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| Title | Modelling water sequestration in landscape restoration programs |
| Group | Soil Physics and Land Management group |
| Project type | thesis |
| Credits | 24-39 |
| Supervisor(s) | Francesco Sambalino |
| Examiner(s) | Coen Ritsema |
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| Begin date | 2020/02/09 |
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| Description | Problem context
Justdiggit implements large scale landscape restoration projects by retaining rainwater for vegetation and preventing erosion, flooding and land degradation. This creates local benefits for communities and the environment. Well established practices such as a variety of soil and water conservation practices are implemented (e.g. stone bunds, terraces, vallerani ploughing), but the quantification of its impact needs to be elaborated. Research Objective/Question - Refine the available model used to quantify water retained in the project landscapes - Review its performance and eventual flaws - Review alternative ways to measure “water sequestration” by project interventions - Literature review of Justdiggit Monitoring and Evaluation indicators What is expected from the student (type of research) - Be part of the team working on the monitoring and evaluation of Justdiggit projects. - Work from MetaMeta’s office in Wageningen - Previous experience in runoff modelling and scripting - Experience with GIS and Remote Sensing |
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