Erik de Ruyter van Steveninck PhD, MSc

Biography

Dr Erik de Ruyter van Steveninck is aquatic and marine ecologist at UNESCO-IHE. He brings in almost 30 years of experience in research and education related to ecological processes, mainly in rivers (plankton development and water quality) and coastal zones (coral reefs, sea grasses, mangroves).

After focusing on departmental management for about 10 years, his main interest is in education and capacity building. Some of his main past and present activities include:

• development and delivery,  jointly with UNEP-GPA, of the course ‘Improving municipal wastewater management in coastal cities’. Over 1,800 experts from 67 countries have benefited from this training;
• development of the Cap-Net/UNESCO-IHE training manual 'IWRM as a tool for adaptation to climate change' (www.cap-net.org);
• annual delivery of the UNESCO-IHE on-line course and face-to-face course 'IWRM as a tool for adaptation to climate change' and delivery of a number of related short courses for various target groups;
• coordination of the training/study tours programme within the EU-CHINA River Basin Management Programme ; and
• implementation of the NPT and NICHE capacity building programmes on Water and Environmental Resources Management at the National University of Rwanda; Coastal Zone Management at the Ha Noi Water Resources University in Viet Nam; and Water Quality Monitoring at the Cape Peninsular University of Technology in Cape Town, South Africa.

Erik de Ruyter van Steveninck has lived and worked in the Caribbean and has carried out projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

Publications

• Nguyen Thi Kim Cuc, Suzuki, Tomohiro, Ruyter van Steveninck, Erik D. de, Hoang Hai (2013). Modelling the impacts of mangrove vegetation structure on wave dissipation in Ben Tre Province, Viet Nam, under different climate change scenarios. Coastal Engineering Journal: in press
• Nguyen Thi Kim Cuc, Ruyter van Steveninck, Erik de, Bresser, Ton (2012), Mangroves Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change along Tropical Coasts (PRoACC Policy Brief), Retrieved from: http://www.unesco-ihe.org/Post-Doctoral-Research-Programme-on-Adaptation-to-Climate-Change-PRoACC/Outputs/Policy-Briefs
• O’Keeffe,  J.H., Lens P., de Ruyter van Steveninck E.D., Douven W., van Dam A., van der Steen P. (2009). The environmental integrity of freshwater resources. In: Alaerts, G., Dickinson, N. (eds). Water for a changing world - developing local knowledge and capacity”, CRC Press, London. ISBN 978 0 415 47757 4
• Cap-Net, UNESCO-IHE (2009). IWRM as a tool for adaptation to climate change. Training manual & facilitator's guide
• Ochieng H, Ruyter van Steveninck, E.D. de, Wanda, F.M. (2008). Mouthpart deformities in Chironomidae (Diptera) as indicators of heavy metal pollution in northern Lake Victoria, Uganda. African Journal of Aquatic Science 33: 135-142
• Uy, Wilfredo H. Della Grace G. Bacaltos, Francis Fletcher M. Freire, Pedro M. Avenido, Elnor C. Roa, Romell A. Seronay, Dorothy G. Lacuna, Rene N. Rollon, Erik de Ruyter van Steveninck & Rea Malou Coronado (2006) A Comprehensive Analysis of the Ecological Factors for the Development of Strategies to Sustain Coastal Biodiversity and to Improve Fish Stock Management in Northeastern Mt Malindang. SEAMEO-SEARCA Report
• Bos A, Gijzen H.J., Hilderink H., Moussa M.S., de Ruyter E., Niessen L. (2005).  Health benefits versus costs of water supply and sanitation. Water 21: 3135-3137
• Klein, H., Douben, K.J., Deursen, W. van, Ruyter van Steveninck, E.D. de (2004). Increasing climate variability in the Rhine basin: business as usual? In: Aerts, J., Droogers, P. (eds). Climate change in contrasting river basins, Cabi Publishing, pp 133-156
• Rollon, R.R., Ruyter van Steveninck, E.D. de, Vierssen, W. van, (2003). Spatio-temporal variation in sexual reproduction of the tropical seagrass Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle in Cape Bolinao, NW Philippines. Aquat. Bot. 76: 339-354