Natural resources

Natural resources

Distribution and impacts

Whether mineral, geothermal, water, agricultural or pastoral, resources are the source of movement, competition and exchange between populations.

This is particularly the case in the East African Rift, where water, an example par excellence and on which all the components of the natural ecosystem depend, is unevenly distributed in space and time. This is also the case for mineral resources such as obsidian, salt, clays, or metals whose availability and spatio-temporal distribution have played́ an important role in the socio-economic transformations of human populations but also in their relations with the animal and plant world.

A change in the inputs, quantitý, qualitý, or spatio-temporal distribution of the resource will potentially impact several components of the rift systems. We will thus address the following questions. What impact did the water resource have on the emergence of the human lineage, on the collapse of certain prehistoric societies? What impact has past and present man had in modifying the landscape and the natural routes of ancestral rivers through grazing, deforestation, and more recently the construction of dams and the irrigation of arid lands?

The environmental, societal and geopolitical consequences must be embraced if we are to protect both these natural resources and the biodiversity of the rift.

Natural resources: the members

Guillaume
BLANC

History
Ethiopia
Heritages -
Resources



guillaume_blanc[at]
hotmail.fr

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Jean-Renaud
BOISSERIE

Evolution - Paleontology -
Paleozoology
Ethiopia - Kenya
Heritages - Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education

jean.renaud.boisserie[at]
univ-poitiers.fr

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Jessie
CAULIEZ

Anthropology -
Archeology - 
Prehistory
Botswana - Djibouti -
Ethiopia - Somaliland
Heritages - Resources -
Training / Education

jessie.cauliez[at]
univ-tlse2.fr

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Valérie
CAYOL

Volcanology
Congo
Resources




valerie.cayol[at]
uca.fr

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Hélène
CELLE-JEANTON

Geochemistry -
Geology -

Hydrology
Tanzania
Resources -
Training / Education

helene.celle[at]
univ-fcomte.fr

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Dominique
CHARDON

Geodynamics - Geology
Paleoenvironment

Sudan - Uganda
Heritages -
Dynamics -
Resources

dominique.chardon[at]
ird.fr

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Olivier
DAUTEUIL

Geodynamics -
Paleoenvironment -
Tectonic

Bostwana
Dynamics -
Resources

olivier.dauteuil[at]
univ-rennes1.fr

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Gourguen
DAVTIAN

Geography -
Hydrology -
Modeling

Ethiopia - Kenya
Heritages - Resources -
Training / Education

gourguen.davtian[at]
cepam.cnrs.fr

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Anne
DELAGNES

Archeology -
Paleoenvironment - Prehistory

Ethiopia - Kenya - Sudan
Heritages - Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education

anne.delagnes[at]
u-bordeaux.fr

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Anna
ECHASSOUX

Paleoanthropology -
Paleoecology -
Paleontology

Ethiopia
Heritages - Dynamics -
Resources

anna.echassoux[at]
fondationiph.org

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Samir
El OUAAMARI

Geography
Ethiopia
The Rift heritages -
Systems dynamics -
Natural resources


samir.elouaamari[at]
agroparistech.fr

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Lydéric
FRANCE

Geochemistry -
Geodynamics -
Volcanology

Djibouti - Ethiopia - Tanzania Dynamics -
Resources

lyderic.france[at]
univ-lorraine.fr

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Cédric
GAUCHEREL

Ecology - Modeling -
Philosophy

Kenya - Tanzania -
Uganda
Heritages -
Resources

cedric.gaucherel[at]
inrae.fr

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Michel
GRÉGOIRE

Geochemistry -
Geodynamics -

Geology
Tanzania
Dynamics -
Resources

michel.gregoire[at]
get.omp.eu

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Franck
GUY

Evolution -
Paleoanthropology -

Paleoecology
Ethiopia
Heritages -
Dynamics - Resources

franck.guy[at]
univ-poitiers.fr

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Sonia
HARMAND

Anthropology - Archeology -
Prehistory
Ethiopia
Heritages - Dynamics -
Resources -

Training / Education

sonia.harmand[at]
univ-tlse2.fr

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Marc
JOLIVET

Geology -
Paleoenvironment -

Tectonic
Botswana - Rwanda
Dynamics -
Resources

marc.jolivet[at]
univ-rennes1.fr

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Lamya
KHALIDI

Archeology - Prehistory
Djibouti - Eritrea -
Ethiopia - Sudan
Heritages - Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education

lamya.khalidi[at]
cepam.cnrs.fr

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Clément
MENARD

Archeology -
Prehistory

Ethiopia - Somaliland
Heritages -
Resources -
Training / Education

clement.menard[at]
cerptautavel.com

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Catherine
MERIAUX

Geodynamics -
Geophysics -
Volcanology

Congo - Rwanda
Dynamics - Resources -
Training / Education

cmeriaux[at]
eaifr.org

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Felix Mwema
MWEMA

Ecology -
Modeling - Risks
Kenya - Tanzania - Uganda
Heritages -
Dynamics - Resources -
Training / Education

mwema.felix[at]
nm-aist.ac.tz

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Fleurice
PARAT

Geochemistry - Geodynamics -
Volcanology

Tanzania
Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education

fleurice.parat[at]
umontpellier.fr

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Raphaël
PIK

Geochemistry - Geodynamics -
Volcanology

Djibouti - Ethiopia -
Kenya
Heritages - Dynamics
Resources

raphael.pik[at]
univ-lorraine.fr

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Caroline
ROBION-BRUNNER

Archeology -
History

Ethiopia
Heritages -
Resources -
Training / Education

caroline.robion[at]
univ-tlse2.fr

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Antoine
SOURON

Evolution -
Paleozoology - 
Zoology
Ethiopia - Kenya - Tanzania
Heritages - Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education

antoine.souron[at]
u-bordeaux.fr

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Virginie
TALLIO

Anthropology
Uganda
Heritages -
Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education

virginie.tallio[at]
gmail.com

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Pascal
TARITS

Geophysics
Djibouti - Ethiopia -
Kenya - Mayotte -
Rwanda - Tanzania
Dynamics -
Resources

tarits[at]
univ-brest.fr

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Christel
TIBERI

Geodynamics -
Geophysic - 
Seismology
Ethiopia - Tanzania
Heritage - Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education

christel.tiberi[at]
umontpellier.fr

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Bert
VAN BOCXLAER

Evolution - Paleozoology -
Zoology
Ethiopia - Kenya - Malawi -
 Tanzania - Uganda
Heritages - Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education

bert.van-bocxlaer[at]univ-lille.fr

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Jacques
VARET

Anthropology -
Geodynamics - 
Geology
Djibouti - Ethiopia - Kenya -
Rwanda - Tanzania
Dynamics -
Resources

j.varet[at]
geo2d.com

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