Maritime Trade and Biological Invasions Management: A Seaport Platform of Environmental Surveillance in Cotonou, Benin, as a Pilot Multi-Stakeholder Initiative

Authors

• Tasnime Adamjy, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations et Innovation, UMR IRD-INRAe-Cirad-Institut Agro Montpellier, Montpellier, FranceFollow
• Arlette Tchabi, Port Autonome de CotonouFollow
• Philippe Gauthier, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, UMR IRD-INRAe-Cirad-Institut Agro Montpellier, Montpellier, FranceFollow
• Gualbert Houemenou, Ecole Polytechnique d’Abomey-Calavi, Laboratoire de Recherche en Biologie Appliquée, Abomey-Calavi University, BeninFollow
• Georg Goergen, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Cotonou, BeninFollow
• Fabrice Gouriveau, Service Partenariat Valorisation, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Délégation Régionale Occitanie, Montpellier, FranceFollow
• Sylvestre Badou, Ecole Polytechnique d'Abomey-CalaviFollow
• Henri-Joël Dossou, Ecole Polytechnique d’Abomey-Calavi, Laboratoire de Recherche en Biologie Appliquée, Abomey-Calavi University, BeninFollow
• Jonas Etougbetche, Ecole Polytechnique d’Abomey-Calavi, Laboratoire de Recherche en Biologie Appliquée, Abomey-Calavi University, BeninFollow
• Antoine S. Lokossou, Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou, Cotonou, BeninFollow
• Antoine A. Missihoun, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire et d’Analyse des Génomes, Abomey-Calavi University, BeninFollow
• Mahoutin Kindomissi, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Cotonou, BeninFollow
• François T. Ouinsou, Ecole Polytechnique d’Abomey-Calavi, Laboratoire de Recherche en Biologie Appliquée, Abomey-Calavi University, BeninFollow
• Halalou Ali Mamam, Port Autonome de Cotonou, BeninFollow
• Thomas A A. Bagan, Port Autonome de Cotonou, BeninFollow
• Laurent Faton, Port Autonome de Cotonou, BeninFollow
• Yao Abotsi, Port Autonome de Cotonou, BeninFollow
• Richard Akanni-Ediko, Port Autonome de Cotonou, BeninFollow
• Rock Aikpon, Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou, Cotonou, BeninFollow
• Hervé Akodogbo, Ecole Polytechnique d’Abomey-Calavi, Laboratoire de Recherche en Biologie Appliquée, Abomey-Calavi University, BeninFollow
• Elie Dannon, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Cotonou, BeninFollow
• Hervé Corbel, Agence Belge de Développement (Enabel), Représentation de Cotonou, BeninFollow
• Gauthier Dobigny, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, UMR IRD-INRAe-Cirad-Institut Agro Montpellier, Montpellier, France and Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Plague Unit, Antananarivo, MadagascarFollow

Publication Date

11-2024

The Seaport Platform of Environmental Surveillance (PPSE, or Plateforme Portuaire de Surveillance Environnementale in French) was officially inaugurated in Cotonou Seaport (CS), Benin, by the end of 2021. To our knowledge, this platform is the first laboratory dedicated to the monitoring and management of invasive species to be built inside the walls of an African seaport. Its creation has benefitted from a combination of favorable factors, and its existence has resulted from a long-term, multi-stakeholder and still ongoing process that we here describe and analyze. We believe that the PPSE is an innovative science-guided operational initiative that may be useful to replicate in other settings throughout the world.

Recommended Citation

Adamjy, Tasnime; Tchabi, Arlette; Gauthier, Philippe; Houemenou, Gualbert; Goergen, Georg; Gouriveau, Fabrice; Badou, Sylvestre; Dossou, Henri-Joël; Etougbetche, Jonas; Lokossou, Antoine S.; Missihoun, Antoine A.; Kindomissi, Mahoutin; Ouinsou, François T.; Ali Mamam, Halalou; Bagan, Thomas A A.; Faton, Laurent; Abotsi, Yao; Akanni-Ediko, Richard; Aikpon, Rock; Akodogbo, Hervé; Dannon, Elie; Corbel, Hervé; and Dobigny, Gauthier (2024) "Maritime Trade and Biological Invasions Management: A Seaport Platform of Environmental Surveillance in Cotonou, Benin, as a Pilot Multi-Stakeholder Initiative," Cities and the Environment (CATE): Vol. 17: Iss. 2, Article 1.
DOI: 10.15365/cate.2024.170201
Available at: https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/cate/vol17/iss2/1

DOI

10.15365/cate.2024.170201