My interviews and speaking engagements

2025 – 2026

speaking engagements

  • Sept. 4, 2025 Meeting with Razan Al Mubarak, President of the IUCN, ahead of the World Congress

  • Sept. 6, 2025 Round table at the Fabrique de la diplomatie – “From UNOC to COP 30” (MEAE / IRD)

  • Sept. 10, 2025 Wildlife Trust conference at Paris City Hall – “Seeing is Believing Trip” – Paris

  • Sept. 16, 2025 IUCN virtual Council – Video call

  • Oct. 9, 2025 IUCN World Congress – Round table “Success stories in protected areas” (IUCN Green Lists), French Pavilion – Abu Dhabi

  • Oct. 9, 2025 IUCN World Congress – Meeting with the French delegation of NGOs (Residence of the Ambassador of France to the Emirates) – Abu Dhabi

  • Oct. 10, 2025 IUCN World Congress – Breakfast with Entreprises pour l’Environnement – Abu Dhabi

  • Oct. 10, 2025 IUCN World Congress – Talk “The World Coastal Forum: From Resolution to Action”, Chinese Pavilion – Abu Dhabi

  • Oct. 10, 2025 IUCN World Congress – Round table “Charting a New Course: Subnational Leadership for a Nature-Positive Future” (California, Massachusetts), Central Stage – Abu Dhabi

  • Oct. 10, 2025 IUCN World Congress – Round table “How to operationalise the Rights of Nature” (support for Motion 54) – Abu Dhabi

  • Oct. 10, 2025 IUCN World Congress – Opening evening of the French Pavilion – Abu Dhabi

  • Oct. 11, 2025 IUCN World Congress – Round table “IUCN members facing wildlife trafficking”, French Pavilion – Abu Dhabi

  • Oct. 11, 2025 IUCN World Congress – Round table “Women’s environmental diplomacy”, French Pavilion – Abu Dhabi

  • Oct. 11, 2025 IUCN World Congress – Round table “Nature Meets Cities: IUCN Sectorial Interpretation for Urban Nature-based Solutions”, Main Forum – Abu Dhabi

  • Oct. 11, 2025 IUCN World Congress – Round table “Local authorities and conservation: four years after their recognition”, French Pavilion – Abu Dhabi

  • Oct. 12, 2025 IUCN World Congress – Francophonie evening, French Pavilion – Abu Dhabi

  • Oct. 22, 2025 Meeting with Grégoire Potton

  • Oct. 28, 2025 Conference at Biomim’expo “Biodiversity, Climate, the Ocean, and us… Linked Destinies”

  • Oct. 30, 2025 Paris Peace Forum (10 years of the Paris Agreement) – Paris

  • Nov. 17, 2025 Meeting with Anthony Chaumuzeau, Secretary-General of the One Health Summit

  • Nov. 21, 2025 Meeting with Vincent Jeanbrun, Minister for Cities and Housing

  • Dec. 9, 2025 Meeting with Catherine Chabaud, Minister Delegate for the Sea

  • Dec. 11, 2025 Lunch with BirdLife International (Martin Harper, Nina Mikander) – Cambridge

  • Dec. 11, 2025 Meeting with Craig Bennett, Director of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts – United Kingdom

  • Jan. 7, 2026 Press conference organised by the French Committee of the IUCN

  • Jan. 8, 2026 One Health talk at the OFB symposium, at the CESE – Paris

  • Jan. 9, 2026 Talk – Choisir la planète association / Challenge planète, before 60 primary school classes

  • Jan. 19, 2026 Lunch at the Senate with Guillaume Clerget – Paris

  • Jan. 20, 2026 Lecture at Sciences Po Paris – the role of NGOs in public debate – Paris

  • Jan. 28, 2026 Meeting with Minister Catherine Chabaud and Grethel Aguilar, Director General of the IUCN

  • Jan. 28, 2026 Dinner with Gabriel Attal, Jean-Marc Jancovici and the President of WWF

  • Jan. 29, 2026 Meeting with Virginie Lasserre, Chief of Staff to Minister Monique Barbut

  • Feb. 7, 2026 World Impact Summit, with Laure d’Astorg (Alliance pour la Préservation des Forêts)

  • Feb. 12, 2026 Free Evolution Days at UNESCO (French Committee of the IUCN / CNFU) – Paris

  • Feb. 20, 2026 Talk at Panthéon-Assas University (video) – Paris

  • March 20, 2026 Conference organised by three Venezuelan universities, with the Embassy of France in Venezuela

Interviews

  • Sept. 29, 2025 Interview – AEF info, “Rights of nature, biodiversity certificates… an update on the World Congress motions”

  • Oct. 9, 2025 Article – Le Figaro, by Delphine Chayet: “At the World Conservation Congress, solutions to preserve biodiversity”

  • Oct. 9, 2025 Article – Libération, by Coralie Schaub: “In Abu Dhabi, a world congress for nature that is generating enthusiasm”

  • Oct. 12, 2025 Article – Libération, by Margaux Lacroux: “Endangered species: while green turtles are faring better…”

  • Oct. 15, 2025 Article – Le Dauphiné Libéré, by Juliette Mitoyen: “Why global biodiversity is still in the red”

  • Oct. 15, 2025 Article – Le Progrès (Lyon), by Juliette Mitoyen: “Biodiversity: 28% of species threatened” – Lyon

  • Oct. 15, 2025 Article – L’Est Républicain, by Juliette Mitoyen: “Nearly 30% of species threatened with extinction”

  • Oct. 21, 2025 Podcast – “Baleine sous Gravillon”

  • Oct. 23, 2025 Article – France Diplomatie: “France reaffirms its leadership in environmental diplomacy at the 2025 World Congress”

  • Nov. 3, 2025 Webinar / press conference – Association of Environmental Journalists (AJE): the conclusions of the 2025 World Congress

  • Nov. 9, 2025 Article – La Provence, by François Tonneau: “Energy, forests, financing: COP30 opens amid uncertainty”

  • Nov. 10, 2025 Article – La Provence, by François Tonneau: “There are six times more forest fires than twenty years ago”

  • Nov. 14, 2025 Documentary – “Noah’s Ark: animal parks, refuges for endangered species” (Journal de la Montagne, talk at 30′)

  • Nov. 19, 2025 Radio interview – Radio Divergence, “We only have one Earth”: no fight against warming without a fight for biodiversity

  • Nov. 21, 2025 Interview – France Info, preparation for CITES (COP20) and report on pernambuco wood

  • Nov. 22, 2025 Interview – BFM TV, Non-stop Week-end: extreme weather events and cold snaps

  • Nov. 27, 2025 Article – Vert le Média, by Esteban Grépinet: “Brazil wants to ban the pernambuco trade”

  • Dec. 10, 2025 Article – Salamandre.org, by Léa Cirotteau: “The impact of de-icing salt on natural environments”

  • Dec. 10, 2025 Article – Salamandre.org, by Léa Cirotteau: “What alternatives to de-icing salt?”

  • Dec. 14, 2025 Article – Mediapart: “A record seizure of wild animals highlights biodiversity in peril”

  • Dec. 2025 Monthly podcast – La Voix Démocrate (MoDem), a look back at COP30

  • Dec. 23, 2025 Article – Libération: “The animals’ Libé: without animals, we’re done for in the face of climate warming!”

  • Dec. 2025 Article – Revue Maritime: 15 years of the Grenelle de la Mer

  • Jan. 7, 2026 Interview – RFI, by Lucile Gimberg, One Health brochure of the French Committee (with François Moutou)

  • Jan. 7, 2026 Article – RSE DATANEWS, by Lola Dubois Carmes: “One Health: towards a cultural shift in environmental policies?”

  • Jan. 8, 2026 Interview – Le Monde, by Perrine Mouterde: the withdrawal of the United States from major international organisations

  • Jan. 8, 2026 Article – BFMTV (website): the withdrawal from 66 international organisations decided by the United States

  • Jan. 9, 2026 Article – Le Monde: “Climate and biodiversity: what the withdrawal of the United States from major international organisations will change”

  • Jan. 11, 2026 Article – Ouest France: “The One Health concept to prepare for tomorrow’s health challenges”

  • Jan. 15, 2026 Interview – Mongabay, pernambuco following CITES

  • Feb. 6, 2026 Interview – Libération, an explainer on IPBES

  • Feb. 11, 2026 (aired Feb. 12) Interview – Radio France, with Camille Crosnier: the Emirates genetic conservatory

  • Feb. 18, 2026 Article – Le Parisien, by Frédéric Mouchon: Minister Monique Barbut’s initiative for a biodiversity G7

  • Feb. 19, 2026 Article – by Lisa Brant: the city of Paris adapting to climate change – Paris

  • Feb. 2026 Article – Le Courrier de la Nature (scientific journal, forthcoming)

  • Apr. 6, 2026 Op-ed by the French Committee of the IUCN – “Towards a One Health law” (La Tribune)

  • Apr. 21, 2026 Article – The Observer, by Kim Willsher: “Zinc-fried steak frites? Paris heatwave sends rooftop temperatures to 80C” – Paris

  • June 8, 2026 Podcast – Radio Notre-Dame, by Denis Thomas: tips for coping with the heatwave

  • June 18, 2026 Interview – BFM TV, by Pauline Simonet: “Repeated heatwaves: are we prepared?”

  • June 19, 2026 Interview – LCI, the heatwave and the “Paris at 50°C” report

  • June 21, 2026 Interview – LCI, by Quentin Bérichel: “France, soon a southern country?”

  • June 22, 2026 Interview – LCI, by Thomas Misrachi: “France in denial?”

  • June 23, 2026 Interview – LCI, “Brunet sans filtres” by Éric Brunet: “France, hotter than 99% of the world”

  • June 24, 2026 Interview – Channel 5 News, by Juliette Willis and Peter Lane: Paris and France adapting to the heatwave

2024 – 2025

speaking engagements

  • Sept. 10, 2024 Opening of the exhibition “Nature is wonderful” (Yann Wehrling)

  • Sept. 11, 2024 25th European Energy Transition Conference – “Infrastructure overheating”

  • Sept. 12, 2024 Meeting with Jean-Noël Barrot, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee (National Assembly) – Paris

  • Sept. 16, 2024 Meeting with the Mayor of Argentan, Frédéric Léveillé – NbS and the integration of cities into the IUCN – Argentan

  • Sept. 17, 2024 Meeting with the leadership of the Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux

  • Sept. 24, 2024 Meeting with the Sub-Directorate for the Environment and Climate (MEAE) – Paris

  • Sept. 25, 2024 Development / biodiversity nexus round table – Paris Pre-Forum (Embassy of Senegal) – Paris

  • Sept. 26, 2024 French Congress of Nature (French Committee of the IUCN)

  • Sept. 30-Oct. 3, 2024 Europe North and Central Asia Regional Conservation Fora (IUCN)

  • Oct. 5, 2024 Talk and lecture at the Book Festival – Mouans-Sartoux

  • Oct. 7, 2024 Round table “Science to meet humanity’s challenges” (80 years of the IUCN)

  • Oct. 9, 2024 Moderation of the round table “Living world and biodiversity: our life insurance?” – Produrable trade show

  • Oct. 10, 2024 Preparatory meeting for the “2025 World Coastal Forum Conference” – China

  • Oct. 15, 2024 Meeting with Martin Harper and the leadership of BirdLife International

  • Oct. 17, 2024 Pre-validation meeting for new IUCN members (co-Chair, Governance and Constituency Committee)

  • Oct. 26, 2024 COP16 side event (CBD) – Biodiversity credits and the position of the French Committee of the IUCN – Cali

  • Oct. 26, 2024 Meeting with Michèle Rubirola, First Deputy Mayor of Marseille – NbS and cities in the IUCN

  • Nov. 4, 2024 AXA round table – “Natural Resources: Redesigning Business for a Resilient Future”

  • Nov. 6, 2024 12th World Urban Forum – Moderation of the report-back from the workshop “Adaptation and Resilience of territories” (France Pavilion)

  • Nov. 6, 2024 Meeting with Dr Ali Abo Sena (Egyptian IUCN Committee) and Dr Emad Adly (North Africa IUCN Committee)

  • Nov. 6, 2024 12th World Urban Forum – Side event “Green infrastructure and Nature-based Solutions in Built Environments”

  • Nov. 19, 2024 Mayors’ Trade Show – “Biodiversity in ecological planning and territorial strategies”

  • Nov. 19, 2024 Biodiversity and Ecological Engineering Trade Show – “Biodiversity and climate: two challenges, shared solutions”

  • Nov. 23, 2024 27th International Wildlife and Nature Photography Festival – “The Sixth Extinction”

  • Nov. 25, 2024 Meeting with IUCN members – submission of motions

  • Nov. 26, 2024 Conference at Pollutec – “Biodiversity: No Business on a Dead Planet”

  • Nov. 28, 2024 Sustainable Development Meetings (Open Diplomacy) – “Good COP, Bad COP”

  • Nov. 30, 2024 10 years of the Nuclear Disarmament Initiative – “New global threats and their interactions”

  • Dec. 3, 2024 IHEMI conference / Command for the Environment and Health – wildlife trafficking

  • Dec. 5, 2024 24th Congress of the Conservatories of Natural Areas

  • Jan. 20, 2025 Seminar on free evolution (UNESCO) – Paris

  • Jan. 27-31, 2025 Meeting of the 112th IUCN Council – Guatemala

  • Feb. 7, 2025 Meeting with the Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forests, the Sea and Fisheries

  • Feb. 7, 2025 Meeting with Marine Alegre, Deputy Chief of Staff at the MEAE

  • Feb. 20, 2025 “La Mer en tournée” (Year of the Sea) – “Knowing, negotiating, deciding: from science to Ocean governance”

  • March 10-14, 2025 Meeting of the IUCN Council Motions Working Group

  • March 19, 2025 Lecture to students at the University of Nice Côte d’Azur – biodiversity challenges – Nice

  • March 28, 2025 Closing of the “Ocean Spring” (French Committee of the IUCN)

  • Apr. 1, 2025 Meal with the Ambassador of Sri Lanka and the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, at UNESCO – Paris

  • Apr. 8-9, 2025 “Security & development dialogue” conference on environmental crime (GI-TOC / MEAE)

  • Apr. 8, 2025 Meeting with Agnès Pannier-Runacher, Thani Mohamed-Soilihi and Barbara Pompili

  • Apr. 14, 2025 Conference “Here and there, one same struggle” (Aquaverde), with Txai Surui and Thiago Karai Djekupe

  • Apr. 17, 2025 Webinar of the IUCN Francophone network – “What can we expect at UNOC 3?” – Webinar

  • Apr. 24, 2025 CHANGE NOW conference at the Grand Palais – presentation of the 2025 World Conservation Congress – Paris

  • Apr. 26, 2025 Jury of the final of the public-speaking contest “For a lasting peace” (CHANGE NOW) – Paris

  • Apr. 29, 2025 First working group of the High Commission for Planning (invitation from Clément Beaune)

  • May 5-7, 2025 Congress of the World Commission on Environmental Law

  • May 5, 2025 Conference “Integrated Legal Protection of Air, Ocean and Land” (IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law)

  • May 7-9, 2025 113th IUCN Council

  • May 13, 2025 Inauguration of the Species Survival Centre France (AFdPZ), in the presence of Jon Paul Rodriguez

  • May 14, 2025 Species Survival Centre France – talk “Zoos and IUCN: a synergy serving conservation”

  • May 20, 2025 Conference for the 20th anniversary of the Planète Urgence association

  • May 23, 2025 Meeting with the members of the IUCN Council and Secretariat – a look back at the Council

  • May 27, 2025 Meeting at the Élysée with NGO leaders (advisers Benoît Faraco and Camille Morfouace de Broucker) – Paris

  • May 27, 2025 Meeting of environmental NGOs at the invitation of the advisers to the President of the Republic – Paris

  • June 3, 2025 Hearing at the Senate (Guillaume Chevrollier) – combating the trafficking of protected species – Paris

  • June 5, 2025 Second meeting of the working group of the High Commission for Planning

  • June 11, 2025 World Coastal Forum lunch meeting as part of UNOC 3 – Nice

  • June 12, 2025 Evening meeting at the invitation of the IUCN as part of UNOC 3 – Nice

  • June 13, 2025 BirdLife International conference on migratory flyways (UNOC 3) – Nice

  • June 14, 2025 Conference for the 10th anniversary of Wildlife Angels

  • June 26, 2025 Meeting of the National Commission on Captive Wildlife

  • July 8, 2025 Round table for the 20th anniversary of the France-IUCN Partnership

  • July 10, 2025 Conference for the 50th anniversary of the Conservatoire du littoral

  • Aug. 7, 2025 Lunch meeting with the Prime Minister

  • Aug. 28, 2025 Lecture at the French Entrepreneurs’ Meetings (MEDEF)

Interviews

  • Sept. 27, 2024 Article – AEF info, “At the French congress of nature, Agnès Pannier-Runacher banks on innovative tools”

  • Oct. 6, 2024 Article – Le Monde, “Researchers to the rescue of the planet”

  • Oct. 7, 2024 Article – Le Méridional, “Science, the indispensable compass of environmental decisions”

  • Oct. 22, 2024 Article – Libération, “COP16 in Cali: how biodiversity credits are trying to conquer the planet”

  • Oct. 23, 2024 Televised interview – Ouest France, “COP16: we answer your questions on biodiversity”

  • Oct. 29, 2024 Article – La Croix, “The disappearance of farmland birds, a signal of the decline of everyday biodiversity”

  • Nov. 7, 2024 Article – ActuEL HSE, “COP16 failure: the risk is that the collapse of biodiversity moves faster than the negotiations”

  • Nov. 19, 2024 Radio interview – Sud Radio, “Face to face: the state of biodiversity”

  • Dec. 3, 2024 Interview – France Info, downgrading of wolf protection

  • Dec. 30, 2024 Article – Newsletter of the 30 Millions d’Amis Foundation, “A lynx found dead near Madrid”

  • Jan. 20, 2025 Statement – French Committee of the IUCN and French National Commission for UNESCO, “The 2025 Free Evolution Days”

  • Jan. 20, 2025 Article – Planète paix, “After Cyclone Chido, working so the sunbird sings again in Mayotte”

  • Jan. 30, 2025 Press release – French Committee of the IUCN, taking natural heritage into account in the reconstruction of Mayotte

  • Feb. 17, 2025 Article – Le Figaro, “Peatlands, these zones essential to the climate that are little known and poorly protected”

  • Feb. 26, 2025 LinkedIn interview – Secretariat-General for the Sea, “Year of the sea: a closer look at the actions of the French Committee of the IUCN”

  • Feb. 26, 2025 Interview – Radio Agri, agriculture and renewable energy

  • March 1, 2025 Op-ed – Revue juridique de l’environnement, “COP16 Biodiversity: the urgency to act in the face of insufficient ambition”

  • March 6, 2025 Position – French Committee of the IUCN on the threats to science in the United States

  • March 12, 2025 Article – Nord Littoral, marine protected areas of the Côte d’Opale

  • March 21, 2025 Article – Le Marseillais, “#OnSèmeLespoir: those working on the ground are best placed to carry out concrete actions”

  • Apr. 8, 2025 Article – France 3 Île-de-France, parking spaces reserved for women: the proposal of an elected official at the Paris Council – Paris

  • Apr. 8, 2025 Article – Actu Paris, “Safety: Paris could trial parking spaces reserved for women” – Paris

  • Apr. 9, 2025 Video – La Montagne, on the role of zoos in conservation

  • Apr. 10, 2025 Op-ed – Le Monde, “The question of the acceleration of climate change must be at the heart of the municipal elections” (with Alexandre Florentin)

  • Apr. 19, 2025 Interview – RTL, questions on trafficking

  • Apr. 21, 2025 Podcast – Nature et zoo, episode 41: “The reclassification of the grey wolf” (with Marc Enderby)

  • Apr. 23, 2025 Interview – RTL, questions on corals (Virginie Guérin)

  • Apr. 29, 2025 Interview – France Culture, questions on seabirds (Véronique Rebeyrotte)

  • May 5, 2025 Article – Ouest France, “Activists at the Bioparc: token protesters”

  • May 11, 2025 Interview – RTL, On refait la planète: “Poaching, an encounter with Maud Lelièvre”

  • May 20, 2025 Op-ed – Les Echos, “The ecological restoration of forests, a pillar of our adaptation policy”

  • June 5, 2025 Op-ed – Vert le média, “For a gender-balanced and inclusive governance of the ocean” (call from associations ahead of the UNOC in Nice)

  • June 16, 2025 Interview – RTL

  • June 16, 2025 Interview – RFI

  • June 29, 2025 Article – Le Nouvel Obs, “Biodiversity scepticism: why some lobbies put out false figures”

  • June 30, 2025 Interview – Radio Notre-Dame, on the heatwave

  • July 1, 2025 Interview – BFM TV, on the heatwave

  • Unknown date Interview – BFM TV, on the heatwave

  • July 3, 2025 Article – Mon Quotidien, “True or false? There are still lynx in France and Europe”

  • July 9, 2025 Article – Le Monde, “Fifty years after its creation, the Conservatoire du Littoral is in turmoil”

  • July 21, 2025 Article – Carenews, “Branféré Park, 60 years serving the living world and biodiversity”

  • July 29, 2025 Interview – Radio Notre-Dame

  • July 31, 2025 Interview – BFM TV, on the heatwave

  • Aug. 5, 2025 Interviews (two in the day) – BFM TV, on the heatwave

  • Aug. 21, 2025 Interview – France Info (3:15 p.m.), new classification of giraffe species (IUCN report)

  • Aug. 21, 2025 Interview – France Inter (7 p.m. news), new classification of giraffe species

  • Aug. 21, 2025 Interview – RTL (4:45 p.m.), the trafficking of species: causes, consequences and trends

  • Aug. 22, 2025 Interview – RTL (4:45 p.m.), the trafficking of species: causes, consequences and trends

2023 – 2024

speaking engagements

  • Sept. 14, 2023 Meeting with the sports professionals of the CREPS – Poitiers

  • Sept. 16, 2023 Political start-of-term universities – Sainte-Adresse

  • Sept. 20, 2023 Innopolis Expo trade show – Frugal and sustainable solutions for the adaptation of local authorities

  • Sept. 21, 2023 Meeting with the Directorate-General of Customs (seizure of 392 primate skulls at Roissy-CDG)

  • Sept. 27-29, 2023 International symposium “Defending Nature, from 1923 to today” (National Museum of Natural History) – Paris

  • Sept. 28, 2023 ATVS / DGF webinar – Combating poaching in Tunisia – Webinar

  • Sept. 29, 2023 Interministerial meeting at Bercy – meat products in travellers’ luggage – Paris

  • Oct. 4, 2023 Entreprises pour l’Environnement symposium – Act4nature international initiative

  • Oct. 5, 2023 Working meeting with Marc Fesneau, Minister of Agriculture – restoration and conservation of biodiversity

  • Oct. 6, 2023 Jornadas do Ambiente (ADAD) – plastic pollution in marine and coastal environments

  • Oct. 10, 2023 Round table at the Pollutec trade show – adapting urban environments to climate change – Lyon

  • Oct. 11-13, 2023 IUCN Leaders Forum – Geneva

  • Oct. 16-18, 2023 ICENCA Congress – Yerevan

  • Oct. 19, 2023 Sustainability Directors Conference – Lille

  • Nov. 7, 2023 Conference “Oceans in peril: acting against global plastic pollution” (COMHAFAT / RAFISMER)

  • Nov. 8, 2023 Hearing before the study groups Protected Natural Areas and Water and Biodiversity (National Assembly) – Paris

  • Nov. 10-11, 2023 Peace Forum

  • Nov. 13, 2023 IUCN Council 110 – Fontainebleau

  • Nov. 14, 2023 Co-organisation and talk – Ceremony for the 75th anniversary of the IUCN – Fontainebleau

  • Nov. 15, 2023 French Congress of the IUCN – Fontainebleau

  • Nov. 27, 2023 Presentation of the National Biodiversity Strategy 2030

  • Nov. 28, 2023 Ivory destruction operation – Reims

  • Nov. 29, 2023 Meeting with General Noyau (CESAN) – illegal wildlife trafficking

  • Dec. 9, 2023 Symposium “Climate: justice, what for?” (AFMJE)

  • Dec. 12, 2023 Institut Montaigne hearing – “Business and biodiversity: (re)giving value to nature”

  • March 16, 2024 Talk at the Bioparc – sponsorship of baby giraffes in the presence of Christophe Béchu – Doué-la-Fontaine

  • March 20, 2024 Meeting with Hervé Berville, Secretary of State for Biodiversity

  • March 20, 2024 Jane Goodall lecture series – the Human / animal relationship

  • March 21, 2024 Selection jury for nature-based solutions projects (MTE)

  • March 22, 2024 Medal presentation to Dr Christelle Vitaud, Knight of the National Order of Merit

  • March 27, 2024 Final of the public-speaking contest for a Lasting Peace (Jane Goodall Institute France)

  • March 27, 2024 LPO meeting – Green Deal and biodiversity

  • Apr. 3, 2024 Hearing at the National Assembly (MP Jimmy Pahun) – BBNJ treaty – Paris

  • Apr. 3, 2024 Conference on COPs and biodiversity – Institute for Advanced Study

  • Apr. 4, 2024 Round table of the Alliance for the Preservation of Forests – Imported deforestation

  • Apr. 4, 2024 Nature 2050 symposium

  • Apr. 17, 2024 Visit to the mink farm at Zoodyssée

  • Apr. 18, 2024 Meeting at the MTE (Christophe Béchu, Hervé Berville, associations) – Plastic Treaty – Paris

  • May 14-16, 2024 IUCN Council 111 – Gland

  • June 5, 2024 Talk at Roissy-CDG before a delegation of senators – wildlife trafficking – Roissy

  • June 5, 2024 Meeting with Guillaume Thiériot – 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference

  • June 20, 2024 EpE talk – ecological transition of territories and the role of businesses

  • June 21, 2024 Interministerial working group – illegal imports of wildlife and bushmeat

  • July 29, 2024 Meeting with the Panthera association and the Ambassador of Brazil to France (on the sidelines of the Olympic and Paralympic Games) – Paris

  • Aug. 27, 2024 Meeting of the Entrepreneurs of France – adaptation of cities and NbS in the face of heatwave risks

Interviews

  • Nov. 4, 2023 Op-ed – Le Monde, “Measuring soil health… an environmental transition that creates value”

  • Nov. 17, 2023 Article – 30 Millions d’amis, “Poached, the star tortoise of Madagascar is critically endangered”

  • Nov. 24, 2023 Radio interview – Vivre FM, “Maud Lelièvre, Paris elected official, rapporteur of the Paris at 50 degrees report”

  • Nov. 24, 2023 Interview – La Lettre du Cadre Territorial, “If we want to preserve biodiversity, let’s change our model”

  • Nov. 24, 2023 Interview – La Lettre du Cadre Territorial, “Why we are failing to halt the decline of biodiversity”

  • Nov. 28, 2023 Article – Le Figaro, “Two tonnes of ivory reduced to ashes to protect elephants” – Reims

  • Nov. 28, 2023 Article – Le Parisien, “Nearly two tonnes of ivory destroyed in Reims” – Reims

  • Nov. 29, 2023 Radio interview – RFI, Le Débat du jour: “Protecting nature: a new business?”

  • Dec. 2, 2023 Article – La Dépêche, “When exotic animals do a runner”

  • Dec. 6, 2023 Interview – La Corneille, “COP28: biodiversity, the great absentee?”

  • Dec. 19, 2023 Op-ed – Le Monde, “2024 Olympics: in Tahiti, the judges’ tower project was not subject to an impact assessment”

  • Dec. 19, 2023 Article – Radio 1, “For the IUCN, the tower case should prompt a revision of the environmental code”

  • Dec. 23, 2023 Interview – Le Parisien, “Safes of biodiversity: what if we rehabilitated zoos?”

  • Jan. 4, 2024 Interview – Libération, “Record seizure of monkeys in Togo: a tragic trafficking in Africa”

  • Jan. 12, 2024 Interview – L’Info Durable, “De-icing salt: what dangers for the environment?”

  • Jan. 21, 2024 Op-ed – Libération, “The call of the forest: against pesticides, let’s walk with Joseph towards Paris”

  • Jan. 29, 2024 Interview – Sciences & Vie Junior, feature on “ugly animals” (published March 13, 2024)

  • Jan. 31, 2024 Interview – Le Monde, “The ban on hunting trophies under debate at the Assembly”

  • Feb. 5, 2024 Article – Ouest France, “200 new trees planted in Saumur” – Saumur

  • Feb. 8, 2024 Interview – The Connexion, threatened plants

  • Feb. 12, 2024 Interview – Libération, “Biodiversity: the sad outlook for migratory species”

  • Feb. 13, 2024 Article – AEF info, “Maud Lelièvre’s mandate as president of the French Committee of the IUCN renewed for three years”

  • Feb. 16, 2024 Interview – 30 Millions d’amis, “The UN warns of the decline of migratory species”

  • Feb. 22, 2024 Interview – Libération, “Pallas’s cat, bat, shark… Are States committing enough?”

  • Feb. 26, 2024 Interview – Le Monde, special feature on the management of fauna and flora in West Africa

  • Feb. 27, 2024 TV interview – Télématin, World Polar Bear Day

  • March 7, 2024 Podcast – “À chaud”, the sustainability of the economic world and its link with biodiversity

  • March 15, 2024 Article – Reporterre, “Gabriel Attal has finally received the environmental movement”

  • March 17, 2024 Article – Le Kiosque de Saumur, “Bioparc: the 5 baby giraffes born in 2023 sponsored by elected officials”

  • March 19, 2024 Radio interview – La Terre au Carré, the conservation of migratory species

  • March 21, 2024 Article – GoodPlanet Mag, “Free evolution: a strategy for managing natural environments”

  • March 25, 2024 Article – Le Dauphiné Libéré, “Christelle Vitaud, director of the Safari, joins the National Order of Merit”

  • March 30, 2024 Op-ed – Le Monde, “The transition towards sustainable agricultural and food systems: a great national cause”

  • Apr. 17, 2024 Article – France Bleu, “Deux-Sèvres: how the Zoodyssée park is trying to save the European mink”

  • Apr. 18, 2024 Article – 30 Millions d’amis, “The UN on the decline of migratory species”

  • Apr. 29, 2024 Radio interview – Radio France, “Ugly animals and conservation measures”

  • May 3, 2024 Article – Le Figaro, “Conservation actions are enabling an improvement in the state of biodiversity”

  • May 5, 2024 Article – The Connexion, “Protecting rare and endangered plants”

  • May 14, 2024 Interview – Ouest France, “Are our forests doomed to burn every year?”

  • May 15, 2024 Radio interview – France Info, report on the trafficking of succulent plants

  • May 24, 2024 Article – 30 Millions d’amis, “Are there really too many elephants in Botswana?”

  • May 26, 2024 Interview – La Croix, “Plant biodiversity: why does the disappearance of plants leave us indifferent?”

  • June 13, 2024 Article – Le Monde, “More than half of the 2,900 species threatened with extinction in France are not directly protected”

  • June 13, 2024 Article – Libération, “Spiders, sharks, crustaceans… 1,600 threatened species are still not protected”

  • June 13, 2024 Article – RFI, “France: more than half of threatened species are not protected”

  • June 13, 2024 Article – Actu Environnement, “More than 1,600 species threatened with extinction in France are not protected”

  • July 2024 Op-ed – Beauval Nature mag, “Together let’s continue our actions!”

  • July 3, 2024 Article – La Gazette, “Nature restoration: the adopted European regulation delivers concrete results”

  • July 30, 2024 Interview – BFM TV, the heatwave

  • July 31, 2024 Radio interview – RFI, “Can cities adapt to climate change?”

  • Aug. 1, 2024 Interview – Mon Quotidien, “Where to find the list of endangered animals”

  • Aug. 15, 2024 Article – Le Nouvel Obs, “Animals: the wild trade”

  • Aug. 27, 2024 Article – Libération, “In the Var, the fight is being organised against the tortoise scale insect, the nightmare of umbrella pines”

2022 – 2023

speaking engagements

  • Sept. 13-14, 2022 BirdLife 100th anniversary Congress

  • Sept. 24, 2022 Round table with Marc Fesneau – Reconciling food sovereignty and climate change

  • Sept. 28-Oct. 1, 2022 Mediterranean Forum – Round table on local authorities – Malaga

  • Oct. 1, 2022 Round table: The illicit trafficking of wild animals at the Jane Goodall Foundation

  • Oct. 5, 2022 WCEL 3rd International Environmental Law Conference – Climate Change, Pollution and Biodiversity Loss – Oslo

  • Oct. 10-11, 2022 IUCN French Congress of Nature – Beauval

  • Oct. 18, 2022 Dinner debate – Mobilising for the conservation of animal species at the Aquarium de Paris – Paris

  • Oct. 20, 2022 Debate with the CNR – Loss of biodiversity and light pollution – Meudon

  • Oct. 21, 2022 National Council for Refoundation meeting – Climate and Biodiversity

  • Nov. 9, 2022 Orée talk before businesses – preparation for CBD15

  • Nov. 12, 2022 Working meeting on the occasion of the Peace Forum – Paris

  • Nov. 21, 2022 National Council for Refoundation meeting – Climate and Biodiversity

  • Dec. 9, 2022 COP15 Biodiversity – Urban Nature-based Solutions: Cities as drivers of Nature-positive development

  • Dec. 10, 2022 COP15 Biodiversity – Side event: local and regional authorities, key players in biodiversity governance

  • Dec. 14, 2022 Meeting on ocean protection – State Secretariat for the Sea

  • Jan. 17-19, 2023 IUCN Council C108 (part 2) – Abu Dhabi

  • Jan. 26, 2023 Green Cross conference-debate – Energy resilience of territories

  • Feb. 3, 2023 Launch meeting of the French partnership for cities and territories (preparation for the Cairo WUF)

  • Feb. 15, 2023 Biodiversity webinar – A review of COP15 (with Huglo Lepage) – Webinar

  • March 28, 2023 Wildlife symposium of the French Committee of the IUCN

  • March 30, 2023 Meeting at the Élysée – 75 years of the IUCN and Paris Council

  • Apr. 15, 2023 Symposium “Our Tropical Rainforest – Harmony between Man and Nature” (EF Global)

  • Apr. 20, 2023 Working group on the illegal imports of meat products and wildlife (MTE)

  • Apr. 25, 2023 Meeting at the Quai d’Orsay – 75 years and the next IUCN Council – Paris

  • May 11, 2023 CEPS Morning Sessions – “Summit after Summit: are we making progress?”

  • May 11, 2023 Steering committee of the France-IUCN partnership

  • May 12, 2023 Conference “Jean-Claude Carrière and the protection of the environment”

  • May 16, 2023 Discussion meeting on the negotiation of the international treaty on plastic pollution (INC-2) – Paris

  • May 23-25, 2023 IUCN Council C109 – Gland

  • May 30, 2023 Meeting of the National Advisory Commission for Captive Wildlife

  • June 19, 2023 National conference on marine renewable energy

  • June 27, 2023 Talk at the Orly Management Committee – Orly

  • July 12, 2023 IUCN/WCS/France Knowledge Dialogue – Shaping sustainable cities with nature

Interviews

  • Sept. 7, 2022 TV programme – BFM TV, “Biodiversity, COPs, Challenges, Solutions”

  • Sept. 30, 2022 Article – Elle, “We are at a turning point to save biodiversity”

  • Oct. 13, 2022 Interview – BFM TV, WWF report

  • Oct. 21, 2022 Article – FSC, meeting with the new board member of FSC France

  • Oct. 26, 2022 Article – Ouest France, trees and animals facing October temperatures

  • Oct. 27, 2022 Article – Libération, the consequences of the heatwave on biodiversity

  • Nov. 1, 2022 Interview – RFI, biodiversity and light pollution

  • Nov. 15, 2022 Article (signed) – “Wetlands are our life insurance in the face of the climate and biodiversity crises”

  • Nov. 18, 2022 Radio programme – France Inter, La terre au carré (Montier Festival, wildlife trafficking, COP27)

  • Nov. 29, 2022 Interview – CNews, “Climate: the perverse effects of reforestation”

  • Dec. 4, 2022 Article – “At the heart of the invisible island”

  • Dec. 6, 2022 Interview – France Culture, the challenges of the COP

  • Dec. 7, 2022 Article – Ouest France, “What is COP15 and what are its stakes?”

  • Dec. 7, 2022 Op-ed (signatures) – Le Monde, “Biodiversity COP15: nature will not wait until 2030”

  • Jan. 3, 2023 Article – L’Express, the effects of the winter warm spell

  • Feb. 3, 2023 Programme – Divergence, “We only have one Earth”: it is urgent to restore wetlands

  • June 7, 2023 Article – Les Echos, “Oceans: the urgency of a national strategy”

  • June 22, 2023 Interview – Charlie Hebdo, “Animal trafficking is one of the most lucrative activities in the world”

  • June 23, 2023 Interview – Charlie Hebdo, the eco-contribution

  • July 10, 2023 Collective op-ed – Les Echos, “Deep-sea mining: the threat becomes concrete”

  • July 18, 2023 Interview – L’Express, National Biodiversity Strategy (with Valentin Ehkirch)

2021 – 2022

speaking engagements

  • Sept. 6, 2021 Structuring networks of local stakeholders to protect the great apes – Marseille

  • Sept. 7, 2021 Presentation of the Red List of threatened species in France – Marseille

  • Sept. 18, 2021 We Demain conference – the link between climate and biodiversity – Metz

  • Sept. 29, 2021 Talk before the Environment Commission of the CESE – Paris

  • Oct. 5, 2021 OFB conference – Decoding the international scene on the road to the COP15 biodiversity

  • Oct. 20, 2021 Local authorities can act for the preservation of forests – Video call

  • Nov. 5, 2021 COP26 – Conference with Sylvia Earle on the ocean, biodiversity and climate – Glasgow

  • Nov. 5, 2021 COP26 – Biodiversity and climate: Nature-based Solutions – Glasgow

  • Nov. 5, 2021 COP26 – Biodiversity, climate: one and the same fight! – Glasgow

  • Nov. 6, 2021 COP26 – GOVSCOT event: Multilevel action pavilion (ICLEI / Scottish government) – Glasgow

  • Nov. 16, 2021 Conference of the Foundation for Animal Law, Ethics and Science (Sorbonne) – Preserving and protecting wild animals in the wild – Paris

  • Nov. 20, 2021 “Marseille 2021! What if we took stock” – Montier-en-Der

  • Nov. 23, 2021 MEDEF Ecological and Economic Transition Commission – Biodiversity challenges in international law – Paris

  • Nov. 25, 2021 PFVT – Presentation of the challenges and biodiversity for Katowice – Paris

  • Dec. 2, 2021 Forum for Ag regional France – Paris

  • Dec. 16, 2021 International conference of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law – Measuring the effectiveness of environmental law through legal indicators – Paris

  • Jan. 10, 2022 World Coastal Forum – International call for coastal wetlands conservation – Webinar

  • Feb. 15, 2022 Aquarium de Paris – Managing the conservation of wild species – Paris

  • Feb. 15, 2022 Île-de-France Region – Ecosystems and biodiversity workshop – Paris

  • March 8, 2022 ADEME – What place for nature in the city after the IPCC report – Angers

  • March 21, 2022 World Water Forum – Introductory plenary on the challenges of innovation for water – Dakar

  • March 21, 2022 World Water Forum – France Pavilion side event: NbS in water management – Dakar

  • March 25, 2022 Monaco Ocean Week – Conference on nature-based solutions – Monaco

  • Apr. 20, 2022 Contribution to the 30×30 target: the case of the IUCN Green List – Paris

  • May 12, 2022 Conference “Jean-Claude Carrière and the protection of the environment” – Paris

  • May 22, 2022 Naturellement – First encounters of the living world and the earth – Rouen

  • June 2, 2022 Maison de l’Océan – Reducing threats and fostering the resilience of ecosystems – Paris

  • June 10, 2022 Conference with Mediapart – Saint-Dizier

  • June 28, 2022 World Urban Forum – Round table: Cities as ambassadors of biodiversity – Katowice

  • June 29, 2022 World Urban Forum – What solutions to cool down the city of tomorrow? – Katowice

  • June 29, 2022 World Urban Forum – Network nature: Nature-based solutions for sustainable urban development – Katowice

  • June 29, 2022 World Urban Forum – Multidimensional sustainability assessment of cities and regions in Europe – Katowice

Interviews

  • Sept. 6, 2021 Structuring networks of local stakeholders to protect the great apes – Marseille

  • Sept. 7, 2021 Presentation of the Red List of threatened species in France – Marseille

  • Sept. 18, 2021 We Demain conference – the link between climate and biodiversity – Metz

  • Sept. 29, 2021 Talk before the Environment Commission of the CESE – Paris

  • Oct. 5, 2021 OFB conference – Decoding the international scene on the road to the COP15 biodiversity

  • Oct. 20, 2021 Local authorities can act for the preservation of forests – Video call

  • Nov. 5, 2021 COP26 – Conference with Sylvia Earle on the ocean, biodiversity and climate – Glasgow

  • Nov. 5, 2021 COP26 – Biodiversity and climate: Nature-based Solutions – Glasgow

  • Nov. 5, 2021 COP26 – Biodiversity, climate: one and the same fight! – Glasgow

  • Nov. 6, 2021 COP26 – GOVSCOT event: Multilevel action pavilion (ICLEI / Scottish government) – Glasgow

  • Nov. 16, 2021 Conference of the Foundation for Animal Law, Ethics and Science (Sorbonne) – Preserving and protecting wild animals in the wild – Paris

  • Nov. 20, 2021 “Marseille 2021! What if we took stock” – Montier-en-Der

  • Nov. 23, 2021 MEDEF Ecological and Economic Transition Commission – Biodiversity challenges in international law – Paris

  • Nov. 25, 2021 PFVT – Presentation of the challenges and biodiversity for Katowice – Paris

  • Dec. 2, 2021 Forum for Ag regional France – Paris

  • Dec. 16, 2021 International conference of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law – Measuring the effectiveness of environmental law through legal indicators – Paris

  • Jan. 10, 2022 World Coastal Forum – International call for coastal wetlands conservation – Webinar

  • Feb. 15, 2022 Aquarium de Paris – Managing the conservation of wild species – Paris

  • Feb. 15, 2022 Île-de-France Region – Ecosystems and biodiversity workshop – Paris

  • March 8, 2022 ADEME – What place for nature in the city after the IPCC report – Angers

  • March 21, 2022 World Water Forum – Introductory plenary on the challenges of innovation for water – Dakar

  • March 21, 2022 World Water Forum – France Pavilion side event: NbS in water management – Dakar

  • March 25, 2022 Monaco Ocean Week – Conference on nature-based solutions – Monaco

  • Apr. 20, 2022 Contribution to the 30×30 target: the case of the IUCN Green List – Paris

  • May 12, 2022 Conference “Jean-Claude Carrière and the protection of the environment” – Paris

  • May 22, 2022 Naturellement – First encounters of the living world and the earth – Rouen

  • June 2, 2022 Maison de l’Océan – Reducing threats and fostering the resilience of ecosystems – Paris

  • June 10, 2022 Conference with Mediapart – Saint-Dizier

  • June 28, 2022 World Urban Forum – Round table: Cities as ambassadors of biodiversity – Katowice

  • June 29, 2022 World Urban Forum – What solutions to cool down the city of tomorrow? – Katowice

  • June 29, 2022 World Urban Forum – Network nature: Nature-based solutions for sustainable urban development – Katowice

  • June 29, 2022 World Urban Forum – Multidimensional sustainability assessment of cities and regions in Europe – Katowice

(Interviews and talks prior to 2021 have not been listed.)

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