Partners
Funders
The MadMacs project is funded through the 2017 call of the Water Challenges for a Changing World Joint Programme Initiative (Water JPI), with the national funders Research Council of Norway (297202/E10), German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (033WU005), the French National Research Agency (N° ANR-18-IC4W-0004-06), the South African Water Research Commission (K5/22951), and Fundação Araucária in Brazil (N° 186/2019). Additional funding is provided by Krypsiv på Sørlandet, NIVA and NMBU to support a PhD-student in Norway.
Partners
Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) Project coordinator Tasks: risk assessment model and model to forecast the consequences of macrophyte removal; Norwegian case study (Otra River) Persons: Susanne Schneider, Benoit Demars, Kirstine Thiemer Contact: susi.schneider@niva.no; benoit.demars@niva.no; kirstine.thiemer@niva.no Website: www.niva.no |  |
Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management Tasks: overall assessment of ecosystem services Persons: Jan Vermaat, Bart Immerzeel, Kirstine Thiemer, Thrond Haugen Contact: jan.vermaat@nmbu.no; bart.immerzeel@nmbu.no; thrond.haugen@nmbu.no; kirstine.thiemer@niva.no, Website: https://www.nmbu.no/en/faculty/mina |  |
Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) Tasks: biogeochemical and hydraulic effects; German case studies (Spree River and Müggelsee Lake) Persons: Jan Köhler, Sabine Hilt, Tobias Goldhammer, Sarah Faye Harpenslager Contact: koehler@igb-berlin.de; hilt@igb-berlin.de; goldhammer@igb-berlin.de; harpenslager@igb-berlin.de |  |
University of Rennes1, UMR ECOBIO (ECOBIO) Tasks: effects on biodiversity; French case study (Grand-Lieu Lake) Persons: Gabrielle Thiébaut, Christophe Piscart, Alexandrine Pannard, Bertrand le Rouzic, Benjamin Misteli Contact: gabrielle.thiebaut@univ-rennes1.fr Website: https://ecobio.univ-rennes1.fr/ |  |
Rhodes University (RU)Tasks: synthesis and recommendations; South African case study (Hartebeespoort Dam) Persons: Julie Coetzee, Martin Hill, Keneilwe Sebola, Kim Weaver, Antonella Petruzzella Contact: julie.coetzee@ru.ac.za |  |
Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) Tasks: synthesis and recommendations; Brazilian case study (Guaraguaçu River) Persons: André A. Padial, Jean R. S. Vitule Contact: aapadial@gmail.com Website: under construction |  |