PIM Initiative is an association under French law 1901 whose offices are located in Marseille (France). Its governance is composed of 4 bodies: a Bureau, a Board of Directors, a General Assembly and a Scientific Council.
THE EMPLOYEE TEAM
Jeanne Chaumont
CAIPIM Project officer - Scientific responsible
Gwennaëlle Daniel
LIFE MMS Project officer - Island area management responsible
Anaële Sacchettini
RESCOM Project officer - Communications responsible
Karelle Bassole
Administration and Events Manager
Suzanne Guillemot
Replacement Administrative and Events Manager
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Joan Mayol
President
Former Head of Environmental Administration
Balearic Islands
Joan Mayol, biologist, writer and farmer.
He worked for the Balearic government for 40 years in nature protection, as a technician and politician, with some notable successes (Cabrera National Park Act, protection of the archipelago's small islands).
Collaborator with PIM since its origins as a program of the Conservatoire du Littoral. Professionally retired since 2019.
Aïda Abdennadher
Vice President
Sea Convergence consulting firm
Tunisia
Pascal Gillet
Treasurer
Port-Cros National Park
France
Awatef Abiadh
Deputy Treasurer
Alain Mante
Secretary
Calanques National Park
France
Flavio Monti
Deputy secretary
Hocein Bazairi
Administrator
Mohamed V University
Morocco
Frédéric Médail
Scientific Council President
Frédéric Médail is a professor at Aix-Marseille University, at the Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity and Ecology (IMBE), and specializes in the study of flora and vegetation in the Mediterranean region. He conducts research in ecology, biogeography and conservation biology, with a particular interest in the study of island systems.
He is president of the Scientific Council of PIM Initiative.
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IMBE Roger Estève
Administrator
SMILO / Ex Conservatoire du littoral
France
Engineer, he worked at the Ministry of the Environment, where he held various positions: nature protection project manager in Haute-Savoie, director of the Gorges de l'Ardèche nature reserve, Alpine lakes delegate at the Conservatoire du littoral.
Now retired, he is actively involved in community life. He represents the NGO “Small Island Organization” on the board of directors of PIM. He is president of IFREEMIS, an NGO specializing in the underground environment, and participates in the work of the IUCN on the “Green List” certification.
Members of the Scientific Council
In order to benefit from advice and guidance on the scientific, technical and management aspects of the islands, PIM Initiative has set up a multidisciplinary and international committee made up of 24 Mediterranean experts, specialists in entomology, ornithology, herpetology, the fight against invasive species, history, architecture and international law.
The Scientific Council is chaired by Prof. Frédéric Médail, of the Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity and Ecology (IMBE), who wanted to establish a wide range of skills related to the conservation of islands and ensure that as many Mediterranean regions as possible were represented. This list was validated by the General Assembly of October 2023.
Georgios Karris
Ionian University
Graduated in Biology (BSc) and Environmental Biology (MSc) and specialized in Seabirds Ecology (PhD), Georgios Karris joined the PIM Scientific Council as Member. Since 2002, he has been participating and coordinating >20 research and conservation projects for avifauna in Mediterranean insular areas. Additionally, he takes up the position of Associate Professor at the Department of Environment, Ionian University in 2023.
Official website Ionian University
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Google Scholar Gianluigi Bachetta
Unica-CCB
Director of the Conservation Centre of Biodiversity (CCB) and the Germplasm Bank of Sardinia (BG-SAR) of the University of Cagliari, president of the GENMEDA network, deputy president of the scientific council of the Corsican National Botanical Conservatory, regional delegate for the environment and landscape of the Fondo Ambiente Italiano and member of the scientific council of the Mediterranean National Botanical Conservatory, the INITIATIVE PIM and the Centro Regionale di Competenza RESTART.
He is also principal investigator in various international projects (LIFE+, Interreg, ENPI, ENI, Erasmus+) funded by the European Union and private foundations.
Unica-CCB Elsa Bonnaud
Paris Saclay University
Elsa Bonnaud is an Assistant Professor at Paris Saclay University since 2011.
She obtained a PhD in Ecology and population dynamics. Her main research areas are focused on predator-prey dynamics, invasive species, disturbed ecosystems, biotic interactions and biological conservation.
She is currently working on the impact of predators both on insular ecosystems and peri-urban areas to understand how global changes can induce disturbances in predator-prey interactions.
Site Elsa BonnaudFabrice Bernard
Conservatoire du Littoral
Biologist, specialized in seabird and waterbird conservation, working as senior researcher at ISPRA, Italian research institute for the environment. Based in Bologna. Patnership in many LIFE and other EU projects. Life-long involvement in Medmaravis association and, within his ISPRA duties, in several Marine Strategy activities, waterbird census, flamingo database and museum management. Has joined PIM by order of Augusto Navone.
ispraClaudia Corti
University of Florence
Zakher Bouragaoui is an ecologist and National Geographic Explorer with a passion for bioacoustics and reptile biology. He worked in Tunisia’s diverse ecosystems and some Tunisian islands, to understand the biology and ecology of lacertid lizards. He is a Fulbright Alumni scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he worked on applying ecoacoustics through acoustic indices and machine learning to study bird species and richness in the Sierra Nevada, aiming to revolutionize wildlife monitoring and conservation through cutting-edge technology.
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Adrien Cheminée
Septentrion Environnement
Portuguese, born in 1966, Luís is currently the Founder and Managing Director of Nature Returns after being Programme Manager for the Mediterranean at MAVA Foundation and Director of SPEA – the BirdLife partner in Portugal. Luís has 30+ years of comprehensive experience in the sector of nature conservation, on development and implementation of nature/biodiversity conservation policies, programmes and projects, and capacity building, especially on management of NGOs and philanthropy.
LinkedIn Michel-Jean Delauguerre
Ex Conservatoire du littoral
Studying ecological interactions on small Mediterranean islands, involving reptiles study species such as geckos, lizards, colubrid snakes... Former expert officer for the French Governmental organization "Conservatoire du littoral". I was in charge of site governance, awareness, ecological monitoring..., paying particular attention to cultural heritage and to community involvement.
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Pantelina
Emmanouillidou
DREAL Région Sud
Ahmed Gadhoum
Archaeologist
Brigitte Marin
French School of Rome
Pietro Lo Casio
Nesos Associazione
Conservation biologist with a special interest on entomology, herpetology and island biology. In 2001 he founded Nesos, an association based in Lipari (Aeolian Islands) and involved in the fields of sustainable tourism and biodiversity research. He was also member of PIM Boards of Directors.
Frédéric Médail
IMBE - Aix-Marseille University
Frédéric Médail is a professor at Aix-Marseille University, at the Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity and Ecology (IMBE), and specializes in the study of flora and vegetation in the Mediterranean region. He conducts research in ecology, biogeography and conservation biology, with a particular interest in the study of island systems.
He is president of the Scientific Council of PIM Initiative.
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IMBE Salvatore Pasta
University of Palermo
PhD in Biology, professor and Associate researcher at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB), specialist in genetics and evolution in island and/or isolated populations using molecular biology techniques, both genetic and genomic (e.g. nuclear markers, mitochondrial, Next-generation DNA high throughput sequencing). The objective of the research is the conservation management of island populations of Podarcis, as well as marine biodiversity of the Western Mediterranean.
Abdeljebbar Qninba
Rabat Scientific Institute
Docteur en Écologie (spécialité Ornithologie). Enseignant-chercheur à l’Institut Scientifique (Université Mohammed V de Rabat). Auteur et co-auteur de plusieurs articles, rapports et ouvrages sur la faune marocaine. Coordinateur du suivi de la population du Faucon d’Éléonore de l’Archipel d’Essaouira dans le cadre du Programme des Petites Îles de Méditerranée. Membre des Associations « Nature Initiative de Dakhla ANI » et d’Initiative PIM.
Vincent Rivière
Agir écologique
Vincent RIVIERE is managing director of AGIR écologique, a company specializing in biodiversity assessments and ecological engineering work. He has also worked as a consultant for the PIM initiative for several years, as scientific manager. A herpetologist with over 20 years' experience, he is involved in conservation and monitoring projects for protected reptiles and amphibians. He is particularly interested in the European Phyllodactyl, whose island populations he has been monitoring for over 10 years, and continues to explore the ecology of this species within island ecosystems.
Research Professor of the Spanish Research Council at the Mediterranean Institute of Advanced Studies (IMEDEA, CSIC-UIB), based on Mallorca (Balearic Islands). Her research focuses on island systems, exploring how different drivers of global change (mostly invasive species and climate change) influence biotic interactions. She is currently coordinating projects in the Balearics Islands, Canary Islands, Galapagos, Seychelles and Svalbard.
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IMEDEA
Islandlife
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Research GatePierre Boissery
Water Agency RMC
