2018 Calendar twitter.com/tropimundo www.facebook.com/tropi.mundo.1 www.linkedin.com/in/tropimundo www.instagram.com/trop_i_mundo Website programming & management by Artprotect.be THANK YOU TO ALL PARTNERS OF TROPIMUNDO Credits/Contacts Calendar info :This calendar was made using photographs courtesy of our students. All Application photographs were taken between 2014 and 2016. National holidays in Belgium, France, Italy, Annual scholarship call: 01/10-30/11 Welcome from the Chair Cameroon, Malaysia and Australia, our study sites, were included and so were selected events Annual self-funded call: 01/10-15/06 2017 marked the EC Erasmus programme’s 30th anniversary and of international importance. or until all places are exhausted to date the EC has also 120 Erasmus Mundus excellence programmes Calendar Cover Illustration: offering scholarships. The Erasmus Mundus Masters Course in Tropical SHANKAR POTI : TROPIMUNDO,Meenakshi a unique Biodiversity and Ecosystems – TROPIMUNDO is one of them. On master programme that gives you a worldview of ecology and conservation research, focusing behalf of the TROPIMUNDO Consortium I am honoured to coordinate mainly on the tropics... such a programme with a much-needed focus on tropical rainforests and Information page photograph (above): woodlands and tropical coastal ecosystems in an era marked by species LACHS : Left: Nasalis larvatus, Kinabatang extinctions, habitat destruction, and other anthropogenically-induced River, Malaysia. Liam impacts. Janan GAWRA palm trees, Angkor: Right: Wat, A Cambodia. rainbow circle and tree In their 2-year Master programme, of which an entire semester is We thank all teaching and administrative staff spent in the tropics, TROPIMUNDO students focus on understanding at all participating institutions, as well as all our ecosystem functions, goods and services, conservation, management and students and alumni. restoration of tropical biodiversity and ecosystem. Education and research www.tropimundo.eu in TROPIMUNDO uses a wide range of organismal and/or integrative [email protected] Did you know? ecosystem approaches in universities in Europe and in the Americas, Africa, Did you know that Asia and Australia. TROPIMUNDO is the TROPIMUNDO Awards As of acamedic year 2017-2018 the Universities of French Guiana fi rst Erasmus Mundus and the French West-Indies have joined the TROPIMUNDO Consortium, programme to offset the Each year our students compete in a natural history photography already composed of Universities in Belgium, France, Italy, Cameroon, carbon emissions caused contest (resulting in this calendar) Malaysia and Australia, and because of their unique and relevant locations by its compulsory student and for academic excellence and expertise in the overarching scientifi c domains of tropical biodiversity and staff mobility? awards. We have an annual Best and ecosystems, universities in Madagascar and Hong-Kong are TROPIMUNDO Student Award and the Lorenzo Borella Memorial entertaining negotiations to start as of 2018-2019. Award for the best TROPIMUNDO These and other improvements to our programme are made to thesis. assure excellence in education and research within the disciplines covered by TROPIMUNDO. All photographsCopyright and logos in this calendar are the property of TROPIMUNDO, of the partner institution or of the photographer Prof. Dr. Farid Dahdouh-Guebas indicated in the caption or credits and Université Libre de Bruxelles cannot be used in any form without Vrije Universiteit Brussel the prior written authorisation of the copyright holder. TROPIMUNDO General Coordinator January 2018 Milena CAIRO: Top: Lac Mount Manengouba, Cameroon M T W T F S S December MTWT F S S 123 45678910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 New Year /Hari Tarun Baru Epiphany Malaysia Labor Day Malaysia (Hari Buruh) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Australia Day February 29 30 31 MTWT F S S 1234 567891011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stef DE BETHUNE: Top: Panoramic view of the coast of Pulau Bidong, Malaysia Olivia HEWITT: Bottom left: The sun sets on dusty and barren on the Glass House Mountain, Australia Laura PETERS: Bottom right: The common Mormon female (Papilio polytes romulus L.) in Pulau Redang, Malaysia February 2018 Anaïs BONNEFOND: Top: Witness of habitat loss, Nouargues Station, French Guiana Benjamin DURRINGTON: Inset: The Blotched Hyacinth Orchid Dipodium variegatum M.L. Clem & D.L. Jones on Fraser Island, Australia M T W T F S S January MTWT F S S 1 4 1234567 2 3 Youth Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 World Wetlands Day 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Shrove Tuesday Chinese New Year 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 MARCH 26 27 28 MTWT F S S 1234 567891011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Morgan McCARTHY: Top: In formation on Heron Island, Australia Elena QUINTERO BORRERO: Bottom: Sunrise in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Australia March 2018 Nazia MUMU: Top: Helplessness! - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus Goldfuss) in Redlands, Autralia M T W T F S S february MTWT F S S 1 2 3 4 1234 567891011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Labor Day in Australia International Women’s Day 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Father’s Day in Italy Spring Equinox World Forestry Day World Water Day April 26 27 28 29 30 31 MTWT F S S 1 Good Friday 2345678 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Mehran HARIRI: Coconut colonising a beach in Setiu Wetlands, Terengganu, Malaysia April 2018 Laura COLLINS: Top: Cascading waterfalls in Springbrook National Park, Queensland, Australia Tiruha KARSSA: Inset: Ostrich, Abijaha Shalla Lakes, Ethiopia M T W T F S S MARCH MTWT F S S 1 1234 Easter 567891011 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Easter Monday World Health Day 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Earth Day 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Italian Liberation Day Anzac Day in Australia Bottom left: Dormouse may 30 MTWT F S S (rodent of the family Gliridae) 123456 Fongo-Ndeng, Cameroon 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Marine BANSE: Top: Ant in Dschang (Cameroon) trying to discourage enemies with its impressive mandibles. Bottom right: Dormouse (rodent of the family Gliridae) Fongo-Ndeng, Cameroon Jessica MICKLEM: Bottom left: Tropimundo Student - Each person enjoys paradise in their own way, Bidong Island, Malaysia May 2018 Stef DE BETHUNE: Top: A mesmerizing view over crystal clear waters, Palau Bohey Dulang, Malaysia M T W T F S S APRIL MTWT F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Labor Day 2345678 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Labor Day/May Day in France Victory 1945 Ascent Mother’s Day Australia World Migratory Bird Day 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pentecost National Day in Cameroon Endangered Species Day 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Pentecost Monday Buddha Anniversary/Vesak Buddha Purnina World Day of Cultural Diversity for International Day of Biological Dialogue and Development Diversity World Turtle Day JUNE 28 29 30 31 MTWT F S S 123 45678910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Meenakshi SHANKAR POTI: Bottom left: Life of troPI Elena QUINTERO BORRERO: Bottom right: Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco Statius Müller, feeding in an exotic Ficus benjamina L. in Rio Claro, Brazil June 2018 Nadia BALDUCCIO: Top: Acianthera polystachya (Ruiz & Pav) Pupulin in ACP Bosque Berlin, Amazonas, Peru Olivia HEWITT: Inset: Boyd’s forest dragon Lophosaurus boydii (Macleay), on Mount Sorrow, Cape Tribulation, Daintree National Park, Australia M T W T F S S MAY MTWT F S S 1 2 3 123456 Feast of the Italian Republic 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Father’s Day in Belgium World Environment Day World Oceans Day 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Djoulé Soumaé/ Djoulé Soumaé/ Djoulé Soumaé/ Hari Raya Puasa: Ramadan ends Hari Raya Puasa: Ramadan ends Hari Raya Puasa: Ramadan ends Deadline 2018-2019 TROPIMUNDO Father’s Day applications 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Summer Solstice World Rainforest day JULY 25 26 27 28 29 30 MTWT F S S 1 2345678 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Morgan McCARTHY: Egretta sacra (Gmelin) on Heron Island, Australia - The captain always goes down with the ship July 2018 Yanick KAMGA: Top: Crossing the Amazon River, Peru M T W T F S S JUNE MTWT F S S 1 123 45678910 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Feast of the Flemish Community in French National Feast Belgium World Population Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Belgian National Feast 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Buddha Anniversary Malaysia Vesak, Buddha Purnima AUGUST 30 31 MTWT F S S HAPPY 12345 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 HOLIDAYS 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Camila DE ANDRADE SCALABRIN: Top left: Fisherman in the mangrove of Barra de Mamanguape, Paraiba, Brazil Giulia PUNTIN: Top right: Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin Sousa chinensis chinensis (Osbeck) in the mangrove creeks of Kuala Sepetang estuary, Matang Mangrove Forest Reserve, Perak, Malaysia Jessica MICKLEM: Bottom left: Diving, down to explore the wonders of the coral reef, Chagar Hutang, Terengganu, Malaysia Jean-Paul HIRWA: Bottom centre: White-nosed coati (Nasua narica L.) feeding on seaso- nal fruits of black palm (Astrocaryum standleyanum L.H.