Projects overview
Please also visit the website of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for more Caribbean research projects
Sustainable development
- •Are human activities a risk for ecosystem services?
- •Green Statia or how to regain balance between nature and agriculture?
- •Zero nutrient discharge and total reuse of nutrients
- •Sustainable Ecosystem Management and Use by Marine Communities in two exemplary regions. Contact Linde van Bets Wageningen University and Research Centre
- •Multi-effective fodder crop production: testing runoff reduction methods while providing fodder and forage crops
- •Socioeconomic and ecological impact of NuStar
Oil spills
- •Rational application of chemicals in response to oil spills to Reduce Environmental Damage
- •Effects of dispersants on the fate of oil in realistic conditions
- •Ecotoxicological aspects of rational application of chemicals in response to oil spills to reduce environmental damage
- •Development of an area specific net environmental and economic benefit analysis (NEEBA) to support oil spill mitigation decisions; with St Eustatius as example
Social Sciences
- •Confronting Caribbean Challenges: Hybrid Identities and Governance in Small-scale Island Jurisdictions. Contact Prof Dr Gert Oostindie KITLV
- •Imagining the Nation in the Classroom: A Study of the Politics of Belonging and Nationness on Sint Maarten and Sint Eustatius. Contact Dr F.E. Guadeloupe UvA
- •Pathways into Crime: The Interrelation of Poverty, Education, Family Factors and Attachment Among Dutch Caribbean Women. Contact Dr A. Slotboom, VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Law
- •Does social position affect residents’ motivation to protect cultural heritage and nature?
- •CARIPES – Payment for Ecosystem Services in Caribbean MPAs ) – Martinique / Sint Eustatius / Grenada – EU-‐BEST project
- •Consultation with the Department of Public Health: Dengue/Chikungunya virus vector surveillance and control
Invasive species
- •Caribbean Island Biogeography Meets the Anthropocene. Contact Prof. J. Ellers, VU University Amsterdam, Animal Ecology
- •Exotic plant species in the Caribbean: foreign foes or alien allies? Contact Prof. M.J. Wassen, Utrecht University, Department Innovation & Environmental Sciences
- •Collection and molecular identification of invasive species in the Caribbean using the DNA metabarcoding technology
Geosciences
- •4D crust-mantle modelling of the eastern Caribbean region: toward coupling deep driving processes to surface evolution. Contact Prof. W. Spakman, Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences
- •Stability of Caribbean coastal Ecosystems uNder future Extreme Sea level changes (SCENES).Contact Prof Dr Ir H.A. Dijkstra Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht, Utrecht University
Marine research
- •Caribbean coral reef ecosystems: interactions of anthropogenic ocean acidification and eutrophication with bioerosion by coral excavating sponges. Contact Dr F.C. van Duyl, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
- •Stability of Caribbean coastal Ecosystems uNder future Extreme Sea level changes (SCENES). Contact Dr Tjeerd Bouma, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
- •Caribbean cruisers in the Kingdom: ecology and protection of sea turtles. Contact Prof. P.J. Palsbøll, University of Groningen, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies (CEES)
- •Population dynamics and role in the food chain of the Queen Conch Lobatus gigas in the Dutch Caribbean Territories
- •Marine biodiversity baseline study St Eustatius. Contact Dr Bert Hoeksema, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre Leiden
- •Identifying Genomic Markers for Traceability in Spiny Lobster and Queen Conch
- •Finding juvenile queen conch at Statia
- •Fish and Fisheries Research Programme St Eustatius
- •Population status and reproduction biology of queen conch (Lobatus gigas) in the coastal waters around St Eustatius
- •Bioerosion and climate change
- •Reconstructing past climate change
Terrestrial research
- •Statia terrestrial expedition MSc Course Tropical Biodiversity and Field Methods on Statia
- •Phylogeography and malaria parasites of West Indian birds
- •The Incomplete Guide to the Wildlife of Sint Eustatius book project
- •Phylogeography and malaria parasites of West Indian birds
Monitoring
- •Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network. Contact Mr Steve Piontek, Gem City Consulting
Students’ subjects
- •Estimating groundwater recharge on St Eustatius
- •Modelling rainfall-runoff and associated sediment transport on St Eustatius' Cultuurvlakte
- •Sustainable pot fishing and ghost fishing at St Eustatius
- •Towards a tourism master plan for Statia; coral reefs, divers' perceptions and new opportunities using landscaped reefs
- •Endoparasites in (small) ruminants on St Eustatius
- •Quantifying abundance and distribution of microplastics in sediment from St. Eustatius beaches. Contact Aiken Besley, Dr. Thijs Bosker Leiden University College, Environmental Sciences Leiden University
- •Entrepreneurship and identity on Statia
- •Traditional Plant knowledge and use on Sint Eustatius: sustainability and loss of traditional knowledge
- •A landscape identity based approach to heritage trail design
- •The Archaeology and Legacy of Slavery on St Maarten, St Eustatius and Curaçao
- •Slavery heritage tourism on the island of Statia
- •Enhancing employment in the tourism sector on Statia for sustainable development
- •Survey of Dermal parasites among coral reef fish St Eustatius
- •Vegetation recovery after grazing by goats, assessment on pest management of Giant African Land Snails, diet analysis of feral chicken
- •Population genetics of the Lesser Antillean iguana on St. Eustatius
- •Beach debris survey St. Eustatius
- •Beach profile survey
- •The analysis of ecological networks on St Eustatius: habitat conditions and ecological corridors to test the viability of wildlife population on St Eustatius
- •Obesity on St. Eustatius
- •The determinants of obesity on St Eustatius
- •Perception on mental health and well-being on St Eustatius
- •Entrepreneurship and identity on Statia
- •Huisarts geneeskunde stage
- Final internship facility management
- •The economic impact of tourism at St Eustatius
- •Vegetation recovery after grazing by goats, assessment on pest management of Giant African Land Snails, diet analysis of feral chicken
- •The analysis of ecological networks on St Eustatius: habitat conditions and ecological corridors to test the viability of wildlife population on St Eustatius
- •Distribution abundance and control trials against the invasive Giant African Landsnail on St. Eustatius
- •Comparing reef fish survey techniques between UVC and sDOV
