Welcome Dr Brahim, CCLME's new thematic component leader for Biodiversity, habitat and water Quality
Dr Brahim was researcher since 1992 in the Institute Mauritanien de Recherches Océanographiques et des Pêches (IMROP). He was chief of the ecology and biology laboratory in 1997 and chief of the living resources and environment department in 1999. In 2007, he was appointed responsible for the fisheries research department, before becoming the scientific advisor of IMROP’s director in 2011. K. Brahim has accumulated extensive experience in management and coordination of programs and research projects.
In addition to several seminars and conferences organized as part of his daily working as department chief and program coordinator, he was president of the consultative committee of IMROP’s international working groups (2006 and 2010), which became a regional and international fishery meeting.
He coordinated, scientific IMROP projects in collaboration with other institutions in North West Africa and Europe. For several years, he was project manager for the monitoring of Imraguen fisheries. This project concluded with a national institution (the National Park of Banc d'Arguin). The NPBA provides annual proposals for resources management in the largest marine protected area of West Africa. In addition, he coordinated since 2007, an FSP project (Priority Solidarity Fund), of scientific knowledge ecosystem of the Banc d'Arguin (PACOBA).
