Jean-Claude MICHA (Bouillon 1941) is an ecologist specializing in the study of wetlands, fish biology and ecology, fisheries management, and tropical fish farming.
He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liège in 1973 while working as an junior expert for the FAO (1968-1973) in the Central African Republic, where he conducted research on the domestication of African catfish.
From 1973 to 2006, he was a professor at the University of Namur and a visiting professor at UCL, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium. Since 2004, he is a full professor at ERAIFT/UNESCO, Kinshasa, DR Congo. He has been a visiting professor at the Universities of Burundi, Benin, and the DRC (UNIKIN, UNILU, and UNIKIS).
He is a member of the Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences (RAOS) and of several associations and institutions: Walloon Council for Fisheries and Fish Farming (1982-2006), Namur, Belgium. Vice President (1992-1998) than President (1998-2005) of the Interuniversity Group for Applied Ecology (GIREA), Belgium. He was also a founding member and member of the Board of Directors (1985-2001) for the development NGOs: FUCID (UNamur) and ADRAI (UCLouvain-La-Neuve).
His research focuses on wetlands management in Africa, Asia, and South America, with a specialization in fish biology, fish management, and fish culture.
Key publications
PLISNIER P.-D., J.-C. MICHA et V. FRANK, 1988 - Biologie et exploitation des poissons du lac Ihema (Bassin Akagera, Rwanda). Presses Universitaires de Namur, Belgique, 212 p.
KESTEMONT P., J.-C. MICHA et U. FALTER, 1989 - Les méthodes de production d'alevins de Tilapia nilotica. FAO-PNUD-ADCP/Report/89/46, 132 p.
SYMOENS J.-J. & J.-C. MICHA, éds., 1995 - Seminar. "The management of integrated freshwater agro-piscicultural ecosystems in tropical areas". (Brussels, 16-19 May 1994). Proceedings edited by J.-J. Symoens & J.-C. Micha. Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences (Brussels), 587 p.
KANINGINI B., J.-C. MICHA, J. VANDENHAUTE, J.-P. PLATTEAU, H. WATONGOKA, C. MELARD, M. K. WILONDJA et M. ISUMBISHO, 1.999 – Pêche du Sambaza au filet maillant dans le lac Kivu. Rapport final du Projet ONG/219/92/Zaïre. Presses Universitaires de Namur, Namur, 187 p.
KANANGIRE C. K., J.-C. MICHA, J.-B. GASHAGAZA, 2004 – Aménagement des marais au Rwanda. Actes du Colloque Butare, 5-7 juin 2001. PUN, Namur, 118 p.