B.Muys

Bart Muys is professor at the University of Leuven, Division of Forest, Nature and Landscape. His interests and expertise include:

• Sustainable development and forest management
• Planning and decision support for sustainable land and forest management
• Indicators of sustainable forest management, including energy balance, greenhouse gas balance and nutrient balance
• Restoration ecology of tropical dry forests
• Modeling and planning of sustainable forest projects in the framework of the Kyoto-Protocol

Some of his recent research projects are:

• FORBIO - Assessment of the effects of tree species diversity on forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (2009-2020)
• Forest management strategies to enhance the mitigation potential of European forests (FORMIT) (2012-2016)
• Monitoring vegetation dynamics and carbon stocks in complex landscapes under variable climate conditions (2011-2015)
• Enhancing life cycle GHG accounting of biofuels (2011-2015)
• Estimation of above ground carbon stocks and biodiversity of different land use systems around Kisangani (2011-2012)