Finally got to see our VTOL drone up in the sky! Successful training session with @regishocde.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social and André Anglade @cnrs.fr

Next step will be to fly it over the sea and look for marine megafauna

SMART-WING project anr.fr/Projet-ANR-2...

A training on ‘Drone image analysis for megafauna studies’ was held by Dr @mannoccil.bsky.social #MARBEC @ird-fr.bsky.social at #PoliteknikKPSorong within the 26th anniversary event of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) @ijlselamat.bsky.social #megafauna #internationalcollaboration

Episode 3 bis – IJL SELAMAT expedition in #NorthSulawesi including remote & outer islands as #Sangihe_Island in November 2025 with Sistem Biota BRIN MARBEC @ird-fr.bsky.social & Yapeka NGO

#sentinelspecies #marinebiodiversity #Echinodermata #eDNA #megafauna #dugong www.instagram.com/reel/DRO5sAK...

Episode 3 – IJL SELAMAT expedition in #NorthSulawesi #Sangihe_Island October 2025 with PR Sistem Biota #BRIN @ird-fr.bsky.social & YapekaNGO

#sentinelspecies #sentinelecosystem #RisetLaut #BiodiversitasLaut #Echinodermata #eDNA #KolaborasiIlmiah #ScienceForOcean

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Episode 2 – IJL SELAMAT expedition in #westpapua, October 2025, with Pusat Riset Sistem Biota #BRIN Politeknik KP Sorong @ird-fr.bsky.social
#sentinelspecies #sentinelecosystem #RisetLaut #BiodiversitasLaut #Echinodermata #eDNA #KolaborasiIlmiah #ScienceForOcean

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🚨New paper published in @RSECJournal

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📷First study assessing #dugong body condition across the Indo-Pacific using #drone footage

Dugongs from larger populations were 'fatter'

Led by @marbec @ird_fr in partnership with @SelamatIJL

In this paper just out in Aquatic Conservation, we define spatial prioritization scenarios for the protection of endangered #dugongs in #NewCaledonia
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Led by @umrMARBEC @MannocciL in collaboration with @UMREntropie
Funded by @MSCActions

So grateful for having the chance to be part of this work - Great leadership by colleague and friend @TomLetessier1 Congrats !!

How to apply AI for the automated census of marine megafauna? This was the topic of my seminar at RCO-@brin_indonesia in the framework of @SelamatIJL. Thanks to Pak Udhi @brin_indonesia, @t_goubier @IFI_Indonesia, JL LePennec @ird_fr for opening speeches and to all participants!

Not even one year working for @ird_fr @umrMARBEC and I had the chance to co-lead fieldwork on #dugongs and other #megafauna in West Papua with amazing colleagues @rizkindk @ach_sahri @RegisHocde

So glad about our successfully completed joint French-Indonesian fieldwork on megafauna in West Papua under the umbrella of @SelamatIJL

Our study used aerial surveys to monitor marine megafauna in and out of a MPA in New Caledonia - see our results below !
Congrats @HeudierM for this achievement !

It's between amazing working with you on this one @TomLetessier1 ! Very happy to see it out🐳

Happy to present some of my research on marine megafauna as part of the Marbec seminars next Thursday (in French)

Very glad to be remotely part of this effort !