Raphaël MARICHAL

Ph.D.

Agroecologist - soil ecologist

Researcher at CIRAD - Agricultural research for development

key word

agri-environmental indicators
environmental impact assessment
ecosystem functions and services
soil ecology and biodiversity
oil palm

Affectation

Persyst: Scientific department Performance of Tropical Production and Processing Systems

UPR 34: Performance of Tree Crop-Based Systems

Cirad Southeast Asia

Address

SMARTRI

PT Ivo Mas Tunggal
Jalan Teuku Umar 19
28112 Pekanbaru, Riau‎
‎Indonesia

Email

raphael.marichal[at]cirad.fr

Education

Ph.D. in Ecology, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), France (2011).Thesis advisor: Pr. Patrick Lavelle.

Master degree in Ecology, Biodiversity, Evolution, Université Paris-Sud, France (2007).

Degree of Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS-Ulm), Biology, France (2007).

Current and past projects (2013 - present)

Environmental Assessment of Oil Palm Plantations: LCA and agri-environmental indicators (2017 - ). CIRAD-PT SMART project (Coordinator with Cécile Bessou). Assessment and indicators of soil quality, Assessment and indicators of nitrogen losses, Life Cycle Assessment

SPOP (2013-2016): Sustainable Palm Oil Production, ANR project.

Palminet (2013): International Network on Sustainability Indicators for Palm Oil

Smart Nutrition+ (2013-2015): Impacts of practices on the soil biota and subsequent comprehensive soil fertility beneath mature oil palms. CIRAD-PT SMART Project.

Member of the steering comitee of Lénaïc Pardon (Agroparistech) 2015-: Improving the modelling nitrogen losses in oil palm plantations to reduce uncertainty in environmental impact assessment