Armed conflicts leave a lasting legacy on ecosystems, but the effects of war explosives on wildlife remain poorly understood and underdocumented. This project investigates how landmines and other explosive devices affect biodiversity, combining a global approach with analyses focused on ecological mechanisms.

The first objective consists of a systematic review of the scientific literature to identify global patterns, knowledge gaps, and geographical and taxonomic biases in existing studies on the impacts of war explosives on biodiversity. The second objective seeks to understand the determinants of wildlife mortality from landmines, assessing how ecological characteristics of species, the environment, and the explosives themselves influence the risk of death.