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Introducing RISKY A new global database for infrastructure mortality data & analytical tools

Press release

Topic

Bird Protection

Dimension

Energy & Nature

Published 28 October 2025

As part of the RISKY project, RGI calls for grid operators, NGOs and scientists to investigate how bird mortality data is gathered and shared. The goal of the project is to develop a global, open-access platform that consolidates wildlife global mortality data and develops analytical tools.  

Since January 2025, RGI is working with research organisations and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) within the RISKY project. The project aims to:

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Create an open-access platform to bring together global wildlife mortality data around energy and transport infrastructure

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Provide analytical tools to predict collision & electrocution risk

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Generate sensitivity maps for planning

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Support smarter, cost-effective mitigation strategies

The project consortium is made up of four leading research institutions, including Portuguese biodiversity experts, CIBIO/BIOPOLIS, the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) branches in Portugal and Spain, and RGI. The initial round of this 2-year project is funded by OSCARS (Open Science Clusters’ Action for Research and Society) under the Horizon Europe programme.

RGI’s role within the project is to act as a bridge between the scientific community and grid operators, facilitating the exploration of options for collaboration and data exchange. In that context, RGI is currently running a survey, to better understand how grid operators, NGOs and researchers currently collect and share wildlife mortality data and what conditions could enable greater collaboration in future.

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The RISKY website was launched in September and over time will host open-access mortality datasets, aligned with the GBIF, bespoke analytical tools on mortality risk and population impact, freely downloadable sensitivity maps, a curated library of recent scientific literature and a compilation of citizen science apps by country.

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Achille Pedespan

Junior Manager – Onshore Energy and Nature

Achille Pedespan

Achille Pedespan

Junior Manager – Onshore Energy and Nature

Achille Pedespan
t: +49 30 2332 11508
Achille joined RGI in May 2025 as a Junior Manager in the Onshore Energy and Nature team. Before joining RGI, he worked at RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Électricité) in Paris, where he held roles in environmental project management and biodiversity research. His responsibilities included coordinating the company’s national Avifauna Policy, managing the EU-funded SafeLines4Birds project, and working closely with both regional coordinators and international stakeholders to enhance biodiversity outcomes in grid infrastructure. He also contributed to academic collaborations with institutions including CNRS and the Natural History Museum. Achille holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Geography with a specialisation in Biodiversity from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and an MLitt in International Relations – International Political Theory from the University of St Andrews, with a focus on ecology, globalisation, and activism.

Manon Thiel (Quetstroey)

Manager – Energy and Nature

Manon Thiel (Quetstroey)

Manager – Energy and Nature

t: +49 30 2332 11034
Manon joined RGI in 2022. She is currently working as a Manager in the Energy and Nature team and is in charge of the SafeLines4Birds project. Prior to RGI, Manon worked as an ecologist in a consulting office in Berlin, engaged in the protection of bat populations in Europe in the context of onshore wind energy projects. She also worked on diverse projects in Africa, particularly in the protection and conservation of African mammals. Manon holds a Master’s degree in Biodiversity conservation from Université de Perpignan in France and completed her Master’s thesis in South Africa.

Achille Pedespan

Junior Manager – Onshore Energy and Nature

Achille Pedespan

Achille Pedespan

Junior Manager – Onshore Energy and Nature

Achille Pedespan
t: +49 30 2332 11508
Achille joined RGI in May 2025 as a Junior Manager in the Onshore Energy and Nature team. Before joining RGI, he worked at RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Électricité) in Paris, where he held roles in environmental project management and biodiversity research. His responsibilities included coordinating the company’s national Avifauna Policy, managing the EU-funded SafeLines4Birds project, and working closely with both regional coordinators and international stakeholders to enhance biodiversity outcomes in grid infrastructure. He also contributed to academic collaborations with institutions including CNRS and the Natural History Museum. Achille holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Geography with a specialisation in Biodiversity from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and an MLitt in International Relations – International Political Theory from the University of St Andrews, with a focus on ecology, globalisation, and activism.

Manon Thiel (Quetstroey)

Manager – Energy and Nature

Manon Thiel (Quetstroey)

Manager – Energy and Nature

t: +49 30 2332 11034
Manon joined RGI in 2022. She is currently working as a Manager in the Energy and Nature team and is in charge of the SafeLines4Birds project. Prior to RGI, Manon worked as an ecologist in a consulting office in Berlin, engaged in the protection of bat populations in Europe in the context of onshore wind energy projects. She also worked on diverse projects in Africa, particularly in the protection and conservation of African mammals. Manon holds a Master’s degree in Biodiversity conservation from Université de Perpignan in France and completed her Master’s thesis in South Africa.

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