Background
Depraetere, Christian Jean Pierre was born on December 20, 1957 in St. Mandé, France. Daughter of Jean and Yvette (Lecamus) Depraetere.
Depraetere, Christian Jean Pierre was born on December 20, 1957 in St. Mandé, France. Daughter of Jean and Yvette (Lecamus) Depraetere.
Degree in Agricultural Engineering, Pietermaritzbu, Natal, South Africa, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Geography, Sorbonne-Paris, 1984.
Assistant hydrologist Hydrological Research Unit, University Zululan, South Africa, 1983—1984. Subcontractor Cathment Basin Agency Loire-Bretagne, Orléans-la-Source, France, 1984. Postdoctoral fellow Pennsylvania State University, 1984—1985.
Researcher Institute Géographique National, Paris, 1985—1987, Center National Research I'Environnement, Antananarivo, 1992—1994, Office de la recherche scientifique et technique outre-mer, Montpellier, France, 1995—1996, Laboratory D’étude Transferts Hydrologie Environment, Grenoble, France, 2002—2008. Research fellow, laboratory d’hydrologie IRD, Montpellier, 1988—1991. Researcher, project coordinator African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Approach (formerly CATCH), 1997—2002.
Founder French Speaking World, since 1980. Volunteer French Science Military Service, University Zululand, South Africa, 1983—1984. Co-conceptor Global Islands Database, since 1990.
Co-initiator Science Challenge Nissology, 1991. Board directors Charity Trust Global Islands Network, Scotland. Coordinator Convention Biological Diversity, United Nations Environment Programme.
Member of Global Islands Partnership.
Married Djémila Naïmi Depraetere, February 5, 1998. Children: Marion, Aline, Hélène, Camille, Noémie, Zoé.