Laboratoire GEODE
Rechercher
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Ruppert VIMAL Chargé de Recherche CNRS
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CURRENT RESEARCH
My research is at the interface between Ecology, Geography and Science and Technology Studies. It aims at producing applied knowledge in relation with the interaction between Human and Nature. Focusing on both local and continental scales, I develop and observe spatial methods to assess and plan environmental policies and associated social drivers shaping such expertise. Scientific knowledge does not only reflect the environment but as well contribute to shape it. My main interest therefore relies on the interaction between scientific rationality and socio-political dynamics at the science/policy interfaces. I'm particularly interested in the combination between participatory sciences, interdisciplinarity, new technologies and maps. My main topics of interest are large mammals (such as African great apes and European carnivores), protected areas and ecological networks.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed articles
Vimal, R., 2018. Aux frontières du singe. Relations entre hommes et chimpanzés au Kakandé, Guinée (XIXe-XXIe siècle). Revue d’anthropologie des connaissances 12, N°1, 103–109. https://doi.org/10.3917/rac.038.0103
Vimal, R., Gatiso, T., Mathevet, R., 2018a. Monitoring in Tropical National Parks: The Power of Knowledge. Conservation and Society 16, 76. https://doi.org/10.4103/cs.cs_17_12
Vimal, R., Khalil-Lortie, M., Gatiso, T., 2018b. What does community participation in nature protection mean? The case of tropical national parks in Africa. Environmental Conservation 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892917000583
Vimal, R., 2017. Monitoring for conservation in African tropical national parks: An agenda towards policy-relevant science. Biological Conservation 214, 127–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2017.07.014
Vimal, R., Fonderflick, J., Thompson, J.D., Pluvinet, P., Debussche, M., Cheylan, M., Géniez, P., Mathevet, R., Acquarone, A., Lepart, J., 2017. Integrating habitat diversity into species conservation in the Mediterranean mosaic landscape. Basic and Applied Ecology 22, 36–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2017.07.001
Gatiso, T.T., Vollan, B., Vimal, R., Kühl, H.S., 2017. If Possible, Incentivize Individuals Not Groups: Evidence from Lab-in-the-Field Experiments on Forest Conservation in Rural Uganda. CONSERVATION LETTERS. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12387
Vimal, R., Devictor, V., 2015. Building relevant ecological indicators with basic data: Species and community specialization indices derived from atlas data. Ecological Indicators 50, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.10.024
Vimal, R., Mathevet, R., Michel, L., 2013. Entre expertises et jeux d’acteurs : la trame verte et bleue du Grenelle de l’environnement. Natures Sciences Sociétés Vol. 20, 415–424.
Vimal, R., Geniaux, G., Pluvinet, P., Napoleone, C., Lepart, J., 2012a. Detecting threatened biodiversity by urbanization at regional and local scales using an urban sprawl simulation approach: Application on the French Mediterranean region. Landscape and Urban Planning 104, 343–355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.11.003
Vimal, R., Mathevet, R., Thompson, J.D., 2012b. The changing landscape of ecological networks. Journal for Nature Conservation 20, 49–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2011.08.001
Vimal, R., Pluvinet, P., Sacca, C., Mazagol, P.-O., Etlicher, B., Thompson, J.D., 2012c. Exploring spatial patterns of vulnerability for diverse biodiversity descriptors in regional conservation planning. Journal of Environmental Management 95, 9–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2011.09.018
Vimal, R., Mathevet, R., 2011. La carte et le territoire : le réseau écologique à l’épreuve de l’assemblée cartographique. Cybergeo : European Journal of Geography. https://doi.org/10.4000/cybergeo.24841
Charvolin, F., Mathevet, R., Vimal, R., 2011. La Trame verte et bleue et son public. Quaderni. Communication, technologies, pouvoir 67–78. https://doi.org/10.4000/quaderni.141
Vimal, R., Rodrigues, A.S.L., Mathevet, R., Thompson, J.D., 2011b. The sensitivity of gap analysis to conservation targets. Biodivers Conserv 20, 531–543. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-010-9963-1
Reports
Jones, Y., Picard, S., Vimal, R., 2017. Le paysage vécu : représentations, sentiments et actions. Étude des perceptions paysagères de la vallée du Biros. Dissonances.
Vimal, R., Bernard, C., Letourneau, A., Thompson, J.D., 2011a. Trame verte et bleue : quelle approche spatiale pour quel réseau écologique ? Centre d’écologie fonctionnelle et évolutive, Montpellier.
PhD thesis
Vimal, R., 2010. Des aires protégées aux réseaux écologiques : science, technique et participation pour penser collectivement la durabilité des territoires. Montpellier 2.
