It cannot be said that the Arctic has never accustomed us to lush vegetation. The expanses of ice, the blizzard-swept plains, provide an unfriendly environment for plants. The only plants that can withstand these extreme cold temperatures are usually shrubs of very low growth.
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"How can I make myself useful for the protection of the biodiversity around me, in a simple, fun and effective way? "How can I encourage citizens to get involved in the study of the evolution of species in France? A new web portal, OPEN, has just been created and developed by the National History Museum.
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A new eco-responsibility charter for maritime transport activities for the period 2018/2020 has just been signed between the maritime transport company La Méridionale and the network of marine protected areas in the Mediterranean. An initiative led by the French Agency for Biodiversity. A pledge of the eco-responsibility of maritime transport?
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The International Coordinating Council of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme, meeting in Palembang (Indonesia) from 23 to 28 July, added 24 new sites to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. These special sites, known as "Supporting Sites for Science for Sustainability", are
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Biodiversity is not at its first "plan": there was the national strategy 2011-2020 with its twenty objectives, the environmental conferences of the Dutch years, the law for the recovery of biodiversity of 2016... And in parallel, the process of negotiations and commitments at the international level.
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Nicolas Hulot et Jean-Yves Le Drian ont pris connaissance de l’appel pour un « Océan bien commun de l’Humanité » qui vient d’être lancé à Monaco à l’occasion de la Journée mondiale des océans. Le Gouvernement exprime son grand intérêt pour cette initiative de la société civile qui met l’accent
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C’est une étude hors normes que publie la revue Science. Elle est le fruit du rassemblement de données recueillies auprès de 40 000 exploitations agricoles dans 119 pays et couvrant 40 produits alimentaires qui représentent 90 % de tout ce qui est consommé dans le monde. Les résultats sont très nombreux
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Here is a novel participatory science experiment between high school students and a CNRS researcher: the creation of a "connected artificial flower" to study the foraging behaviour of bees. Little is known about how bees select flowers and move between them. By
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A groundbreaking study makes for the first time a comprehensive assessment of all life on Earth. There is no shortage of revelations and surprises in this analysis. It reveals that the 7.6 billion humans represent only a tiny fraction (0.01%) of all living things.
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The good news is that fifteen percent of the world's landmass is designated as a protected area, an area where endangered wildlife should be able to live undisturbed. The bad news is that more than one-third of the land officially designated as protected is facing
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Nicolas Hulot, ministre d’Etat, ministre de la Transition écologique et solidaire, a lancé ce vendredi 18 mai à Marseille, le top départ de la mobilisation de la France en faveur de la préservation de la biodiversité avec pour horizon, en juin 2020 à Marseille, l’accueil du 7e congrès mondial de
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The small island of Ulva, the pearl of Scotland with pristine beaches, has been bought by five of its six inhabitants who feared it would fall into the hands of tycoons from Russia or the Middle East, a local organisation said Friday. The announcement had made more than one dream. For sale:
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À l’occasion de la manifestation « Faites le Paris de la Biodiversité » (1) organisée par la Mairie de Paris, la Fondation pour la recherche sur la Biodiversité (FRB), le Fonds français pour l’environnement mondial (FFEM) et l’Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD) présentent au Jardin Villemin (Paris 10e),
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A new April 2018 report by Rainforest Action reveals one of the most serious cases of illegal destruction of tropical forests in Borneo in recent years. Approximately 10,000 hectares of peatland have been illegally destroyed to make way for oil palm plantations,
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How can we observe animal species evolving in the wild without interfering with their lives? Observations are often delicate because they involve an intrusion likely to modify their behaviour or even their environment. A new innovative project, the S.I.E.L. project (Surveillance par Image des Espèces en Liberté), within the framework of the FSDIE (French Development Fund for International Cooperation).
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Voulue par la loi Biodiversité de l’été 2016, la création des agences régionales de biodiversité (ARB) permet aux territoires et aux collectivités locales de se placer comme chefs de files en matière de biodiversité. L’Île-de-France vient de créer la première agence régionale pour la biodiversité. C’est dans cette optique que,
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They do not live in hives and do not produce honey, but they are champions in crop pollination: when spring comes, a few thousand solitary bees bred by a startup in Lot-et-Garonne are sent on a mission to boost orchard yields. Not all the bees disappear
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Launched in November 2017 by the Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Solidarity Transition, the "My Project for the Planet" scheme invites citizens to propose projects in the fields of energy, the circular economy and biodiversity. Internet users now have until May 11 to submit their proposals.
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La France a été désignée pays hôte de la 7e plénière de l’IPBES – surnommée « le Giec de la biodiversité » – lors de la clôture de la 6e session, qui se tenait cette année à Medellin (Colombie). La 7e session plénière de la Plateforme intergouvernementale sur la
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Résultat d’un an de réflexions collectives avec des acteurs majeurs du secteur de l’agroalimentaire, un rapport de l’association Noé propose 6 recommandations pour transformer de manière ambitieuse leurs filières d’approvisionnement et participer ainsi à restaurer la biodiversité des milieux agricoles. Rassembler acteurs de l’agroécologie et des filières industrielles dans
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