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Research expertise
Suzanna Lettens is a senior researcher working on soils of forest and open (semi-) natural areas. She coordinates the monitoring network for soil carbon in Flanders (Cmon), over all non-built up areas. She is involved in projects that look at C sequestration, greenhouse gas emissions and heavy metal pollution in wetlands.
Education/Academic qualification
Bosbouw & natuurbeheer, Aard en Omgevingswetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1-Oct-1995 → 30-Jun-2000
Thematic List 2020
- Forest
- Soil & air
VODS 2023
- Carbon sequestration science
- Biogeochemistry
- Soil sciences, challenges and pollution not elsewhere classified
Policy
- policy support (inc. instruments)
- soil protection
- monitoring network for policy support
Geographic List
- Flanders
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Soil research support
Lettens, S. (Project leader), Cools, N. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), Herr, C. (Cooperator), Raman, M. (Cooperator) & Wouters, J. (Cooperator)
1/01/26 → 31/12/31
Project: INBO
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Climate mitigation of the Sigma Plan (EVINBO)
Van Ryckegem, G. (Project leader), Lettens, S. (Cooperator), Pieters, M. (Cooperator), Van Praet, A.-L. (Cooperator) & Vervaet, K. (Cooperator)
1/09/25 → 31/08/29
Project: EVINBO - Vlaamse overheid
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‘Soil biodiversity’ programme
De Vos, B. (Project leader), Adriaenssens, V. (Cooperator), Cools, N. (Cooperator), De Bruyn, L. (Cooperator), De Win, Y. (Cooperator), Deflem, I. (Cooperator), Depaepe, W. (Cooperator), Deroo, H. (Cooperator), Eves Down, M.-R. (Cooperator), Halfmaerten, D. (Cooperator), Herr, C. (Cooperator), Lateir, M. (Cooperator), Lettens, S. (Cooperator), Louette, G. (Cooperator), Mertens, W. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Soors, J. (Cooperator), Thomaes, A. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vermeersch, S. (Cooperator), Wouters, J. (Cooperator) & Wuyts, K. (Cooperator)
1/12/24 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
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Flanders Ecosystem Accounting (FLEA)
Van Reeth, W. (Project leader), Adriaens, T. (Cooperator), Alaerts, K. (Cooperator), Courtens, W. (Cooperator), D'hondt, B. (Cooperator), De Keersmaeker, L. (Cooperator), De Saeger, S. (Cooperator), De Vos, B. (Cooperator), Dochy, O. (Cooperator), Dumortier, M. (Cooperator), Heremans, S. (Cooperator), Jacobs, S. (Cooperator), Lettens, S. (Cooperator), Leyman, A. (Cooperator), Leyssen, A. (Cooperator), Maebe, K. (Cooperator), Michels, H. (Cooperator), Onkelinx, T. (Cooperator), Oosterlynck, P. (Cooperator), Packet, J. (Cooperator), Petersen, F. (Cooperator), Peymen, J. (Cooperator), Provoost, S. (Cooperator), Spanhove, T. (Cooperator), Stevens, M. (Cooperator), Thomaes, A. (Cooperator), Van Calster, H. (Cooperator), Van Gossum, P. (Cooperator), Van Landuyt, W. (Cooperator), Vandekerkhove, K. (Cooperator), Vanden Borre, J. (Cooperator), Vandevoorde, B. (Cooperator), Vanhellemont, M. (Cooperator), Vught, I. (Cooperator) & Wils, C. (Cooperator)
23/11/23 → 31/12/29
Project: INBO
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Recarbon
Lettens, S. (Project leader), Callebaut, J. (Cooperator), De Dobbelaer, T. (Cooperator), De Schrijver, J. (Cooperator), Desair, J. (Cooperator), Leone, M. (Cooperator), Mortelmans, D. (Cooperator), Puttemans, K. (Cooperator), Raman, M. (Cooperator) & Turkelboom, F. (Cooperator)
1/09/22 → 31/05/27
Project: EVINBO - Andere overheden
Research output
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Advies over bruikbaarheid van Cmon meetnet en data om veranderingen van koolstofvoorraden in bosbodems te rapporteren
De Vos, B. (Main author), Lettens, S. & Onkelinx, T., 19-May-2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.5025)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Advies over de afwerking van een saneringsberging op de Kepkensberg (Tessenderlo-Ham)
Cools, N. (Main author), Herr, C., De Vos, B. & Lettens, S., 24-Dec-2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Adviezen van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. INBO.A.5039)Research output: Book/Report › Advices of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Koolstofstocks in Sigmagebieden en estuariene habitats Schelde-estuarium (BE): Protocol en voorlopige resultaten INBO-C-monitoring
Van Ryckegem, G., Lettens, S. & Van Praet, A.-L., 30-Sept-2025. 22 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper/Powerpoint/Abstract
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Landbouwkundige en ecotoxicologische performantie van alternatieve gewassen in het gecontroleerd overstromingsgebied Tielrodebroek. Eindrapport.
Lettens, S. & De Vos, B., 2025, Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek. (Rapporten van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek; no. 17)Research output: Book/Report › Reports of Research Institute for Nature and Forest
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Bodemkoolstofmonitoringnetwerk Cmon: jaarrapport werkjaar 3 (1 juli ‘23 – 30 juni ‘24)
Oorts, K., Amery, F., Lettens, S., D'Hose, T., De Vos, B., Luts, D., Vercruyssen, M. & Salomez, J., Sept-2024, Vlaams Planbureau voor Omgeving. 84 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report not published by INBO
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Datasets
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Database with GRTS sampling design used for the C-Mon project.
Onkelinx, T. (Producer), De Vos, B. (Project Leader) & Lettens, S. (Project Member), Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek (INBO), 13-May-2019
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.2784012, https://zenodo.org/record/2784012
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