Consulting assignments

Projects/studies between 1992 and 2007

Environmental assessment of tourism impacts and policy
Creating economic value from biodiversity
Eco-certification, labels, criteria, ethics charters, codes of conduct, guidelines
Ecotourism, rural tourism, sustainable tourism, Indigenous and community tourism
Local development, support for local communities and participatory projects for the development of alternative rural activities
Support for the organization of networks of rural professionals and ecotourism NGOs
Training, raising awareness, organization of seminars and conferences
Development and testing of tourism offers, organization of study trips with tour operators
Development of strategies, guidelines and ecotourism projects in protected areas
Participatory management, co-management of natural resources, community development
Implementation of agro-environmental and agrotourism initiatives

Projects/studies between 2001 and 2007

22 missions in the following countries/territories:

Morocco, French Guiana, South Africa, Germany, United States, France, Cameroon, Brazil, Bulgaria, Guadeloupe, Seychelles, Canada, Austria

For the following contracts:

FP7 researcher, Marie Curie scholarship
World Bank, Global Environment Fund (GEF), Morocco High Commission for Water, Forests and Combatting Desertification (ENFI)
French Agency of Tourism Engineering (AFIT), French Guiana Space Centre
German Agency for Cooperation and Development (GTZ)
The International Ecotourism Society (TIES)
Technical Workshops for Natural Areas (ATEN), France
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE)
Service for Cooperation and Cultural Action (SCAC), Pretoria, French Agency for Development
French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM), Federation of French Regional Natural Parks (FPNRF)
US Agency for Cooperation and Development (ARD-USAID)
FUNBIO, Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, ECOBRAZIL
Guadeloupe National Park
World Tourism Organization (WTO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), The International Ecotourism Society (TIES)
French Agency of Tourism Engineering (AFIT), Ministry for Tourism in collaboration with TETHYS
Service for Cooperation and Cultural Action (SCAC), French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE), French Agency for Cooperation and Development, Seychelles Ministry of Tourism for TRANSTEC/SECA
Directorate of Tourism, French Agency of Tourism Engineering (AFIT), French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE, Quebec Tourism

Research projects for SECA between 1997 and 2001

Employer/client: SECA eco-development company, Montpellier

Position: Director of the Department of Sustainable Tourism and Local Development

27 missions in the following zones/countries:

Europe, Central Africa, France, Italy, Gabon, Dominique (Caribbean), Brazil, French Guiana, Guadeloupe (French Antilles), Chile, Senegal, Mauritania, Estonia, Reunion Island, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Bolivia, Morocco

For the following contracts:

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
World Tourism Organization (WTO)
French Fund for the Global Environment (FFEM)
European Union (EU), DG Development, FED
European Union (EU), DG XI, LIFE Environment
Association for the Development of a Regional Natural Park in Narbonne (France)
Monti Sibillini National Park (Italy), EUROPARC
French Mission for Cooperation and Cultural Action (MCAC)
ECOTRANS, European Union, DG Environment
Cévennes National Park
French Ministry of Land Development and the Environment, Service of International Affairs (MATE/SAI)
French National Forest Agency (ONF), Midi-Pyrénées Regional Department of Forests (DRONF)
Association for the Planning of a Regional Natural Park in Narbonne (France)
French Mission for Cooperation and Cultural Action (MCAC), French Embassy, FIC
Guadeloupe National Park
Foundation for Agrarian Innovation (FIA), Chile Ministry of Agriculture
French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM), EU DGXI, Fondation Danone Evian
EU PHARE, Kienbaum Consultants International GmbH
Réunion General Council
French Ministry of the Environment, Service of International Affairs (SAI)
Cebenna environmental organization, Hérault General Council, EU LEADER II programme
FFEM and MCAC Mauritania
French Ministry of Land Development and the Environment (MATE), French Guiana Environmental Directorate, Mission for the Creation of a Park
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), b<>com Institute of Research and Technology
Service for Cooperation and Cultural Action (SCAC), French Development Fund, Morocco Ministry of Tourism

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 contracts:

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