Giovanni Forcina is a Talent César Nombela fellow at the Zoology Unit of the University of Alcalá (Spain). He completed his PhD studies in biology at the University of Pisa (Italy) with a thesis on the evolution and conservation of galliforms. He is leading a project dealing with host-related drivers of tick-borne pathogen transmission in mice. He has worked on a number of study systems and in research groups worldwide on topics spanning from evolutionary and population genetics to wildlife forensics, from museomics to microbiomics. His teaching disciplines include zoology and animal anatomy. He is a member of academic associations in Spain and Italy. Keywords: archival DNA, biogeography, conservation, galliforms, microbiomics, small mammals
Professor Abdellah Ichen is an expert in animal conservation biology,
specialized in game species management. As a former national manager at
Morocco's Department of Water and Forests, he has led initiatives to promote and
develop game species. His expertise includes biodiversity conservation, hunting, ecology,
and the restoration of natural habitats. He teaches histology, ecology, and
faunistics at the undergraduate level, focusing on conservation, restoration
ecology, resource management, and environmental impact assessments in master's
programs. He supervises research on game species conservation and Moroccan
forests affected by human activities, particularly the Maamora and Benslimane cork
oak ecosystems. Professor Ichen coordinated the inaugural International Game
Congress in Morocco in May 2024 at Mohammed V University. As a member of ICOMOS
international and national associations, he is dedicated to ecosystem
preservation and sustainable resource management. Keywords: ecology, biodiversity,
game species, ecosystems, conservation, management
