Daten zum Projekt
Initiative: | Wissen für morgen – Kooperative Forschungsvorhaben im subsaharischen Afrika (beendet) |
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Ausschreibung: | Natural Resources 2004 |
Bewilligung: | 03.05.2010 |
Laufzeit: | 3 Jahre |
Projektinformationen
Hundreds of unregulated artisanal mines for tantalum ("coltan") and tin have been and still are worked in Burundi, eastern Congo (Kivu), Rwanda and Uganda. Earlier industrial mining declined because of various reasons. These activities transformed large areas into degraded and hazardous land. To mitigate this situation, the aim of our project is to produce a sciencebased,comprehensive, yet flexible system of methods and technologies which will guide administrations and local communities in dealing with the heritage of unregulated "coltan" mining, using the Gatumba mining district in Rwanda as an example. Including socioeconomic factors, the guideline system will help to restitute affected land and water resources towards sustainable use. We will also develop models for a mutually beneficial partnership between large-scale mining (currently in the planning stage) and artisanal mining, as a contribution to sustainable rural development. We will focus on three main GIS-based research sectors, comprising i) a geological and geochemical module, ii) a hydrological and groundwater module, and iii) a module encompassing soil, biological, agricultural, socioeconomic and ecological data, including present (and proposed future) productive use.
Projektbeteiligte
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Prof. Dr. Bernd Lehmann
Technische Universität Clausthal
Fakultät für Energie- u. Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Institut für Endlagerforschung
FG Lagerstätten und Rohstoffe
Clausthal-Zellerfeld
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Prof. Dr. Michael Biryabarema
KIE - Kigali Institute of Education
Kigali
Ruanda (Rwanda)
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Dr. Andrew Muwanga
Makerere University
Faculty of Science
Department of Geology
Kampala
Uganda
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Dr. Louis Nahimana
National University of Burundi
Faculty of Sciences
Earth Science Department
Bujumbura
Burundi
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Prof. Dr. Rolf Nieder
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Bauingenieurwesen und Umweltwissenschaften (Dept.)
Institut für Geoökologie
Braunschweig
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Prof. Dr. Jean-Baptiste Ntagoma Kushinganine
Catholic University Bukavo
Bukavu
Kongo (Demokratische Republik - Kinshasa)
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Dr. Daniel Rukazambuga
National University of Rwanda
Faculty of Agriculture
Butare
Ruanda (Rwanda)
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Prof. Dr. Andreas Bürkert
Universität Kassel
FB 11: Ökologische Agrarwissenschaften
Fachgebiet Ökologischer Pflanzenbau und Agraröko-
systemforschung in den Tropen und Subtropen
Witzenhausen
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Prof. Dr. Frédéric Gatera
KIE - Kigali Institute of Education
Faculty of Science
Kigali
Ruanda (Rwanda)
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Dr. Francois Xavier Naramabuye
National University of Rwanda
Faculté d'Agronomie
Burtare
Ruanda (Rwanda)
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Prof. Dr. Pontien Ndabaneze
KIE - Kigali Institute of Education
Faculty of Science
Kigali
Ruanda (Rwanda)
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Prof. Dr. Heike Y. Schenk-Mathes
Technische Universität Clausthal
Institut für Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Abteilung für BWL und Betriebliche
Umweltökonomie
Clausthal-Zellerfeld