Social-Ecological Dynamics in Rapid Economic Development: Infrastructure and coastal Change in South-eastern Sri Lanka
| Investigator(s): | Julien Andrieu |
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| Start Date: | Mar, 2020 |
| Status: | Ongoing |
Project Details
| Department | Ecology GeoSMIT / Geomatics Social Sciences |
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| Duration | 2 Year(s) |
| Funding Agency(ies) | French Embassy of Columbo, Sri Lanka Fonds de Solidarité pour les Projets Innovants |
| Partners | Eastern University, the University of Ruhuna, the University of Peradeniya, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo |
| Team |
Anthony GOREAU
Anupama KRISHNAMURTHY Ayyappan NARAYANAN Christophe PROISY Nicolas BAUTES Raphaël MATHEVET Sarah BENABOU |
| Julien.andrieu AT ifpindia DOT org |
Project Description
SEDRIC is an interdisciplinary and international research project in the frame of the IFP Coastal program. It has been granted by a FSPI (Fonds de Solidarité pour les Projets Innovants) program under the umbrella of the French Embassy of Columbo, Sri Lanka. The main objectives of SEDRIC are to address the social-ecological change and their impacts in southern and eastern Sri Lanka coastal regions. Among these objectives are (1) the development of a scientific monitoring system based on a remote sensing analysis of land cover and land use change, a deployment of palynology approaches to better understand the historical evolution of the environment, inventories of biodiversity and development of application for tree species identification; (2) an analysis of the evolution of key social, economic and ecological issues related to protected areas, tourism and public infrastructure development; (3) the organization of training and interdisciplinary workshops in Sri Lanka. The project will involve 5 Sri Lankan Universities, a set of NGOs and government administrative bodies/groups and local stakeholders. Training and co-supervision of post-graduate students is a key target of this project.