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

Doris BARBONI
Paleoecology -
Paleoenvironment -
Palynology
Ethiopia - Kenya -
Tanzania
Resources
barboni[at]
cerege.fr

Jean-Renaud BOISSERIE
Evolution - Paleontology -
Paleozoology
Ethiopia - Kenya
Heritages - Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education
jean.renaud.boisserie[at]
univ-poitiers.fr

Jessie CAULIEZ
Anthropology -
Archeology - Prehistory
Botswana - Djibouti -
Ethiopia - Somaliland
Heritages - Resources -
Training / Education
jessie.cauliez[at]
univ-tlse2.fr


Hélène CELLE-JEANTON
Geochemistry -
Geology -
Hydrology
Tanzania
Resources -
Training / Education
helene.celle[at]
univ-fcomte.fr

Françoise CHALIE
Paleoclimatology -
Paleoecology -
Paleoenvironment
Ethiopia -Tanzania
Dynamics - Resources -
Training / Education
chalie[at]
cerege.fr

Olivier DAUTEUIL
Geodynamic -
Paleoenvironment -
Tectonic
Bostwana
Dynamics -
Resources
olivier.dauteuil[at]
univ-rennes1.fr

Anne DELAGNES
Archeology -
Paleoenvironment - Prehistory
Ethiopia - Kenya - Sudan
Heritages - Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education
anne.delagnes[at]
u-bordeaux.fr

Samir El OUAAMARI
Geography
Ethiopia
The Rift heritages -
Systems dynamics -
Natural resources
samir.elouaamari[at]
agroparistech.fr

Lydéric FRANCE
Geochemistry -
Geodynamics -
Volcanology
Djibouti - Ethiopia - Tanzania Dynamics -
Resources
lyderic.france[at]
univ-lorraine.fr

Michel GRÉGOIRE
Geochemistry -
Geodynamics -
Geology
Tanzania
Dynamics -
Resources
michel.gregoire[at]
get.omp.eu

Franck GUY
Evolution -
Paleoanthropology -
Paleoecology
Ethiopia
Heritages -
Dynamics - Resources
franck.guy[at]
univ-poitiers.fr

Sonia HARMAND
Archeology -
Anthropology - Prehistory
Ethiopia
Heritages - Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education
sonia.harmand[at]
stonybrook.edu

Benoît HAZARD
Anthropology -
Archeology
Kenya - Somaliland - Tanzania
Heritages - Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education
benoit.hazard[at]
ehess.fr

Lamya KHALIDI
Archeology - Prehistory
Djibouti - Eritrea -
Ethiopia - Sudan
Heritages - Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education
lamya.khalidi[at]
cepam.cnrs.fr

Margot LOUAIL
Evolution - Paleoanthropology -
Paleoecology
Ethiopia
Heritages - Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education
margot.louail[at]
univ-poitiers.fr

Clément MENARD
Archeology -
Prehistory
Ethiopia - Somaliland
Heritages -
Resources -
Training / Education
clement.menard[at]
cerptautavel.com

Catherine MERIAUX
Geodynamics -
Geophysics -
Volcanology
Congo - Rwanda
Dynamics - Resources -
Training / Education
cmeriaux[at]
eaifr.org

Fleurice PARAT
Geochemistry - Geodynamics -
Volcanology
Tanzania
Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education
fleurice.parat[at]
umontpellier.fr

Sandrine PRAT
Evolution - Paleoanthropology -
Prehistory
Kenya
Heritages - Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education
sandrine.prat[at]
mnhn.fr

Marie REVEL
Geochemistry -
Paleoclimatology -
Sedimentology
Djibouti -
Ethiopia
Resources
revel[at]
geoazur.unice.fr

Cécile ROBIN
Geology - Paleoenvironment -
Sedimentology
Madagascar - Malawi -
Mozambique - Uganda
Dynamics - Resources -
Training / Education
cecile.robin[at]
univ-rennes1.fr

Caroline ROBION-BRUNNER
Archeology -
History
Ethiopia
Heritages -
Resources -
Training / Education
caroline.robion[at]
univ-tlse2.fr

Mathieu SCHUSTER
Geology - Paleoenvironment -
Sedimentology
Ethiopia - Kenya
Heritages - Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education
mschuster[at]
unistra.fr

Virginie TALLIO
Anthropology
Uganda
Heritages -
Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education
virginie.tallio[at]
gmail.com

Christel TIBERI
Geodynamics -
Geophysic - Seismology
Ethiopia - Tanzania
Heritage - Dynamics -
Resources -
Training / Education
christel.tiberi[at]
umontpellier.fr