS CONSERVATION/PROTECTED AREAS/WILDLIFE RESOURCES ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH FISHERIES x FORESTRY AGROFORESTRY AFFORESTATION/REFORESTATION DEFORESTATION/EROSION FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST PRODUCTS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology OTHERS LIMNOLOGY/HYDROLOGY OCEAN SCIENCE SOIL SCIENCE ZOOLOGY/FAUNISTICS GENERAL ECOLOGY (ZOOLOGY) SYSTEMATICS/TAXONOMY (ZOOLOGY) OTHERS OTHER CATEGORIES MAMMALS BIRDS FISH x REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS INSECTS OTHER INVERTEBRATES HIGHER PLANTS (ANGIO- AND GYMNOSPERMS) FERNS/MOSSES/LICHENS/ALGAE/PROCARYONTS FUNGI (MYCOLOGY) SUBJECT KEYWORDS rivers and streams; lakes; other types of w etlands; fisheries; fish; ADDITIONAL SUBJECT DESCRIPTION REMARKS ECOTROP Database of research institutions in tropical ecology NO 320 DATE OF INFORMATION 01.09.93 TYPE gov ACRONYM NAME Government of Pakistan Marine Fisheries Department SUBDIVISIONS CONTACT Dr. Abdul Majid, Director General ADDRESS1 West Wharf ADDRESS2 Fish Harbour CITY Karachi ENGLISH NAME REGION AS COUNTRY Pakistan TELEPHONE 202 795-8, 201 758 FAX TELEX E-MAIL SOURCE OF INFORMATION direct contact (questionnaire, letter) GEOGRAPHICAL KEYWORDS South AS, Pakistan TROPICAL LOWLAND RAIN