Research projects before 1997

16 missions in the following countries/regions

French Guiana, Albania, France, Belarus, Mauritania, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador (Galapagos Islands), Europe

For the following contract

  • Guiana Enivonmental Agency, Organization for the Creation of a Regional National Park (AECPNR)
  • Guiana Enivonmental Agency, Organization for the Management of the Kaw, Nouragues and Conétables Nature Reserves (ARATAI)
  • Council of Europe, Albanian Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Agriculture, Committee for the Environment 
  • WWF France, Guiana Environmental Agency, French Ministry of the Environment
  • Union for the Protection of the Camargue in the Gard, Cévennes National Park, Regional Agency of Food, Agriculture and Forests (DRAF)
  • Council of Europe 
  • The Guiana Club of Inbound Tour Operators, JAL Voyages sightseeing agency 
  • Banc d’Arguin International Foundation (FIBA)
  • French Ministry of the Environment, Guiana Environmental Agency, Mission for the Creation of a Park 
  • French National Forest Agency (ONF), CNRS Centre for Biological Studies of Wild Animals (CEBAS), Deux-Sèvres General Council
  • French Ministry of the Environment, Service of International Affairs
  • SECA eco-development company, EU Commission DG Environment, Forests
  • Banc d’Arguin International Foundation (FIBA), WWF International
  • French Ministry of the Environment, Mission for the Guiana Shield
  • French Agency of Tourism Engineering (AFIT), Ministry of Tourism, Varenne Consultants

Details

Date / place: 1996–1998 / French Guiana

Employer/client: Guiana Enivonmental Agency, Organization for the Creation of a Regional National Park (AECPNR)

Description: Blueprint for activities and partnerships to protect and promote the resources in Basse Mana Nature Reserve

Date / place: 1996–1997 / French Guiana

Employer/client: Guiana Environmental Agency, Organization for the Management of the Kaw, Nouragues and Conétables Nature Reserves (ARATAI)

Description: Blueprint for activities and partnerships to protect and promote the resources in the Kaw Nature Reserve.

Date / place: 1996 / Albania

Employer/client: Council of Europe, Albanian Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of Agriculture, Committee for the Environment 

Description: Development plan for the coastal region of Spille. Demonstration project of eco-agrotourism

Date / place: 1996 / French Guiana 

Employer/client: WWF France, Guiana Environmental Agency, French Ministry of the Environment

Description: Audit of the WWF protection and scientific research campaign of leatherback turtles in the region of Basse Mana.  

Date / place: 1996 / France

Employer/client: Union for the Protection of the Camargue in the Gard, Cévennes National Park, Regional Agency of Food, Agriculture and Forests (DRAF)

Description: Expertise to define a strategic study for the development of sustainable tourism in the Camargue in Gard. Support for the ‘Mas de la Belle Auriole’ in the Corbières, a project to create a naturalist discovery centre and artist’s residence. Support for the project ‘On the Trail of Stevenson’: training, development of offer, quality charter.

Date / place: 1995 / Belarus

Employer/client: Council of Europe 

Description: Blueprint for an ecotourism destination in the Berezinsky Biosphere Reserve. 

Date / place: 1995 / French Guiana

Employer/client: The Guiana Club of Inbound Tour Operators, JAL Voyages sightseeing agency  

Description: Assisted in creating an ecotourism company, developed a charter and organized a round table. 

Date / place: 1995 / Albania

Employer/client: Council of Europe 

Description: Assisted in designing an integrated development project on the coast of Golem: agriculture, environmental education, sustainable tourism.

Date / place: 1995 / Mauritania

Employer/client: Banc d’Arguin International Foundation (FIBA) 

Description: Diagnostic study for an ecotourism approach in Banc d’Arguin National Park in Mauritania

Date / place: 1995 / French Guiana

Employer/client: French Ministry of the Environment, Guiana Environmental Agency, Mission for the Creation of a Park 

Description: Feasibility study for a tropical forest national park. Involvement of Indigenous communities and an ecotourism strategy. 

Date / place: 1995 / France

Employer/client: French National Forest Agency (ONF), CNRS Centre for Biological Studies of Wild Animals (CEBAS), Deux-Sèvres General Council

Description: Defined a scientific tourism project in the forest of Chizé. Defined an ecotourism development project in the forested area of Ventoux.

Date / place: 1994–1995 / French Guiana, Venezuela, Colombia

Employer/client: French Ministry of the Environment, Service of International Affairs

Description: Study for the development of ecotourism on the Guiana Shield.

Date / place: 1994 / Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

Employer/client: SECA eco-development company, EU Commission DG Environment, Forests 

Description: Environmental analysis and draft of a plan for the reinforcement of environmental management on the Galapagos Islands. 

Date / place: 1994 / Mauritania

Employer/client: Banc d’Arguin International Foundation (FIBA), WWF International 

Description  Pre-feasibility study of ecotourism in the Banc d’Arguin National Park.

Date / place: 1994 / Europe

Employer/client: French Ministry of the Environment, Mission for the Guiana Shield 

Description: The ecotourism market in Europe, a survey of 100 European travellers

Date / place: 1992 / France

Employer/client: French Agency of Tourism Engineering (AFIT), Ministry of Tourism, Varenne Consultants  

Description: Lodging with character in French national parks: a study of ecolodges in Central America.