Hervé Brédif is a professor at the UFR Geography, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and a researcher at the Social Dynamics and Recomposition of Spaces Laboratory (LADYSS). As a facilitation practitioner, he studies the conditions and means for better coordination between international policies and strategies and territorial management of living resources. Laurent Simon is a emeritus professor of geography at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and a member of the LADYSS Laboratory (CNRS).
He is involved in different working groups and scientific boards (UNESCO MAB Programme, IUCN, La Fabrique Ecologique, among others).