Flora ARTZNER

Flora Artzner is a French wingfoil world champion and an agricultural engineer specializing in biodiversity conservation. For ten years, she worked as project manager for the European Commission in the Pacific, for the Saint-Barthélemy Nature Reserve, and then for IUCN French committee, before becoming a senior consultant and joining recently the strategic committee of the French Office for Biodiversity. Passionate about outdoor and ocean sports, she has accumulated 21 international titles, including both world and European champion. Having witnessed firsthand both the environmental toll of the global competition circuit and the inequalities experienced by elite-level athletes, she chose to advocate for a more responsible and fair sporting ecosystem. She founded the Ecowave association and, since 2022, has organized the Roca Cup, a major eco-engaged sporting event, while also becoming a Pelagos ambassador committed to marine protection. Today, she continues to build bridges between sport and nature conservation through ambitious and innovative initiatives, including Athletes for Science, launched at UNOC in June 2025, which aims to strengthen collaboration between scientists and athletes to raise awareness and inspire action for biodiversity preservation.