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START/PACOM Awardees: 2005

Ernest A. Afiesimama
Institution: Lagos Nigerian Meteorological Agency, Lagos State, Nigeria
Title of Proposal: “Simulation of West African Climate Variability and Change with an Adapted Regional Climate Model”

Tenelem Ayenew
Institution: Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Title of Proposal: “Vulnerability of Selected Ethiopian Lakes to Climatic Variability, Neo-Technoism and Water Use”

Jean Jacques Bagalwa Mashimango
Institution: Center for Research in Natural Science, Democratic Republic of Congo
Title of Proposal: “The Influence of Atmospheric Deposition on Biogeochemical Cycles in Lake Kivu”

Abdelfattah Benkaddour
Institution: Universite Cadi Ayyad, Democratic Republic of Congo
Title of Proposal: “Stable Isotope Records of Holocene Environmental Change from Moroccan Lakes: an Emerging Synthesis”

Phillipa Huntsman-Mapila
Institution: Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre, Maun, Botswana
Title of Proposal: “Palaeo-Environmental Reconstruction of Lake Ngami Basin, Botswana – the Role of Climate Change in Human Biogeography”

Nnadozie Okonkwo Nnoli
Institution: Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Oshodi, Nigeria
Title of Proposal: “Development of Analytical and Modeling Tools for Reliable Rainfall Prediction for Use in Adaptive Agricultural Decisions in Nigeria”

Stuart Piketh
Institution: University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Title of Proposal: “Trace Gas and Aerosol Emissions from Domestic Burning in Southern Africa”

Mark Zunckel
Institution: Environment and Forestry Technology, Durban, South Africa
Title of Proposal: “Understanding the Relative Risks Posed to Agricultural Productivity by Air Pollution and Drought Across the Southern African Region”