More than one hundred specimens of flowering plants, dating from the 19th century and belonging to the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, were destroyed by Australian Customs in charge of biosecurity. This is the incredible story revealed by The Guardian on Monday 8 May. These plants, which dated
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Created in 2007, every year the Fête de la Nature invites young and old to discover the fauna and flora that surrounds them from 17 to 21 May. The theme of this 11th edition, the "super-powers of nature", proposes to explore the specialities, roles and functions of a
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Comment mesurer le capital naturel, l’intégrer à sa juste valeur dans les comptes de la nation et des entreprises, et traduire, au sein de la réglementation financière, l’impact des risques environnementaux ? L’enjeu de cette interrogation est de taille : favoriser la montée en puissance des investissements dans les actifs naturels. Avec
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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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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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Protéger la diversité. Telle est l’ambition de la Conférence des parties de la Convention sur la diversité biologiques qui se tient à Cancun du 2 au 17 décembre. Alors que les chiffres attestant de la 6e extinction sont dramatiques – la moitié des espèces de vertébrés décimées depuis quarante ans
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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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Defence Airbus and Space, The Forest Trust (TFT) and SarVision have jointly developed an innovative service that allows food and beverage companies to provide evidence of the implementation of their commitments to environmental protection and more specifically the fight against deforestation. After 14
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As part of the National Conference on the Ecological Transition of the Sea and Oceans, for Blue Growth and Climate, a call for ideas from civil society to "imagine the coastline of tomorrow" was launched by the Ministry of the Environment. It
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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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Partout dans le monde, des mouvements paysans naissent et s’organisent en opposition à « l’agrobusiness » et aux OGM afin de préserver la biodiversité et l’avenir de la planète. Ces agriculteurs militent pour une production agricole saine et plus soucieuse de l’environnement. Ils affirment « qu’un autre modèle est possible
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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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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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Storing samples of glaciers in Antarctica: the idea may seem preposterous. Yet this is the objective of a team of researchers who will be going to Mont-Blanc in August to take samples of ice threatened by global warming. "It's not for the pleasure of keeping a few ice cubes.
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