• Date: May, 2021
• Location: University Sorbonne Paris Nord
• Goal: Exposition of animal photography to raise public awareness

The aim of this exhibition was to present animals in human guise in order to place mankind in the context of its evolutionary history. The human being is an animal like any other, and the public's view of us leads it to rethink the living world and protect biodiversity.

Studying great tits (Parus major) in Antwerp, Belgium

• Date: April-June, 2023
• Location: Antwerpen, Belgium
• Goal: Research & Fieldwork

This field work consisted of population monitoring (nesting stage, hatching, luggage, etc.) but also a problem-solving study of these free-ranging individuals (camera installation in nature and video analysis). This field work was supplemented by work in an international team and at the same time in full autonomy.

Following this, I created a scientific poster that I was able to present at a conference with multidisciplinary researchers attendence at the 6th " International Student Course in Behavioral Biology" at the Institut Francilien d'Éthologie on November 27 and 28, 2023.

• Date: January-June, 2024
• Location: Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity - ACCB (Siem Reap Province, Cambodia)
• Goal: Research & Ex-situ conservation program

The Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB), a non-profit established in 2003 near Angkor, Cambodia, focuses on conserving Cambodian wildlife and habitats through breeding and reintroduction programs, wildlife rescue and rehabilitation, conservation education, research, and capacity building, playing a crucial role in protecting endangered species and raising awareness in a threatened biodiversity hotspot.

My first objective of joining the “ACCB” (Angkor Center for Conservation of Biodiversity) conservation project was to carry out a non-invasive scientific study (via camera traps) on a critically endangered (IUCN) species of freshwater turtle (Sourthern River Terrapin, Batagur affinis). Then, I had the chance to participate to another study, this time, about the critically endangered Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis). Subsequently, various conservation tasks to help the ex situ conservation staff were assigned to me (e.i. Take care of captive breeding populations, photo-identification of center's primates and turtles/turtoises).

• Date: December-February, 2025
• Location: Endangered Primates Rescue Center - EPRC (Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam)
• Goal: Research and help to captive population management thank to ethology

The Endangered Primate Rescue Center (EPRC) in Vietnam, located within Cuc Phuong National Park, is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, breeding, and release of Vietnam's critically endangered primate species. Facing threats like habitat loss and illegal trade, the EPRC provides vital care, conducts research, and raises awareness to protect these unique and vulnerable animals, contributing significantly to their long-term survival.

My presence was characterized by:

1) Assessment of the introduction of a new individual in a group 

- Quantitative and Qalitative observation of the focal individual

- Biostatistics 

- Writting repport

2) Standardising center's data:

- Documenting sexual dimorphism 

- Documenting how to differenciate Red-shanked douc langur (CR) and Grey-shanked douc langur (CR)

- List of langurs' leaf diet & List of small apes (Gibbons) and lorises' diet given within the center.

3) Bring ethological observation in: 

- Elaborating the ethogram of Red-shanked douc langur (CR) and Grey-shanked douc langur (CR)

- Elaborating of the vocalization diversity of Red-shanked douc langur and Grey-shanked douc langur,

- Elaborating an analyse of development stages (color and behavioral) of Red-shanked douc langur and Grey-shanked douc langur,

- Monitoring the first days of life of new born in the center to analyse if everything is going well. Focused species: Red-shanked douc langur (CR), Cat Ba langur (CR), Delacour's langur (CR) and Hatinh langur (CR).

- Monitoring to Delacour's langur (CR) in their semi-wild enclosure,

- Night monitoring lorises (Pigmy slow loris, bengal loris) in their semi-wild enclosure

Then, I had the chance to observe the red-shanked douc langur in the wild within the Son Tra Peninsula, central Vietnam...

• Date: June 2024 - Currently
• Location: Remote & Egypt
• Goal: In situ conservation of Spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) within the socio-economic context of developping crountry like Egypt.

Splendeur Nature, a French non-profit organization, is dedicated to mitigating the negative impacts of tourism on marine biodiversity, particularly focusing on cetaceans. Our current project investigates a population of spinner dolphins in the southern Red Sea, Egypt, severely threatened by the rapid growth of mass tourism, specifically swim-with-dolphin tours. Sustainable and responsible tourism is crucial to safeguard these dolphins while ensuring long-term economic benefits for local communities reliant on this local tourism. To achieve this, we are beginning a collaborative work including local and international NGOs (HEPCA and Dolphin Watch Alliance) as well as our international diplomatic partner (IFAW) and local authorites (Ministry of Environment of Egypt (MoE), Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA), local National Park). aim to propose a collaborative management plan with the Egyptian government, in partnership with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).

This plan will involve:

Scientific Research: Conducting comprehensive studies to quantify the exponential increase in tourism within the lagoon, analyze the resulting impacts on dolphin behavior, and determine the dolphins' spatio-temporal use of the lagoon (already done), in order to propose a management plan as relevant as possible. 

Management Plan Development: Utilizing research findings to create a scientifically-informed and locally-supported management plan for swim-with-dolphin tourism.

Skills developed:

- Management of eco-volunteers, interns, volunteers

- Working in collaboration with local authorities

- Include Social aspect in in-situ conservation work in order to protect biodiversity in the more sustainable way having an integrative point of view.