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