Biologist by training, after having devoted 25 years to establishing National Parks in Central Africa (North Central Africa, Garamba DRC, Dja Cameroon and Odzala Congo) and the bases of conservation in general, in particular with regard to ivory trafficking and classification of the elephant in Annex N ° 1 of the Washington Convention, it has now and for more than 15 years contributed to developing protected areas and conservation alongside African Parks in French-speaking Africa and in the Horn of Africa.