Future Infections: Linking social-ecological transformation, land surface changes and arthropod-borne infections (B02)

• Subject Area: Virology ; Geodesy, Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Geoinformatics, Cartography ; Ecology of Land Use
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 328966760

Mosquito-borne disease risks are increasing in regions like KAZA and KRV, driven by land-use and climate change. Loss of biodiversity, shifts in mosquito species, and the spread of invasive plants are altering ecosystems in ways that may favor disease transmission. Upcoming research will combine remote sensing and modeling to study how extreme weather events, invasive plants, and urbanization affect mosquito-borne virus dynamics.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 228: Future Rural Africa: Future-making and social-ecological transformation
• Applicant Institution: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Christian Borgemeister; Professorin Dr. Sandra Junglen; Professor Dr. Zbynek Malenovsky