Mr Maarten Wynants
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Mr Maarten Wynants

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School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

Role

PhD researcher

Qualifications

  • Master in Biology: KU Leuven (Belgium)
  • Bachelor in Biology: KU Leuven (Belgium)

Professional membership

Early career member of:

- European Geoscience Union
- British Ecological Society
- British Society of Soil Science

Research interests

I am interested in the effects of land use change on soil erosion dynamics and the accompanied declining ecosystem service provisions in East-Africa. Our research goal is to contribute to sustainable land management plans safeguarding food security, people's livelihoods and biodiversity. Some of the tools we use to reach these goals are GIS, geochemical fingerprinting, Compound specific stable isotopes and ecological assessments.

 

-Blake, W.H., Rabinovich, A., Wynants, M., Kelly, C., Nasseri, M., ... & Patrick Ndakidemi (2018). Soil erosion in East Africa: an interdisciplinary approach to realising pastoral land management change. Environmental research letters 13: 124014. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaea8b 
- Wynants M., Solomon, H., Ndakidemi, P. and Blake, W.H. (2018). Pinpointing areas of increased erosion risk following land cover change in the Lake Manyara catchment, Tanzania. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 71: 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2018.05.008
- Lemmens, P., Teffera, F. E., Wynants, M., Govaert, L., Deckers, J., ... & De Meester, L. (2017). Intra‐and interspecific niche variation as reconstructed from stable isotopes in two ecologically different Ethiopian Rift Valley lakes.  Functional Ecology 31: 1482-1492. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12852

Key publications are highlighted

Journals
Articles
Wynants M, Kelly C, Mtei K, Munishi L, Patrick A, Rabinovich A, Nasseri M, Gilvear D, Roberts CN 2019 'Drivers of increased soil erosion in East Africa’s agro-pastoral systems: changing interactions between the social, economic and natural domains' Regional Environmental Change , DOI PEARL
Blake WH, Rabinovich A, Wynants M, Kelly C, Nasseri M, Ngondya I, Patrick A, Mtei K, Munishi L 2018 'Soil erosion in East Africa: an interdisciplinary approach to realising pastoral land management change' Environmental Research Letters 13, (12) Author Site , DOI PEARL
Wynants M, Solomon H, Ndakidemi P & Blake WH 2018 'Pinpointing areas of increased soil erosion risk following land cover change in the Lake Manyara catchment, Tanzania' International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 71, 1-8 , DOI PEARL
Lemmens P, Teffera FE, Wynants M, Govaert L, Deckers J, Bauer H, Woldeyes F, Brendonck L, Bouillon S 2017 'Intra- and interspecific niche variation as reconstructed from stable isotopes in two ecologically different Ethiopian Rift Valley lakes' Functional Ecology 31, (7) 1482-1492 , DOI