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