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| Centre de Suivi Écologique | |
|---|---|
| Name | Centre de Suivi Écologique |
| Formation | 1990s |
| Headquarters | Dakar, Senegal |
| Region served | Senegal, West Africa |
| Leader title | Director |
Centre de Suivi Écologique The Centre de Suivi Écologique is a Dakar-based environmental research and monitoring institution active in Senegal and the wider West Africa region. It conducts applied research, climate monitoring, land use assessment and policy support, engaging with multilateral agencies, national ministries and local communities to inform adaptation and conservation strategies. The centre bridges scientific programs with operational partners across United Nations Environment Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, World Bank, African Union, and regional research networks.
The Centre de Suivi Écologique operates multidisciplinary teams in climatology, remote sensing, ecology and socio-environmental assessment, aligning with projects tied to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Convention on Biological Diversity, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and regional mechanisms such as Economic Community of West African States initiatives. Its work integrates satellite observations from programs like Landsat, MODIS, Sentinel-2 and datasets associated with European Space Agency missions, while contributing to capacity building used by institutions including AUC-affiliated bodies and national ministries. The centre interacts with research universities and institutes such as Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles, Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement, International Institute for Environment and Development and University of Oxford groups.
Founded during a period of expanding environmental monitoring in the 1990s, the centre emerged amid initiatives by organizations like World Meteorological Organization, United Nations Development Programme and bilateral programs from European Commission partnerships. Early collaborations involved capacity transfer from laboratories linked to Centre National d'Études Spatiales and research links to Institut de recherche pour le développement and CIRAD. Over decades it contributed data and policy input to national planning alongside projects financed by Global Environment Facility, African Development Bank and bilateral agencies from France, Germany, United States and Japan.
Research themes include climate vulnerability assessment, land degradation neutralization, coastal zone monitoring, and agroecological resilience. Specific programs interface with initiatives such as Adaptation Fund, Green Climate Fund, REDD+ readiness activities, Great Green Wall restoration efforts, and transboundary projects coordinated with Sahel and West Africa Club. The centre develops indicators used by National Adaptation Plan processes, contributes to Early Warning Systems in collaboration with meteorological services like Note de Météorologie partners and supports applied conservation linked to protected areas administered under frameworks like Ramsar Convention and national parks administered with advice from IUCN and BirdLife International.
Organizational governance includes a board and technical committees liaising with ministries such as Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (Senegal), Ministry of Fisheries and Maritime Economy (Senegal), and regional bodies like ECOWAS Commission. Funding streams combine project grants from European Union, World Bank, USAID, and philanthropic foundations linked to Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation, alongside income from consultancy contracts with agencies like UNEP and FAO. The centre maintains partnerships for training with academic partners such as University of Cape Town, University of Ghana, University of Nairobi and networks including African Academy of Sciences.
Collaborative networks encompass international research centers including International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, International Food Policy Research Institute, and climate services consortia like Climate Services Partnership. The centre partners with conservation NGOs such as WWF, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, and regional civil society organizations across Senegal and the Sahel. It contributes to data-sharing platforms aligned with Group on Earth Observations, Servir, and projects supported by space agencies like NASA and CNES.
The centre has provided baseline mapping and monitoring that informed national strategies including the Nationally Determined Contributions and Senegal Vision 2035-aligned programs, supported coastal erosion response in the Cap-Vert peninsula, and contributed to agro-sylvo-pastoral zoning used in regional planning. Notable projects include engagement in Great Green Wall pilot sites, remote sensing of land cover change used by Global Land Programme, drought monitoring supporting Sahel Meteorological Centre operations, and livelihood resilience projects funded under Adaptation Fund portfolios. Its outputs have informed policy dialogues at summits such as UN Climate Change Conference meetings and regional climate forums convened by African Union.
The centre publishes technical reports, vulnerability assessments, and datasets on land cover, biomass, and climate indicators used by researchers at Stockholm Environment Institute, World Resources Institute, International Union for Conservation of Nature and university groups including Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Imperial College London. Data products are incorporated in regional databases maintained with partners such as AGRHYMET Regional Centre, FEWS NET, and PUNCH. Publications include collaborative papers in journals linked to Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley-Blackwell and conference proceedings of American Geophysical Union and European Geosciences Union meetings.
Category:Environmental organizations based in Senegal