Alterra

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Introduction
Alterra
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Wageningen UR (1)
Wageningen University and Research Centre
(Wageningen UR) is a partnership between - the
Wageningen University, - the Agricultural
Research Service and, - the Applied Research
Stations.
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Wageningen UR (2)
Board of Directors
3500 staff 4500 students
3000 staff
Wageningen University
Agricultural Research Service
Plant Research International
Dept. of Plant Sience
Dept. of Animal Science
Inst. of Animal Science
Agrotechnology and Food Science
Dept. of Food Science
Dept. of Social Science
Agro-Economics Institute
Environmental Sciences Group
Dept. of Environmental Science
Alterra
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Environmental Sciences Group (1)

• Alterra was founded on January 1st 2000 as a
  result of a merger between
• Institute for Forestry and Nature Research
• Staring Centre
• Research Institute for Agrobiology and Soil
  Fertility
• Together with the Department of Environmental
  Sciences of Wageningen University founded in
  1918 - Alterra forms the Environmental Sciences
  Group

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Environmental Sciences Group (1)
Directors
Financial and Economic Affairs
Human Resource Management
Staff and support
Automation and Information Facilities
Strategy, Marketing and Communication
Facility services
Centre for Geo Information
Centre for Ecosystems Studies
Centre for Soil Science
Centre for Water and Climate
Centre for Landscape Studies
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Environmental Sciences Group (2)

• With our knowledge and expertise we contribute to
  the following themes
• Multiple use of space / balanced multifunctional
  use and
• development-oriented physical planning of the
  green living
• environment
• Biodiversity / improved understanding of the
  effects of
• environmental management measures
• Climate change / the influence of human
  behaviour on the
• climate
• Water and soil management / the management of
  ground
• and surface waters, water management in
  relation to natural
• values, the production of safe and healthy
  food, and
• recreation

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ALTERRA Facts Figures

• 700 people at work of which 500 are scientific
  staff
• Publications / year 750
• Articles 230
• Reports 300

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Whos contracting ALTERRA?

• Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and
  Fisheries (LNV)
• Other Dutch ministries Environment Public
  Works Foreign Affairs
• Local and regional authorities
• Nature conservation organisations
• World Bank, FAO, ADB
• Private companies
• European Union

ILRI
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Fields of research...
Alterra carries out strategic and applied
research on all aspects of rural areas and on the
sustainable use of our green environment

• Alterras expertise includes
• Soil
• Water
• Environment
• Climate
• Nature
• Forests
• Landscape
• Recreation
• Land use

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Water and Climate (ILRI)

• Water and land use
• irrigation, drainage, water table management,
  IWRM
• engineering, institutional, social aspects
• rural urban fringe development
• water- atmosphere interactions
• Pesticides and environment, integrated nutrients
  management
• Climate and agricultural production

• International focus
• Climate and land use change
• Diffuse pollution of groundwater
• and surface waters
• Irrigation and drainage in semi-arid
• areas (Egypt, India, Pakistan)

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ILRI
International Institute for Land Reclamation and
Improvement

• applied research in irrigation drainage
• Post-graduate training courses on irrigation,
  drainage and related water management
• Advisory services

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ILRI projects

• World

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• wide ILRI research projects

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Land and water development
land reclamation (water logging and salinity)
irrigation
drainage
IWRM perspective
quantity and quality
institutional (WUA)
social
economic
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Training courses
regular courses ICLD, ICIW, IWRM
tailor made courses (irrigation and drainage data
analyses)
ICLD 12 weeks gt 1000 participants
109 countries
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publications

• ILRI's own series of publications
• articles in international journals
• books published elsewhere

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