Lead Institutions:
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Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften,
Kiel, Germany (IfM-GEOMAR Kiel)
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Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie,
Jena, Germany (MPIB Jena)
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Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas,
São Vicente (INDP)
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Instituto Superior de Engenharia e Ciencias do Mar,
São Vicente (ISECMAR)
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Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofísica,
São Vicente (INMG)
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Summary
It is proposed to establish scientific and educational collaboration between Germany and the Cape
Verde Islands, in the context of long-term scientific programmes of the IfM-GEOMAR (Kiel) and the
MPI for Biogeochemistry (Jena) that are focussed on the tropical Eastern Atlantic. Academics and
students from Cape Verde would participate in areas of common research extending from marine geology
and volcanology, marine and fisheries ecology, through chemical and physical oceanography to
atmospheric science and climate research. The proposed collaboration in training and research, together
with existing regional cooperations of Cape Verde scientists, would be used as the basis for developing
knowledge transfer and scientific collaboration with other West African countries. A long-term goal of
the collaboration is to develop and staff a ‘West African Science Logistics Centre’ in the Cape Verde
Islands. The Centre would be designed to support multi-disciplinary science, and related training
activities, within West Africa and the Tropical and Equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Such a base would also be
a regional asset for international research activities and allow for close contact of West African students
and researchers with the international research community.
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Douglas Wallace
Forschungsbereich Marine Biogeochemie
Leibniz-Institut für Meereswissenschaften
Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel
dwallace@ifm-geomar.de
Phone: +49-(0)431-600-4200
A Climate, Marine and Atmospheric Science and Education Centre for West Africa.
Observing Global Change in the Tropics
TENATSO
SOLAS
Report of Cape Verde workshop 2004 - Final
Proposal
'Wissen für Morgen' - a page from Volkswagenstiftung
Kapverde-Journal des Europäisch-Kapverdischen Freundeskreis e.V.
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