our expertise

Our international team is qualified in :

· EU projects on sustainability issues e.g. the INDILINK indicators for sustainable development,

· Providing local policy makers with information on strategies and activities, recent developments in European and Asia countries, and the continuing need to support development in the region,

· Land use planning including land remediation,

· Occupational Safety and Health, Air pollution issues

· Innovative technologies for sustainable development.

Dr WANG Ming Yuan

His Key Qualification:

· Ph.D from Beijing University of Forestry in 1994

· hydrology and soil erosion

· nature conservation and renaturation

· land use planning

· project formulation

· environmental impact assessment and social-economic assessment.

Membership of Professional Bodies:

· Chinese Society of Soil and Water Conservation

· Chinese Society of Forestry

· International Union of Forestry

· Biodiversity international ltd, U.K

· Present Position: Dr. & Professor, Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection Institution of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry.

Dominique PROY, Director of Earthing

Her Key Qualification :

· Botany, phytochemistry, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and herbalist science (European Herbalist School of Brussels) - 2008

· Risk Management, Occupational Health and Safety (INRS) - 2006

· Civil Engineering, Urban Planning & Sustainable Development (M.Sc) from the Geosciences University of Marne La Vallee, France - 2003

· Business Management (M.BA) Paris -1984

· Biology (Baccalaureat) - 1979.

Her Experience:

· Project Coordination & Management

· Occupational safety and health

· EU Directives interpretation and implementation.

· Stakeholder Participation & Local Action 21 strategy.

· Sustainable strategies for land use planning in urban and rural areas as well as coastal zones.

Her Professional Affiliations :

· Due to her active participation to sustainable development

in France, she was awarded the French honorific distinction

‘ Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur’ by the French Ministry of

Ecology, Sustainable Development & Landuse Planning in 2008.

She was decorated by Professor François GROS, Genetician,

Honorary Perpetual Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences on October 17th, 2008.

· Membre of the working group ‘environmental health’ organized in 2007 by the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development & Landuse Planning.

Her Publications :

· Indicators for sustainability of European tourism according to the extended impact assessment ‘Com(2003) 716 final’.

· Public participation of individual citizens and CSOs as an indicator of inclusion in governance and sustainable and environmental policy- and decision making .

· Non-ionizing Electro-Magnetic Fields as an emerging policy issue in environmental management and sustainable development : proposed indicators.

· Evaluation of pharmacokinetic & pharmacodynamic characteristics of Saint John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum L.): comparison between the scientific state of the art in Europe, Asia and the USA, April 2008.

· Grenelle de l’Environnement : Platform of France Nature Environnement for environmental health issues, July 2007

· Nanotechnology platform of France Nature Environnement, January 2007;

· Contribution to the ‘Particle reduction plans in Europe: Implementation of the First Daughter Directive on ambient air quality in Europe’ - European Environmental Bureau, December 2005;

· Why being cautious about mercury – Environmental Health Newsletter of France Nature Environnement, November 2005

· Local Agenda 21 for the North-West of Loire Atlantique County: solving landuse conflicts with innovating investments providing well-being according to sustainable criteria; monography 300 pages;

· State of the art and critical analysis of French urban documents 2003;

· French Ministry of Ecology and sustainable development 2003 ;

· Sustainable rehabilitation of industrial brown field (500 ha) - France 2003.

· Water: sources of conflicts, source of Peace - International Hydrological Program of UNESCO, 2001.

Dr Ekaterina P. Yablokova

Her Key Qualification :

· Ph.D in Environmental Chemistry : Research Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science

· Environmental research

· Environmental Education

· ICT in education

· Environmental Chemistry

· Analytical Chemistry

· Environmental issues of fuel combustion.

Her Experience :

· Project Consultant of the Faculty of Information Technologies ( FIT) : http://fit.nsu.ru of Novosibirsk State University (NSU) : http://www.nsu.ru/

· Manager of the Russian section of the TACIS BISTRO Project (contract No BIS/96/396/067)

· Expert of the CARNOT 2001 Project (EC Contract No. 4.1004/D/01-004/2001)

· Expert of the EC Project "Assistance to European Industry to Penetrate Emerging Markets in Low Volatile Coal Combustion Technologies" (EC Contract NNE5/2002/79)

· A number of scientific reports by Dr Yablokova have been published in the field of ecological and analytical chemistry and energy resources saving.

· Analysis of investment and market opportunities, pre -feasibility studies

· Preparing innovative projects

· Organization of Environmental monitoring

Coastal zone remediation

and sustainable tourism :

Coastal zones are very attractive and land use planning must meet challenges for preserving them.

· Environmentally friendly solutions for compatible impacts between anthropogenic activities and economic activities.

· Consultancy for coastal cities

· Develop recommendations for reconciling stakeholders’ needs and requests with long term interests.

Innovative technologies

for sustainable development :

· Coherence between innovative technologies and economic activities

· Contributing to the EU policies implementation, including EU Impact Assessment Guidelines

· Risk management and indicators

Health :

· Environmental Health issues

· Traditional medicines and phytotherapy

· Preserving air, soil and water quality

Ecosystems functioning

and anthropogenic activities :

· Establishing strategies for ecosystem functioning and health in sensitive areas, such as Natura 2000, participating to scientific committees.

· Fighting desertification

In less 1 year the wooden fence would be covered by sand, allowing plants to grow thus protecting the road and the houses nearby.

Batz sur Mer, France

Photos :

Hypericum perforatum L.