Christian PERENNOU

Theme: Science-Society Interfaces

Contact: e-mail | +33 (0)4 90 97 29 82

Joined our team: April 1993

Research interests and expertise

Wetland observation and monitoring, Biodiversity, Education

Education

• PhD Biometrics and Population Biology, University of Lyon I, 1990
• Engineer—Rural Engineering, Water, and Forestry, ENGREF, 1986
• Engineer—Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon, 1985

Projects

• Development of observatories and monitoring systems for national wetlands (Camargue) or transnational ones (Prespa Lakes in the Balkans, Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory)
• Development of indicators (National Biodiversity/ Wet Habitats Observatory)
• LIFE – Conservation of Mediterranean Temporary Ponds
• Network of the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian Sea deltas
• Assistance in setting up and evaluating wetland management plans (Turkey, Portugal, Slovenia, and France)
• Restoration plans for threatened species (European Union, Nature Reserves)
• University classes for students at the IAM Montpellier, and AgroParisTech, and professional training for Mediterranean wetlands managers.

Publications

Find below the most recent publications of Christian Perennou, or see the full list on the Tour du Valat’s documentary web portal:

• The Mediterranean Island Wetlands (MedIsWet) inventory: strengths and shortfalls of the currently available floristic data
  de Mauro Fois, Alba Cuena Lombraña, N Araç, M Artufel, E Atak, V Attard, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Salvatore Cambria, K Charfi, D Dizdaroğlu, et al. In Flora Mediterranea, 32 (12/2022), 339-349 En ligne : www.herbmedit.org[...] MedIsWet (Conservation of the island wetlands of the Mediterranean Basin) ... read more
• Waterbird diversity at the Sebkhet of Aures wetlands complex, North East Algeria
  de Imene Benzina, Abdelkrim Si Bachir, Christian Perennou In Ornithologische Beobachter (Der), 119(4) (December, 2022), 318-329 We collected a database on wintering waterbirds in the Sebkhet of Aures wetlands complex (SAWC), based on surveys during the period 1978–2019 as well as on a bibliographic ... read more
• Gap analysis of the Ramsar site network at 50: over 150 important Mediterranean sites for wintering waterbirds omitted
  de Nadège Popoff, Elie Gaget, Arnaud Béchet, Laura Dami, Pierre Defos Du Rau, Ilse Geijzendorffer, Anis Guelmami, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Christian Perennou, Marie Suet, et al. In Biodiversity and conservation, Online (July, 2021), 19 En ligne : link.springer.com[...] The Mediterranean Basin is a biodiversity hotspot. Wetlands make a key ... read more
• Assessment of the Pressure Level over Lentic Waterbodies through the Estimation of Land Uses in the Catchment and Hydro-Morphological Alterations
  de Daniel Morant, Christian Perennou, Antonio Camacho In Applied Sciences, 11(4) (February, 2021), 23 En ligne : www.mdpi.com[...] The features of lentic waterbodies largely depend on the surrounding environment. Mediterranean coastal lagoons have been historically altered, with their catchment being highly modified for agricultural, livestock, or urban uses. ... read more
• Antagonistic effect of natural habitat conversion on community adjustment to climate warming in nonbreeding waterbirds
  de Elie Gaget, Thomas Galewski, Frédéric Jiguet, Anis Guelmami, Christian Perennou, Coralie Beltrame, Isabelle Le Viol In Conservation Biology, Online (December, 2019) En ligne : conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com[...] While the impacts of climate and land use changes on biodiversity have been widely documented, their joint effects remain poorly understood. We ... read more
• L’état des zones humides dans le monde et en Méditerranée
  de Christian Perennou, Laurent Chazee, Thomas Galewski, Ilse Geijzendorffer, Anis Guelmami In Zones Humides Infos, 97-98 (Eté 2019), 20-21 ... read more
• A More Effective Ramsar Convention for the Conservation of Mediterranean Wetlands
  de Ilse R. Geijzendorffer, Coralie Beltrame, Laurent Chazee, Elie Gaget, Thomas Galewski, Anis Guelmami, Christian Perennou, Nadège Popoff, Carlos A. Guerra, Roxanne Leberger, et al. In Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7 (February, 2019) En ligne : www.frontiersin.org[...] The Ramsar Convention is the multilateral agreement aimed at protecting ... read more
• Mapping Mediterranean Wetlands With Remote Sensing: A Good-Looking Map Is Not Always a Good Map
  de Christian Perennou, Anis Guelmami, Marc Paganini, Petra Philipson, Brigitte Poulin, Adrian Strauch, Christian Tottrup, John Truckenbrodt, Ilse R. Geijzendorffer, David A. Bohan, et al. In Advances in Ecological Research, 58:1 (2018), 243-277 En ligne : www.sciencedirect.com[...] Wetlands are a key habitat within the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot and ... read more
• Key criteria for developing ecosystem service indicators to inform decision making
  de Alexander P. E. van Oudenhoven, Matthias Schröter, Evangelia G. Drakou, Ilse R. Geijzendorffer, Sander Jacobs, Peter M. van Bodegom, Laurent Chazee, Bálint Czúcz, Karsten Grunewald, Ana I. Lillebø, et al. In Ecological Indicators, 95 (December, 2018), 417-426 En ligne : www.sciencedirect.com[...] Decision makers are increasingly interested in ... read more
• Existing areas and past changes of wetland extent in the Mediterranean region: an overview
  de Christian Perennou, C. Beltrame, Anis Guelmami, P. Tomas Vives, Pierre Caessteker In Ecologia Mediterranea, 38(2) (2012), 53-66 En ligne : ecologia-mediterranea.univ-avignon.fr[...] ... read more