UN Environment launches a global campaign, 1TP3CleanOceans, to end marine litter. More than 8 million tonnes of plastic are dumped into the oceans every year - the equivalent of one plastic dumpster dumped every minute. Ten countries are already members of the
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What do you think is the most important national treasure that is unjustly misunderstood? Some six million plants, algae, fungi, vascular plants, such as flowering plants, conifers, ferns, brought back from countless expeditions around the world over 350 years since the creation of the Royal Garden of the
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Urbanisation gained on natural or cultivated areas, expansion of industrial or commercial infrastructures, roads, car parks, ... all contribute to a complete and often irreversible change in land use. Few people are aware of this, but France is particularly affected by this phenomenon, which leads to the loss of biodiversity and farms.
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With some ifs, we could bottle Paris. Everybody knows the saying. In this case, Paris would not be bottled but would look like the Serengeti Park in Tanzania, with elephants, giraffes and rhinoceroses roaming the site of the current Champs Elysées. A late night delirium one
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In the recent past, two announcements deserve to be compared and commented on. The first is the prediction of the near disappearance of apes from the planet within 25 to 50 years. The second is the fear of an "end of globalization" expressed in Davos by various supporters of free trade, including
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Every year on February 2nd, the whole planet celebrates wetlands: The 2017 edition of World Wetlands Day is dedicated to the role of these exceptional territories in disaster prevention. As every year on the same date since 2001, French citizens will be made aware of the importance of wetlands in the prevention of disasters.
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Pollination plays a major role in food production and human livelihoods. Numerous studies have highlighted the global decline of pollinating insects, especially bees. This decline has dramatic consequences not only for biodiversity, but also for the economy: some
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On the occasion of the temporary exhibition "Espèces d'Ours ! "currently taking place in the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution, the National Museum of Natural History is enriching its special programme devoted to the world of ursidae and welcomes the naturalist photographer Vincent Munier. His exhibition "Ours", presented from the 10th of October, will be on display at the museum.
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Despite technical progress, accurate and comprehensive mapping of seabed habitats remains a challenge due to their difficult access and the vastness of the seas. Since 2008, Ifremer has been participating in the EUSeaMap project aimed at mapping the benthic habitats of European waters. After completion
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UNESCO publishes the world's first compendium of data on harmful algal blooms, the micro-organisms that deplete fish stocks, destroy fish farms and can carry disease and even cause the death of humans and large marine animals. Photo: Large planktonic bloom off the coast of the
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As WWF announced yesterday that 58 % of the mammal, fish, bird, amphibian and reptile populations living on this planet have collapsed since 1970, good news must be highlighted today. Major nations have agreed to create the future largest marine sanctuary in the world.
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For nearly 10 years, at the Selenkay Reserve in southern Kenya, in the heart of Maasai territory, a human-scale yet terribly ambitious project has been underway: to convert the lion-killing Maasai into protectors of the great beast, and to ensure that the development of the reserve will be carried out in a sustainable manner.
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On Wednesday 14 September 2016, the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (EESC) adopted an opinion on "The contribution of biodiversity jobs to ecological transition", presented on behalf of the Environment Section by Allain Bougrain Dubourg. This opinion is based on known deposits
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With global warming and the boom in trade, pests such as the boxwood borer and the weevil are expanding rapidly," says Elisabeth Tabone, head of the INRA biocontrol laboratory in Antibes. It appeared in Germany in 2007 via a plant imported from Asia, the boxwood borer,
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He will be the first president of the new French Biodiversity Agency. Astrophysicist Hubert Reeves, 84, has officially been appointed by Environment Minister Ségolène Royal to preside over this new structure. The creation of this agency, promised by François Hollande during the first environmental conference in
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Have you ever had the opportunity to observe the Asian Hornet's ruthless hunting method when it attacks bees? Introduced "by mistake" in France in 2004, the Asian Hornet endangers the ecosystem already weakened by the bad practices of intensive agriculture. A non-endemic species, it calls into question reports of
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The International Space Station (ISS) will soon be given a new mission: to monitor the great migrations of animals across the planet. Birds, mammals, fish and even insects will be tracked from space. A considerable amount of data, often unpublished, will be collected to better understand the migration of animals.
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West Africa. A chimpanzee approaches a tall tree. He squats down and puts himself in meditation (in prayer?) for a long time. Then, suddenly, he gets up, takes a large stone and places it on a mound of other stones already arranged by his fellow chimpanzees at the foot of the tree. Shouts
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Squid, cuttlefish and octopus populations are exploding around the world. These fast-growing creatures with great adaptive capacity are perfectly equipped to cope with the disruptions induced by the most pronounced effects of climate change and overfishing. It is this
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Overfishing, illegal fishing, accidental capture... For centuries, humanity has acted as if the seas and oceans were inexhaustible resources capable of feeding us and regenerating ourselves ad infinitum, but they are not. Worldwide, 90% of the world's fish stocks are overexploited or exploited at their
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