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Editors and Contributors
the National Academy of Sciences and Techniques of
Senegal in 2006, a Member of the African Academy of
Sciences (AAS) in 2009, and a Member of The World
Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Sciences
in the Developing Countries (TWAS) in October 2010.
http://www.esalifdiop.org
Dr. Peter Scheren
has been engaged in research,
assessment, and management of both freshwater and
marine ecosystems across Africa for over 25 years, in
various parts of the continent. His passion is to bring
the science, knowledge, and capacity for understanding
of such systems together to guide policy, strategy,
and governance systems that will help safeguard the
ecosystem functions and values that strengthen the
nature and the people that depend on them. He is the
author and editor of many publications in this field.
He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Eindhoven
and the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands,
with a focus on Integrated Environmental Assessment
of Water Systems. He has worked for various research
institutions, consultancy offices and international organizations, and has managed several large-scale freshwater and marine programs in Africa for WWF, UN
Environment, UNIDO, and UNDP. He is currently active
as a freelance consultant, based in France, supporting the
development of a range of strategic, transformational
projects, and programs for WWF in their various fields
of work across Africa.
Dr. Awa Niang is an Associate Professor of Continental Hydrology at Cheikh Anta Diop University, in
Dakar, Senegal. She holds a first doctoral thesis from
Cheikh Anta Diop University, with a focus on water
quality management of Guiers Lake (Senegal River
Delta). In 2014, she also earned a Ph.D. on recent hydrological and morphological changes in the Senegal River
Estuary.
Her recent work focuses on the vulnerability and
resilience of the coastal social ecosystems of the Senegal
River Estuary. She participates in various projects
and programs dealing with Integrated Water Resource
Management, remote sensing applied to water resources
Editors and Contributors
the National Academy of Sciences and Techniques of
Senegal in 2006, a Member of the African Academy of
Sciences (AAS) in 2009, and a Member of The World
Academy of Sciences for the Advancement of Sciences
in the Developing Countries (TWAS) in October 2010.
http://www.esalifdiop.org
Dr. Peter Scheren
has been engaged in research,
assessment, and management of both freshwater and
marine ecosystems across Africa for over 25 years, in
various parts of the continent. His passion is to bring
the science, knowledge, and capacity for understanding
of such systems together to guide policy, strategy,
and governance systems that will help safeguard the
ecosystem functions and values that strengthen the
nature and the people that depend on them. He is the
author and editor of many publications in this field.
He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Eindhoven
and the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands,
with a focus on Integrated Environmental Assessment
of Water Systems. He has worked for various research
institutions, consultancy offices and international organizations, and has managed several large-scale freshwater and marine programs in Africa for WWF, UN
Environment, UNIDO, and UNDP. He is currently active
as a freelance consultant, based in France, supporting the
development of a range of strategic, transformational
projects, and programs for WWF in their various fields
of work across Africa.
Dr. Awa Niang is an Associate Professor of Continental Hydrology at Cheikh Anta Diop University, in
Dakar, Senegal. She holds a first doctoral thesis from
Cheikh Anta Diop University, with a focus on water
quality management of Guiers Lake (Senegal River
Delta). In 2014, she also earned a Ph.D. on recent hydrological and morphological changes in the Senegal River
Estuary.
Her recent work focuses on the vulnerability and
resilience of the coastal social ecosystems of the Senegal
River Estuary. She participates in various projects
and programs dealing with Integrated Water Resource
Management, remote sensing applied to water resources