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Lamya Essemlali (born 1979) is a French
environmental activist, of
Moroccan origin.
[1] She's the co-founder and president of Sea Shepherd France,
[2] the French branch of the anti-poaching organisation
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society . She is also co-director of Sea Shepherd Global and co-president of the non-governmental organisation Rewild.
Biography
Early and personal life
Lamya's family is originally from
Morocco , but she was born and grew up in
Gennevilliers (
France ), near
Paris .
[3]
[4]
Environmental activism
Essemlali has a master's degree in
environmental sciences and an associate degree in business communications. Prior to her engagement with the
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society , she was involved with
Greenpeace and the
World Wildlife Fund .
[5]
Essemlali met
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society founder
Paul Watson at a conference in
Paris in 2005. Her first missions with Sea Shepherd were to
Antarctica
[5] and the
Galápagos Islands .
[4] In 2006 she co-founded Sea Shepherd France. She became the president of the organisation in 2008.
[6]
Essemlali has led several campaigns for Sea Shepherd Global in the
Mediterranean Sea , the
Faroe Islands ("GrindStop" campaign) and the
Indian Ocean (
Réunion Island) to defend
bluefin tuna ,
[7]
dolphins ,
pilot whales ,
[8]
sea cucumbers , and
sharks .
[9] She has campaigned against dolphin
bycatch in the
Bay of Biscay
[4] and the poaching of
Hawksbill sea turtles in
Mayotte .
[5]
She published the book Captain Paul Watson, interview with a pirate in 2012.
[10]
[11]
Essemlali is the co-president of the non-governmental organisation Rewild
[12] and co-director of Sea Shepherd Global.
[13]
Books
(in French) Capitaine Paul Watson, entretien avec un pirate , by Lamya Essemlali, Paul Watson (2012)
ISBN
978-2-7234-8691-0
References
^
"Lamya Essemlali, Sea Shepherd" . onegreenplanet.org. Retrieved 9 February 2015 .
^
"SSCS France" . Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Archived from
the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015 .
^ (in French)
"Lamya Essemlali, la justicière de la mer" . jeuneafrique.com. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2015 .
^
a
b
c Freeman, Liam (7 June 2021).
" 'There aren't enough fish in the ocean to feed seven billion people': meet the women working on the frontline of ocean conservation" . Vogue India .
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b
c
" 'Mayotte est un trésor de biodiversité'- Lamya Essemlali (Sea Shepherd France)" (in French). Era Environment. 12 October 2018.
^ Tremblais, Sonia (19 August 2021).
"Pour Sea Shepherd, lutter contre l'éolien en baie de Saint-Brieuc, « c'est maintenant ou jamais »" . Ouest France .
^ (in French)
" "Rage bleue" pour protéger les thons rouges" . rfi.fr. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2015 .
^ (in French)
"Sea Shepherd s'en va en guerre contre les chasseurs de dauphins des îles Féroé" . lemonde.fr. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2015 .
^ Chauvet, Audrey (20 October 2013).
"Lamya Essemlali: «La haute-mer est une zone d'impunité idéale pour les crimes»" . 20 minutes (in French).
^ Essemlali, Lamya; Watson, Paul (2013).
Captain Paul Watson: Interview with a Pirate .
ISBN
9781770851733 . Retrieved 2 April 2015 .
^
"Captain Paul Watson: Interview With a Pirate tells it like it is" . straight.com. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2015 .
^ Le Strat, Céline (22 December 2019).
"Lamya Essemlali : « L'urgence c'est d'améliorer les conditions de vie des animaux »" . Le Telegramme (in French).
^ De La Chesnais, Éric (18 January 2022).
"Lamya Essemlali: «L'image des éoliennes est de plus en plus écornée»" . Le Figaro (in French).
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