DEPARTMENT OF REMOTE SENSING ECOLOGY

Functions and tasks:

Participating baseline surveys, monitoring biodiversity nationwide, analyzing ecosystems and proposing recommendations of conservation, restoration and sustainable use of biological resources.

Investigating, applying remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in ecology study, developing plans of conserving biodiversity.

Setting up biodiversity database.

Providing training courses in applying remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for researches in other departments of Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), local staffs in Protected Areas, postgraduate students…

 

Activities:

Conducting multi-level research programs in remote sensing and GIS field. These technologies provide update and multi-dimensional information of biological diversity.

Proposing recommendations for management organizations in order to preserve biodiversity by applying remote sensing and GIS in risk assessment, predict environmental conditions…

Setting up biodiversity maps: distribution map of Vietnam endangered species, vegetation maps, biodiversity maps of Vietnam Protected Areas, ecological changes…

Developing biodiversity database for Protected Areas and nation…

Organizing training courses of applying remote sensing and GIS in biodiversity conservation for researchers in IEBR, local staffs in Protected Areas, postgraduate students of institutes, universities…

 

Cooperation:

Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia), Missouri Botanical Gardens (USA), Frankfurt Zoological Society (Germany), American Museum of Natural History, New York (USA), IUCN, BirdLife International, WWF, FFI...

 

Vice head of department: Senior researcher, MSc Le Minh Hanh. Tel: +84-24-37562133; +84(0)982404076. Email: hanhleminh@yahoo.com


Staffs:

 

Name

Position

Title

Specialty

Work phone

Mobile

Email

 

Vuong Tan Tu

Senior researcher

PhD

Ecology, Biogeography

024-37562133

0964022954

tuvuongtan@gmail.com, vttu@iebr.ac.vn

 

Tran Anh Tuan

Researcher

PhD

Mapping, Remote sensing, GIS

024-37562133

0912215885

tuan.ig@gmail.com

 

Le Quang Tuan

Researcher

MSc

Space ecology, Biodiversity

024-37562133

0912750343

penguin0343@gmail.com

 

Chu Thi Hang

Researcher

MSc

Ecology, GIS

024-37562133

0904393909

hang.0808@gmail.com

 

Le Xuan Canh

Collaborator

Assoc.Prof. Dr

Biodiversity and environment

024-37562133

0903234234

lexuancanh54@gmail.com

 

Ha Quy Quynh

Collaborator

Assoc.Prof. Dr

Remote sensing ecology

024-37562133

0913506377

haquyquynh@gmail.com