ORBi: Lebrun Julie - Conservation of endemic plants from the Katanga copper belt (DR Congo)

Reference : Conservation of endemic plants from the Katanga copper belt (DR Congo)


	Document type :	Scientific congresses and symposiums : Poster
	Discipline(s) :	Life sciences : Environmental sciences & ecology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/81532

Title :	Conservation of endemic plants from the Katanga copper belt (DR Congo)
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Lebrun, Julie [Université de Liège - ULg > Forêts, Nature et Paysage > Biodiversité et Paysage >]
	Minengo Handjila, Guylain [Tenke Fungurume Mining sarl > Environment Department > > >]
	Weiskopf, Thomas [Tenke Fungurume Mining sarl > Environment department > > >]
	Kalenga Masengo, Wilfried [Université de Lubumbashi > Faculté d'agronomie > > >]
	Luhembwe Ngongo, Michel [Université de Lubumbashi > Faculté d'agronomie > > >]
	Godefroid, Sandrine [Jardin botanique national de Belgique > > > >]
	Vanderborght, Thierry [Jardin botanique national de Belgique > > > >]
	Seleck, Maxime [Université de Liège - ULg > Forêts, Nature et Paysage > Biodiversité et Paysage >]
	Malaisse, François [Université de Liège - ULg > Forêts, Nature et Paysage > Biodiversité et Paysage >]
	Mahy, Grégory [Université de Liège - ULg > Forêts, Nature et Paysage > Biodiversité et Paysage >]
Publication date :	Dec-2010
Page number :	A0
Event name :	Quête des ressources en Afrique Centrale - 2
Event date :	du 1er au 3 décembre 2010
Event organizer :	L’Université de Lubumbashi (RDC)
	Le Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale
Event place (city) :	Tervuren
Event country :	Belgique
Keywords :	[en] Katanga ; metalliferous sites ; Copper flora ; Conservation
Abstract :	[en] The Katanga copper belt, where natural outcrops of copper-rich rocks are colonised by highly original plant communities, has been recognised as a hotspot for metallophyte species. The flora comprises more than 600 species from which 30 are endemics. These plants represent a valuable phytogenetic resource for revegetation and restoration programs, for the phytostabilisation and for the remediation of heavy metal pollutions. However, the flora of metalliferous soils is threatened by mining activities in Katanga. Actions aiming at preserving these species are therefore urgent. Since 2007, a unique conservation project has been launched by scientists supported by a mining company. The aim is to elaborate a program that allows biodiversity conservation while being compatible with mining activities. The project combines in-situ and ex-situ conservation strategies involving ecosystem reconstruction, species translocations, protected areas designation and the development of seed banks in Belgium and in Katanga.
Funders :	Tenke Fungurume sarl
Name of the research project :	Biodiversity Action Plan
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/81532

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