Raphaël Larrère (12 April 1942 – 4 January 2025) was a French agricultural engineer and researcher who specialized in

environmental ethics In environmental philosophy, environmental ethics is an established field of practical philosophy "which reconstructs the essential types of argumentation that can be made for protecting natural entities and the sustainable use of natural resourc ...

Life and career

Born on 12 April 1942, Larrère studied agronomic engineering with a concentration in

zootechnics Zootechnics is the scientific art of managing domestic or captive animals, including handling, breeding, and keeping. Based on: genetics, reproduction (animal husbandry Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals ...

from the Institut national agronomique Paris Grignon. In 1966, he began his researching career at the

Institut national de la recherche agronomique The Institut national de la recherche agronomique (; ; abbr. INRA ) was a French public research institute dedicated to agricultural science. It was founded in 1946 and is a Public Scientific and Technical Research Establishment under the join ...

(INRA) in the department of rural sociology in 1966. He also served as president of the scientific council of

Mercantour National Park Mercantour National Park () a French national park located in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Alpes-Maritimes departments. Since it was created in 1979, the park has proven popular, with 800,000 visitors annually enjoying the 600 km (372&nb ...

. Prior to his retirement, he was a project manager at INRA. Larrère died on 4 January 2025, at the age of 82.

Publications

*''Des hommes et des forêts'' (with Olivier Nougarède, 1993) *''Le loup, l'agneau et l'éleveur'' (1999) *''La crise environnementale'' (1997) *''Du bon usage de la nature : pour une philosophie de l'environnement'' (1997) *''Histoire des parcs nationaux : comment prendre soin de la nature ?'' ( with and Martine Berlan-Darqué, 2009) *''Cueillir la montagne : à travers landes, pâtures et sous-bois'' (with Martin de La Soudière, 2010) *''Penser et agir avec la nature : une enquête philosophique'' (with Catherine Larrère, 2015) *''Le Pire n'est pas certain : Essai sur l'aveuglement catastrophiste'' (with Catherine Larrère, 2020)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Larrere, Raphael 1942 births 2025 deaths French agronomists