As part of the UROS project, the ECLA "Ecosystèmes Lacustres" cluster has joined forces with the ECOCEAN company to design innovative devices to promote biodiversity in lake ecosystems. After 5 years of testing in real-life conditions, the initial results are encouraging.
The French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) and its partners fully achieved their objectives during the second data acquisition campaign for the Balearic shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus), which took place in southern Brittany.
At a time when the territorial deployment of renewable energies (RE) is accelerating, the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) has published a study, commissioned from the consultancy firm PwC, aimed at identifying and promoting the levers developed internationally for integrating biodiversity into solar photovoltaic (ground-mounted or floating) and onshore wind farm projects. After cataloging initiatives in the field in eight countries, this study examines 80 levers for action and avenues for consideration for their possible activation in France
The French Biodiversity Agency (OFB), the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), the Pyrenees and Mercantour National Parks, and their partners have published a study on the diet of common birds in the mountains. Using an innovative method, it characterizes the different diets of insectivorous birds according to the intensity of grazing on the sites they occupy.
According to a survey commissioned by the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB), more and more citizens feel concerned by the state of biodiversity, and would like to be better informed so they can take action.
The SAlmonid MAnagement Round the CHannel (SAMARCH) project ended on March 14 and 15, 2023 in Southampton (UK). This Franco-English project was designed to acquire new information in estuaries and coastal waters to improve the protection of our threatened wild salmon and sea trout.