Christophe Neff

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{{Short description|German-French geographer}}

Christophe Neff (born 10 June 1964 in Tübingen, West Germany) is a Franco-German {{cite web|title= Blognotice 22.01.2013: pensées personnelles franco-allemandes sur le cinquantième anniversaire du Traité de l'Elysée|date= 22 January 2013 |url= https://cneffpaysages.blog/2013/01/22/blognotice-22-01-2013-pensees-personnels-franco-allemands-sur-le-cinquantieme-anniversaire-du-traite-de-lelysee/ }} geographer, working on Mediterranean ecosystems, the geography of the Mediterranean Basin and fire ecology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.{{cite web|url=https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9829-7679|title = ORCID Christophe Neff (Academic CV on OCID) |date = |publisher = ORCID|accessdate= 28 May 2021| language= }} He is considered as one of the rare German experts on the Mediterranean ecosystem and fire ecology.[http://www.pkm.kit.edu/downloads/Ueberblick_WaldbraendeinEuropa.pdf Pressrelease of the KIT (in German) concerning Neffs Wildfireresearch] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101021133/http://www.pkm.kit.edu/downloads/Ueberblick_WaldbraendeinEuropa.pdf |date=2015-01-01 }}{{cite web |url = http://www.ardmediathek.de/radio/hr2-Der-Tag/Brennende-Interessen-Der-Mensch-der-W/hr2/Audio-Podcast?bcastId=470522&documentId=36638418 |title = Brennende Interessen – Der Mensch, der Wald und das Feuer (Broadcasting Interview about global change and wildfire riks)|author = HR2|date = 12 May 2016 |publisher = ARD-Mediathek|language=de}} Furthermore, he is an expert on the geography of Francophone Africa and Lusophone Africa and the Azores.{{cite web|url=https://cneffpaysages.blog/2019/11/03/souvenirs-de-vingt-ans-de-voyage-de-recherche-a-capelo-ile-de-faial-acores/ |title =Souvenirs de vingt ans de voyage de recherche à Capelo (Île le de Faial/Açores) |date = 3 November 2019|publisher = blog paysages |accessdate= 7 November 2019| language=fr }} Since 2009, Neff regularly contributes to a blog called 'Paysages' {{cite web|title= blog paysages on Le Monde.fr |url= https://cneffpaysages.blog/ }} (engl.= landscapes) at le Monde.fr, which is mostly written in French, sometimes in German, and very occasionally in English.

On the 23 of April 2019 Neff announced on his blog, that he will finished editing “paysages” on the blog hosting service of LeMonde.fr, because Le Monde has decided to close up the Blogs Le Monde.fr. He also explained that he would try to relaunch “Paysages” with another hosting service. In the same post he also expressed his regrets that the cultural gap between France and Germany had never been as large as in 2019,{{cite web|url=https://cneffpaysages.blog/2019/04/23/la-fin-du-blog-paysages-sur-les-blogs-lemonde-fr-das-ende-des-blog-paysages-auf-den-blogs-von-le-monde-fr/|title = La fin du blog paysages sur les blogs LeMonde.fr – Das Ende des Blog « paysages » auf den Blogs von Le Monde.fr |date = 23 April 2019|publisher = Blogs le Monde on LeMonde.fr |accessdate= 26 April 2019| language=fr, de }} reminding readers that the original idea had been to create a franco-german blog. In June 2019 he relauchned his blog „paysages“ on wordpress.com.{{cite web|title= Nouveau départ pour le blog paysages|date= 16 June 2019 |url= https://cneffpaysages.blog/2019/06/16/nouveau-depart-pour-le-blog-paysages/ }}

In June 2021 he published a trilingual (French, German, English) retrospective of 12 years editing the blog paysages, including also a list of the most popular blog posts.{{cite web|url= https://cneffpaysages.blog/2021/06/27/paysages-douzieme-annee-dexistence-sur-la-toile-donc-deja-deux-ans-sur-wordpress-com-billet-trilingues-francais-allemand-anglais/ |title = Paysages – douzième année d'existence sur la toile donc déjà deux ans sur wordpress.com (billet trilingues français, allemand, anglais)|date = 27 June 2021|publisher = Paysages: paysages et livres – Landschaften und Bücher – Landscapes and Books|accessdate = 13 January 2022| language=fr, de, en }} In January 2022, he noted that a large part of the links from the times when paysages was still hosted by le Monde.fr had disappeared in the meantime{{cite web|url= https://cneffpaysages.blog/2022/01/11/blognotice-11-01-2022-les-liens-perdus-du-blog-paysages/|title = Blognotice 11.01.2022 : les liens perdus du blog paysages|date = 11 January 2022|publisher = Paysages: paysages et livres – Landschaften und Bücher – Landscapes and Books|accessdate = 15 January 2022| language=fr }}