Dr. Claude Garcia

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Garcia, Claude Researcher Telephone: +91-413-2334168, Ext – 129 Fax: +91-413-2339534 E-mail: claude.garcia@ifpindia.org French Institute of Pondicherry, 11 Saint Louis Street, P.O. Box – 33, Pondicherry – 605 001

Research fields:

• Ecology
• Biodiversity management
• Social and Ecological Systems
• Interactions between public policies
• Farmers’ practices and ecological dynamics

Recent publications:

1. Garcia, C., S. Bhagwat, J. Ghazoul, K. M. Nanaya, C. Nath, C. G. Kushalappa, Y. Raghuramulu, R. Nasi, and P. Vaast. 2009. Biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes: Challenges and opportunities of coffee agroforestry in the Western Ghats, India. Conservation Biology: in press.

2. Marie-Vivien, D., C. A. Garcia, B. Moppert, C. G. Kushalappa, and P. Vaast. 2009. Marques, indications géographiques et certifications environnementales : Trois stratégies de valorisation commerciale et leurs liens avec la conservation de la biodiversité dans les Ghâts Occidentaux (Inde). Autrepart 50.

3. Ghazoul, J., C. Garcia, and C. G. Kushalappa. 2009. Landscape labelling: A concept for next-generation payment for ecosystem service schemes. Forest Ecology and Management: in press.

4. Menon, A., C. Hinnewinkel, C. Garcia, S. Guillerme, N. Rai, and S. Krishnan. 2009. Competing visions: Domestic forests, politics and forest policy in the central Western Ghats of south India. Small Scale Forestry: in press.

Curriculum Vitae in PDF format.

Projects:

Managing Biodiversity in Mountain Landscapes

Links:

http://www.cirad.fr/ur/ressources_forestieres