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Experience in fields of concern to IUCN:Most of my professional experience is closely linked to biodiversity conservation. I joined the Species Survival Commission in 1992 and then joined the SSC Steering Committee and the Red List Committee. Since 2001, I have been heavily involved in the Red List of Threatened Species, IUCN’s flagship product. I established programmes expanding the Red List significantly at global and regional levels, in particular for Europe and the Mediterranean. Today, I support the assessment of the world’s trees for the Red List. I was engaged in a number of other fields of concern to IUCN such as oceans (through marine turtle work), forests (with my current work focusing on tree conservation). Thanks to my training as a veterinarian, I was involved in diseases; a growing threat for animal and plant species. My work at IUCN involved significant policy engagement at global level through multi-lateral agreements but also community development in West Africa or issues related to sustainability with hunting, fishing and logging practices in South America. I was also involved in the establishment or management of protected areas in French Guiana and Guinea-Bissau, which involved engagement with local communities and indigenous peoples. As a donor, with IUCN through the SOS initiative and the Tiger Habitat Conservation Programme, and now with Fondation Franklinia, I have supported the work of a number of conservation organisations, including many IUCN Members.
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