3 June 2026 FIELD MISSIONS LIFE MMS in Corsica: Missions in Sanguinaires Islands The spring mission, which brought together teams from PIM Initiative, HELP Sarl, and the OFB on the Sanguinaires Islands, confirmed the success of the rat control effort carried out in the fall of 2025! This operation was carried out as part of the Life Mobile Marine Species (Life MMS) project, co-financed by the European Union […] Read more 3 June 2026 EVENTS, FIELD MISSIONS Field Survey to Update Naturalist Data on the Islets of Port-Cros National Park From April 13 to 17, 2026, PIM Initiative and Port-Cros National Park (PNPC) jointly organized a comprehensive field survey to update naturalist inventories on the outlying islets within the National Park’s territory. As part of the partnership agreement that has linked the two organizations for many years, this operation is repeated every five years to […] Read more 2 June 2026 EVENTS, FIELD MISSIONS CAIPIM: Launch of global change monitoring protocols on the project’s partner islands! Following the CAIPIM project training session held in February in Monastir, Tunisia, for managers of partner pilot sites, the project can now enter its operational deployment phase in the field. Several dedicated missions have since taken place to support partners during the implementation phase: from Cape Verde to Corsica, via Menorca, Greece, Montenegro, and Morocco, […] Read more 28 May 2026 EVENTS, FIELD MISSIONS Exploring Greece’s islets: a scientific expedition in the Gulf of Euboea An international multidisciplinary team aboard a catamaran, species never before recorded in Greece, and Shags fitted with GPS trackers: the 4th PIM mission in Greek waters lived up to its promise! From April 18 to 24, 2026, the catamaran Barchetta crisscrossed the waters of the Gulf of Euboea for the fourth naturalist expedition organized by […] Read more 15 May 2026 EVENTS, FIELD MISSIONS 2025 Activity Report is now available! A busy year for PIM Initiative: a look back at 12 months of concrete actions to preserve the small islands of the Mediterranean and Macaronesia, carried out in collaboration with our international partners. 📖 Discover all our projects and results by downloading the report: Read more 8 September 2025 EVENTS, FIELD MISSIONS Grand Rouveau island: raising awareness at the height of the season! To mark the 50th anniversary of the Conservatoire du Littoral, it was a particularly busy summer on Grand Rouveau Island! Reports, tours of the island and lighthouse, and nature walks punctuated this season dedicated to raising awareness, not to mention the traditional annual monitoring of flora and fauna! Seasonal workers from the Regional Marine Guard, […] Read more 1 September 2025 EVENTS, FIELD MISSIONS PIM launches deratting program on Sanguinaires archipelago Sanguinaires Archipelago – The NGO Initiative for the Small Islands of the Mediterranean (PIM), with the support of the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB) and in partnership with the Joint Association of the Sanguinaires Islands – Pointe de la Parata (SMGS), is stepping up its marine bird conservation efforts in Corsica by launching a rat […] Read more
