Joop Schaminee

Prof. Joop Schaminee is an External Employee in the Department of Vegetation and Landscape Ecology at Wageningen University & Research. His research focuses on biodiversity, vegetation classification, and plant ecology, with contributions to global databases like FloraVeg.EU. He has supervised PhD candidates in projects such as 'Towards sustainable populations of herbaceous forest species' and 'The biodiversity of Sinai vegetation.'

Key research areas include European vegetation mapping, arid zone plant communities, and historical floristics. He has editorial roles in journals like Stratiotes and Biodiversity & Ecology. His award-winning work includes the 2007 Literatuurprijs Gelderland for De kool en de geit.

• Projects: Botanisch Erfgoed, Actualisatie vegetatie Nederland
• Media contributions: NRC interviews, Landschap magazine features
• Collaborations: EVS workshops, European vegetation surveys

His datasets include the Landelijke Vegetatie Databank and EUNIS-ESy expert system, advancing vegetation science through data-driven approaches.