Gabrielle Aubert joined the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in September 2021 as an intern. She holds a Bachelor in French and common law, a Master’s degree in International and European Law from the Université Paris Nanterre and a double Master’s degree in Environmental Law from the University of Melbourne and the Université Paris Nanterre. She specialised in marine biodiversity protection, and wrote her dissertation on Marine Protected Areas and the need for a global framework of protection. Previously, she completed an internship in France for the startup Origins.earth (part of the Suez group), working on providing carbon finance tools for cities.

At IEEP, Gabrielle focuses on the Nature Directives and the Biodiversity Strategy 2030, namely the protected areas and restoration targets.