Led by Prof. Uta Berger from Technische Universität Dresden (Germany), the RESCuE-2 project boasts a distinguished team of investigators, including Asst. Prof. Uday Pimple from JGSEE, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (Thailand), Prof. Farid Dahdouh-Guebas from Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), Prof. Claude Garcia from Bern University of Applied Sciences (Switzerland), and Asst. Prof. Sara Fratini University of Florence (Italy)
RESCuE-2 is a collaborative effort that unites 13 local and international institutes from both public and government sectors across five European countries (Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, France, Italy) and three Southeast Asian countries (Thailand, Cambodia, and Malaysia).
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Valery Gond
Valéry Gond, a geographer at CIRAD since 2000, specializes in optical remote sensing processing. He focuses on characterizing tropical forest spatial patterns using tree functioning or stand structure analysis and assessing human impacts with time series data from MODIS, SENTINEL, LANDSAT, and SPOT. With fieldwork experience in Amazonia, Central Africa, and South-East Asia, he led the RESCuE-1 project and currently serves as deputy director of CIRAD’s Forest and Societies unit.
Website of the Forest and Societies unit in CIRAD https://ur-forets-societes.cirad.fr/en
Uta Berger
Professor Uta Berger, from the Institute of Forest Growth and Computer Sciences at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, specializes in Mangrove Ecosystem Forest Biometrics and Systems Analysis. Her research explores ecological system function and its connection to species diversity and traits. She investigates the impact of species adaptation and behavior on biodiversity, and works on restoration ecology and biodiversity conservation in changing environments.
Weblink: https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/ww/bsa/die-professur/staff/uta-berger
Uday Pimple
Uday Pimple, Assistant Professor at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand, specializes in remote sensing of forest and coastal environments. His research delves into forest biodiversity and structure dynamics, as well as developing decision support systems for ecosystem baseline and automatic field sensors for monitoring mangrove ecosystems.
Weblink: https://www.jgsee.kmutt.ac.th/v3/personnel/mr-uday-pimple/
Behara SATYANARAYAN
Dr. Behara Satyanarayana is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia, a position he has held since 2013. His research focuses on mangrove ecology, vegetation dynamics, habitat restoration, conservation, and management, with a special emphasis on the application of Remote Sensing & GIS.
Weblink: https://inos.umt.edu.my/satyam/
Sara FRATINI
Sara Fratini is an Assistant Professor in Zoology (tenure track) at the Department of Biology of the University of Florence, Italy. With a background in Animal Behavior from her Ph.D studies, she has a keen interest in investigating the ecology, behavior, and genetics of mangrove crabs and mollusks. As an invited member of the Mangrove Specialist Group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), she contributes her expertise to conservation efforts. Sara has extensive research experience in tropical regions, having participated in and coordinated numerous field trips to destinations such as Kenya, the Red Sea, Seychelles, and South Africa.
ResearchGate page: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sara_Fratini
Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aZ89mpUAAAAJ&hl=it
Marie-Christin WIMMLER
Marie-Christin Wimmler is a researcher specializing in individual-based modeling at the Institute of Forest Growth and Computer Sciences at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany. Her research interests encompass individual-based modeling, good modeling practices, mangrove ecology, tree water use, and sap flow measurement.
Weblink: https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/ww/bsa/die-professur/staff/marie-wimmler
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marie-Christin-Wimmler
Dario Simonetti
Dario is an independent GIS and Remote Sensing Analyst Programmer holding a degree in Informatics from the Universita’ dell’Insubria, Facolta’ di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Naturali, Varese. Currently, he is affiliated with the Directorate D – Sustainable Resources at the Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy. He designs and develops tools for tropical forest mapping and monitoring, with particular emphasis on deforestation and degradation. Dario’s expertise ranges from back/front-end development to drone piloting and remote-sensed image processing.
Johan OSZWALD
Johan Oszwald is Professor of Geography at Rennes 2 University and Dean of the Social Sciences Faculty. He is a member of the “Littoral – Environment – Remote Sensing – Geomatics” laboratory (UMR CNRS 6554). Since 2002, he has worked on the study of deforestation pioneer fronts and the relationships between human dynamics and their environmental consequences through spatio-temporal approaches in cartography and through the quantification and spatial qualification of ecosystem services.
Ronny PETERS
Ronny Peters is interested in understanding subterranean processes leading to different vegetation patterns in coastal areas. Having worked in both ecological and hydrological modelling, he is trying to develop eco-hydrological models to link plant growth, water uptake and hydrological processes to simulate how vegetation patterns in the intertidal zone emerge from abiotic site conditions.
https://tu-dresden.de/bu/umwelt/forst/ww/bsa/die-professur/staff/ronny-peters
Kumrom Leadprathom
Kumrom Leadprathom is forest officer at the Royal Forest Department, Thailand. Kumrom is a forester with 25 years experience in forest survey, forest ecology and biodiversity. In past years he have been working with community based forest restoration projects in eastern Thailand
Tamanai Pravinvongvuthi
Tamanai Pravinvongvuthi is a forestry technical officer (Professional level) at the Mangrove Research and Development Center (Trat province), Department of Marine and Coastal Resources in Thailand. He is passionate about mangrove management, mangrove ecosystems, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration.
Poonsri WANTHONGCHAI
Poonsri Wantongchai is the Director of the Cooperation and Innovation Division at the Mangrove Resources Research Institute, Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Thailand. With expertise in mangrove management, mangrove policy, and blue carbon, she is dedicated to advancing sustainable practices. Poonsri actively involves coastal communities in mangrove management and utilization while conducting essential research on blue carbon in mangrove ecosystems.
Claude GARCIA
Professor Claude Garcia is a member of the International Forest Management Team at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH-HAFL). With over two decades of experience in tropical forest management, his focus is on enabling stakeholders to better comprehend the landscapes they manage and understand the decision-making processes involved.
Weblink: www.bfh.ch/en/claude-garcia
ResearchGate page: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Claude-Garcia
Hélène Dessard
Senior Statistician at CIRAD, France, specializing in Data Management and Applied Statistics focused on social and ecological factors. With a Ph.D. in applied statistics, she collaborates with forest dynamics researchers to study spatial factors in forest ecosystems. Currently, she examines social patterns in forested landscapes and the interplay between local communities, their livelihoods, and forest resilience.
Sean YEO
Sean YEO is a member of the International Forest Management Team at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH-HAFL), with a background in sustainable production systems. He hopes to bridge sustainability measures with the adoption of effective long-term strategies.
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/seanyeo160899
Stefano CANNICCI
Stefano is a Full Professor of Zoology at the Department of Biology of the University of Florence, Italy. His research focuses on mangrove ecology, as well as the ecophysiology, behavioral ecology, and population genetics of intertidal and semi-terrestrial crabs. For over twenty years, he has conducted extensive studies on mangroves in western and eastern Africa, Sri Lanka, and Southeast Asia, collaborating with prestigious European, Asian, and African Institutions. Stefano is a founding member of the IUCN SSC Mangrove Specialist Group.
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Kim SOBEN
Dean of the Faculty of Forestry Science and Director of the Centre for Agricultural and Environmental Studies at the Royal University of Agriculture. With over 20 years of experience in teaching and research, he specializes in forestry, climate change, agriculture, sustainable land management, and natural resource management. He has implemented research and development initiatives at the university, supporting programs like REDD+, the Biodiversity Working, and the GHG inventory working Group. His expertise includes developing allometric equations for upland, floodplain, and mangrove forests, as well as wetland ecology and management in the Lower Mekong Basin Region.
MEAS Rithy
Deputy Director of the Department of Coastal Zone and Marine Conservation at the General Directorate of Natural Protected Areas, Ministry of Environment. He holds a Master’s in Agricultural Economics and Rural Development and a Bachelor’s in Forestry from Phnom Penh, Cambodia. With over 20 years of experience, he has worked with local and international NGOs, projects, and government institutions on natural resources and environmental management, biodiversity conservation, and community development in coastal and marine areas.
Nico Koedam
Nico Koedam is em. professor of Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and now affiliated to UGent, ULB and UHasselt, all in Belgium. In the early 90s he initiated mangrove research in this country, initially most intensively on mangrove systems in Kenya and Sri Lanka. Nico’s research then focused on physio-ecology and retrospective vegetation dynamics, but in collaboration with many partners it further evolved, ranging from dispersal biogeography to conservation, restoration and human-mangrove relations, worldwide. As a responsible for the international MSc programme ‘Oceans & Lakes’ until 2022, he made mangroves prominent in teaching. He supervised numerous MSc and PhD theses in mangrove research. Nico is a member of the IUCN SSC Mangrove Specialist Group
Suchart YAMPRASAI
Suchart Yamprasai is a Forestry Technical Officer (Professional Level ) at the Mangrove Resources Research and Development Institute, Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Thailand. Specializing in mangrove forest management, his research focuses on assessing the biological vulnerability of mangrove ecosystems, particularly rare plant species and endangered wildlife species, to ensure sustainable biodiversity management.
Patiya KEMACHEVAHUL
Patiya Kemacheevakul is an Associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering of King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand. Her research focuses on nutrient recovery from wastewater, photocatalytic processes for wastewater treatment, and waste recycling technology.
Ruth PHATANACHAROEN
Ruth Phatanacharoen is a computer engineer and researcher specializing in environmental sensors and software development. Currently, he is devoted to understanding mangrove reproductive phenology, health, and productivity. Ruth is passionate about leveraging innovative software and technologies to enhance understanding of the mangrove ecosystem and its surroundings
Sumet THONGDONUM
Sumet Thongdonum is a forestry technical officer (Practitioner Level) at the Mangrove Research and Development Center (Phang Nga province), Department of Marine and Coastal Resources in Thailand. He is passionate about mangrove management, restoration and utilization, new technologies for assisting mangroves research, and remote sensing.
Farid DAHDOUH-GUEBAS:
Prof at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium
Weblink :https://researchportal.vub.be/en/persons/farid-dahdouh-guebas
Samuel Corgne
Professor of Geography at University Rennes 2 – LETG
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