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UNU-EHS :: Fabrice Renaud
Dr. Fabrice Renaud
BACKGROUND
Fabrice holds a PhD in agronomy (soil physics) from the University of Arkansas, USA and an MSc in Agricultural Engineering (soil conservation) from Cranfield University, UK. He has a broad expertise in the fields of agronomy, soil science, and pesticide fate modelling. He has worked on rural development projects in Namibia where he mainly carried out farming system surveys and in Thailand where he worked on soil conservation projects. More recently, Fabrice was a lecturer at Cranfield University in the UK and was involved in pesticide fate research including pesticide fate modelling.
WORKING AREA AT UNU-EHS
At UNU-EHS, Fabrice heads the Environmental Assessment and Resource Vulnerability Section. He is responsible for developing concepts and projects dealing with the environmental dimension of vulnerability; water pollution; and land degradation. He supervises PhD scholars and is involved in capacity development activities both in academia and during training seminars and workshops.
PROJECTS
- WISDOM – Water-related Information System for the sustainable Development of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. Coordinator of all UNU-EHS activities in this 18-partners project.
- SPIDER-II: Additional development of the SPIDER (Simulating Pesticides In Ditches to Assess Ecological Risk) pesticide fate model. Joint project with the University of York in the UK.
- Hydrosphere project: This is a research and capacity development project aiming at monitoring persistent organic pollutants in the environment in Asia. It is headed by UNU-ESD.
- Quo Vadis Aquifers? Cooperation programme between UNU-EHS and UNESCO-IHP addressing through research and capacity development the links between groundwater degradation and human security.
- StEP initiative: Solving the E-waste Problem headed by of UNU-ZEF with 22 partners belonging to the initiative. The aim of this initiative is to plan, initiate and facilitate the sustainable handling of e-waste (political, social, economic and ecological levels).
- Member of the IATF Working Group on Environment and Disaster Risk Reduction
- The influence of land use activities on nutrient and sediment loading into upland catchment streams of Ghana. PhD student: Mrs Adelina Mensah.
- Impact of mangrove destruction on Human Security in Sri Lanka. PhD student: Mr Marcus Kaplan.
RECENTLY COMPLETED PROJECTS
- Study of the recovery process of coastal agriculture in the Batticaloa District in Sri Lanka.
- CABRI-Volga: Collaboration Along a Big River. This is an 18-partner EU-funded project which targets the Volga River Basin in the Russian Federation. It is an international coordination action to facilitate cooperation and to coordinate research in environmental risk management in large river basins in the EU, Russia and the New Independent States.
- Study of the tsunami impact on well-water quality and the recovery process in Galle District, Sri Lanka.
MAIN PUBLICATIONS
Renaud F.G., Bellamy P.H. and Brown C.D. (2008). Simulating pesticides
in ditches to assess ecological risk (SPIDER): I. Model description.
Science of the Total Environment (doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.11.038).
Renaud F.G. and Brown C.D. (2008). Simulating pesticides in ditches to
assess ecological risk (SPIDER): II. Benchmarking for the drainage
model. Science of the Total Environment
(doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.01.014).
Renaud F. & Jansky L. (2008): Risk and vulnerability in mountain regions. Mountain Research and Development 28(2):166-167.
Renaud, F.G.;Bogardi, J.J. (2007): Forced migrations due to
degradation of arid lands: concepts, debate and policy requirements. In: C. King, H. Bigas, Z. Adeel (Eds.):Desertification and the International Policy Imperative , Proceedings of a joint international conference, Algiers, Algeria, 17-19 Decemebr 2006. UNU Desertification Series No.7, United Nation University, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 24-34.
Renaud, F.G.; Bogardi, J.J.; Dun, O.; Warner, K. (2007): Control, Adapt or Flee: How to Face Environmental Migration?. InterSecTions No. 5. UNU-EHS. Bonn.
Scott H.D. and Renaud, F.G. (2007): Aeration and drainage. In: Irrigation of agricultural crops (eds. R.J. Lascano and R.E. Sojka). Soil Science Society of America, Madison, pp. 195-236.
Renaud F.G. (2006): Environmental components of vulnerability. In: J. Birkmann (Ed.): Measuring vulnerability to natural hazards. Towards disaster resilient societies. United Nations University Press, Tokyo, pp.117-127.
Renaud F. G., Bogardi J. J. (2005): Food Security, Water Scarcity and Human (in)Security: the Role of UNU-EHS. In: Hamdy, A.; Mont, R. (Eds.): Food Security under Water Scarcity in The Middle East: Problems adn Solutions. Options Méditerraniennts. Series A: Mediterranean Seminars No. 65. CIHEAM, Bari.
Affeltranger, B., Bogardi, J. and Renaud F. (2005): Living with water. In: Know risk. United Nations, Geneva, pp.258-261.
Renaud F.G., Leeds-Harrison P.B., Brown C.D. and van Beinum W. (2004): Determination of time-dependent partition coefficients for several pesticides using diffusion theory. Chemosphere 57: 1525-1535.
Renaud F.G., Boxall A.B.A., Toy R. and Robertson S. (2004): Evaluation of approaches for terrestrial hazard classification. Chemosphere 57: 1697-1706.
Renaud F.G., Brown C.D., Fryer C.J. and Walker A (2004): A lysimeter experiment to investigate temporal changes in the availability of pesticide residues for leaching. Environmental Pollution 131(1): 81-91.
Scott H.D., Miller D.M. and Renaud F.G. (2003): Rice soils: Physical and chemical characteristics and behavior. In: Rice: Origin, History, Technology, and Production (eds.C.W. Smith and R.H. Dilday). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, pp.297-329.
Renaud F., Scott H.D. and Brewer D.W. (2001): Soil temperature dynamics and heat transfer in a soil cropped to rice. Soil Science 166(12): 910-920.
Renaud F., Latham L. and Na Nakorn U. (2000): Farm labour availability, labour costs, and soil-conservation possibilities in a study area of northern Thailand. Tropical Agriculture (Trinidad) 77(1): 42-46.
Renaud F., Bechstedt H.-D. and Na Nakorn U. (1998): Farming systems and soil-conservation practices in a study area of northern Thailand. Mountain Research and Development 18(4): 345-356.
Renaud F. (1997): Financial benefit-cost analysis of soil-conservation practices in northern Thailand. Mountain Research and Development 17(1): 11-18.