Angers, Pays de la Loire, France
Graduated in social sciences (two-year technical degree), geography (BSc) and ecology (MSc), I prioritized an interdisciplinary academic curriculum consistent with the conservation of biodiversity and the "living well" issues. Today, my expertise is focused on the analysis and modeling of social ecological systems in order to meet the habitats and species conservation goals and the sustainable use of resources for human needs. My methodology is part of the transdisciplinary knowledge production. Until now, my experiences are located in France, West and Southern Africa.
As part of AEWA and the Resource project (Strengthening Expertise in South of the Sahara on Birds and their rational use to the Communities and their Environment) (funding FAO-TCP / GEF-France): Analysis of socio-economic impact of the use of migratory waterbirds (vision and hunting tourism, subsistence, commercial and cultural hunting) in Senegal, Chad and Egypt; establishment of a monitoring protocol. In collaboration with CIRAD, ONCFS, OMPO, Wetlands International, BirdLife International and National Universities.
In the objective to develop a tool for an integrated natural resource management, we tried to model the mechanisms of perception of the evolution of natural resources by local people who live in the edge of the Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe. We mixed qualitative and quantitative data analysis in an interdisciplinary approach (socioloy and ecology) with statistic tools.
In participation to the "Programme for strengthening the protection of the forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis)* and through social, agroecological, geographical and ecological tools, I tried to define the relevant determinants of the HEC's issue in the aim to define an adapted and realistic cohabitation project. *http://www.fauna-flora.org/explore/guinea/
Participation to the project of rehabilitation of fallow land in suburban area of Nantes (Partnership between Nantes Métropole and Chamber of Agriculture 44). The mission was to develop a feasibility study method for the rehabilitation of several fallow land : soil analysis and agronomic potential, flora inventory, social diagnosis and market research to establish a short supply chain, mediation between elected representatives, citizens and operators.
Survey among public and private actors across the local wood industry, and estimate the availability of fuelwood following the storm Klaus in a market dominated by the lumber, pulp and paper industry. Development of tools for information from owners and foresters.