Presentation
The DinBuam project – Small wetlands in tropical mountains: sentinels for sustainable land and water use – will focus on the mobilisation and spread of faecal pathogenic bacteria because of their importance for public health in isolated rural areas in developing countries. Wetlands at the head of basins are points where waterways converge and act as filters for faecal pathogenic bacteria. However, in the event of extreme rainfall, they can switch from being a trap to a source of bacteria. Against this backdrop, DinBuam proposes a stakeholder-based approach to preserving or restoring the ecosystem services of wetlands, which have been little studied and for which adequate management policies are lacking.
This project involves a team of stakeholders: village farmers, the Laos Ministry of Forestry and Agriculture (DALaM), the NEPL National Park Management Unit & non-governmental organisation (WCS-Laos), the Infectious Diseases Laboratory (LOMWRU), 5 French joint research units (GET, iEES, LSCE, CESSMA and CESBIO), and three start-ups (GLobEO, e-biom, MounoyDEV).
