Urban planning and biodiversity - Towards a living landscape structuring the urban project, under the direction of Philippe Clergeau - Edition Apogée, 3 June 2020 - 328 Pages Urban planning is at a turning point in its history. The consideration of nature in the city, and particularly of vegetation, is contributing to the development of the urban landscape.
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Do I have to say it again? The sixth extinction has already begun. Scientists tell us and say it again: this extinction is not due to a catastrophic natural event, but to man. The unnatural loss of biodiversity is accelerating, and if it continues, the planet will lose vast ecosystems and
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On the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity celebrated on 22 May, whose theme this year is "Our Solutions are in Nature", UNESCO has posted on its website five exchanges between world-renowned experts in which they discuss the following topics
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Les limites planétaires, d’Aurélien Boutaud et Natacha Gondran – Editions La Découverte, 28 mai 2020 – 128 pages La question des limites environnementales a traversé les XIXe et XXe siècles sans vraiment parvenir à s’imposer. La donne serait-elle en train de changer en ce début de XXIe siècle ? Face
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The life-crushing machine just went haywire with the coronavirus crisis. But the consequences that result from our lack of foresight make it necessary to alert and mobilize on the urgency of other dangers that have not disappeared during this pause for health reasons of the weather: global warming, disappearance, etc.
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The coronavirus pandemic still raises many questions about its origin as well as its health impacts. Its complexity stems from its entanglement in a human ecosystem in the throes of upheaval: climate disruption, pollution, chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity, which aggravate the effects of Covid-19. What's more, the pandemic
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Only one species is responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic: ours. As with the climate and biodiversity crises, recent pandemics are a direct consequence of human activity, in particular our global financial and economic systems, which are based on a limited paradigm that values economic growth over the long term.
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Dans le cadre du cycle de Conférences-Actions du Défi Biodiversité, et pendant le confinement, la prochaine Conférence-Action Entreprises et Biodiversité, ennemies ou alliées ? avec Emmanuel Delannoy, le lundi 27 avril à 18h, est maintenue, certainement par visioconférence enrichie. Emmanuel Delannoy, spécialiste du lien entreprises-biodiversité, est notamment l’auteur de « Permaéconomie »
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On April 5, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that a tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City was found to test positive for COVID-19, along with six other tigers and lions, with symptoms consistent with the disease. This detection of the new coronavirus in a wild animal is an important step in the fight against the disease.
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Episode 3 of WWF France's "The Panda Effect" Podcast series has just been released: a new episode entitled "Innovations in the service of the oceans" plunges the listener into the heart of unknown territory since only 5% of the seabed has been explored. Immediate embarkation... and new sound for the first three podcasts.
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::: 19/03 - As part of the Science and Innovation Breakfast, the Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale is organising a conference on Thursday 19 March 2020, from 9.00 to 10.30 a.m., on the theme "Men and bees: a necessary and demanding cohabitation". Guest: André
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L'économie expliquée aux humains by Emmanuel Delannoy - Preface by Hubert Reeves - Editions Wildproject, March 2020 - 160 Pages " Homo sapiens, dear great bipedal primate endowed with reason, it is to you that I write today. Before going any further, and at the risk of disturbing you, I would like to make you aware of the fact that I am writing to you today.
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The pandemic is hitting the world. Everybody. Like a scourge of fate. In reality, this crisis is a product of our way of living the world. By extending the limits of our human habitats into the wilderness, we have not only destroyed biodiversity, but have also entered into a new era.
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The association ENGAGE has just launched the Biodiversity Challenge. Objective? To turn ten medium-sized businesses into "biodiversity pioneers". The launch of the call for applications for the Biodiversity Challenge, initiated on February 26th during the Gilles Boeuf Action Conference, is official! More than 70 people - citizens, journalists, employees, etc. - took part in the event.
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L'économie de la nature d'Alain Deneault - LUX Editeur, septembre 2019 - 142 Pages The expression "économie de la nature" appeared in the vocabulary of science in the 18th century long before the neologism "ecology" came to us, more than a century and a half later.
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La forêt amante de la mer d'Hatakeyama Shigeatsu - Translation and afterword by Augustin Berque - Editions Wildproject - French edition, September 2019 - Drawings: Aizawa Kazuo - Photo: Francine Adam How to rebuild a wounded territory? In the north of Japan, Kesennuma Bay is in crisis. Faced with the
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Release of the book "Apartheid and the Animal - Towards a Policy of Connectivity" by Estienne Rodary
Editions Wildproject - Collection " le monde qui vient ", September 2, 2019 - 340 Pages
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(Re)créations nature - Petits ateliers avec les plantes des bois et des prés de Doris Fischer - Edition Terran, March 2019 - 256 Pages Holidays are literally like playing hooky! And the readiness to learn for a prosperous life and a rapprochement with nature. Let's forget about tools and
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