When, at the end of the 19th century, Ferdinand de Lesseps had the idea of building the Panama Canal to link the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic, he had no idea that he would not only create a formidable link between two worlds, but that he would also bring Paradise into being. Read
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Nathalie Frascaria-Lacoste, an ecologist at AgroParisTech, spoke on 3 November at the Mairie du 2e arrondissement de Paris as part of the Questions de vies - Festival vivant cycle. All of the planet's ecosystems have been shaken by climate change. What will be the impact on living organisms and on
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How did we get here? This is the nagging question we ask ourselves every time we hear of the disappearance of a species or the depletion of natural resources. Our world in crisis needs an explanation and to retrace the history of man's influence on nature in order to have a vision of it.
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The scientific community is eagerly awaiting the publication of Edward O. Wilson Half-Earth's book Our Planet's Fight for life, which will appear in early 2016 in the United States. The book details an initiative by réensauvagement (rewilding) to devote half of the Earth's surface to the preservation of biodiversity.
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Urgent action is needed! WWF's Living Planet Oceans Report, published today, sounds the alarm. Critical to food security, fish populations are declining globally to such an extent that some are at risk of collapse. However, the WWF report says
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The Tanzanian Wildlife Research Institute (TAWARI) has developed a UAV project to protect and guard against elephants in search of food. An innovation that could prevent many animal and farmer deaths and reconcile them to live in peace. At
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Following the presidential decree of 20 July 2015 published in the Journal Officiel, Bruno DAVID has been appointed President of the National Museum of Natural History and will take up his duties on 1 September. The appointment of Bruno David, 60 years old, at the head of the Museum completes the reform of the statutes of the institution.
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Invited in recent years for the production of solar energy, roofs are increasingly being used to host biodiversity and produce new wealth, nature in the city, and with it the return of plant and animal life. Legislators are also interested in these vast spaces.
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Terra incognita still exist on our planet. The bottom of the oceans is one of them, and it's a big one. In a special issue of the journal Science published on May 22, an international, multidisciplinary team of researchers has mapped the extraordinary biodiversity of a wide range of marine organisms. From some of the 35
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Doctor bees detecting diseases will be the heroines of the Hypervital exhibition at the Saint-Etienne International Design Biennial, via Susana Soares, designer. Scientists have proven that the classic bees - Apis mellifera - have an extraordinary sense of smell. It is even easy to train bees to
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The collaborative project "65 Million Observers" carried by the National Museum of Natural History will be officially launched on March 27th! The participatory science programmes carried by the National Museum of Natural History for more than 20 years are evolving through the "65 Million Observers" project. This
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Ségolène Royal, Ministre de l’Ecologie et Patrick Kanner, Ministre de la Ville, de la Jeunesse et des Sports, ont signé mardi 24 février une déclaration d’engagement portant création de 15 000 places de service civique pour les jeunes dans le secteur de l’environnement. Le Président de la République François Hollande
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Climate change is disrupting life on the planet, dramatically increasing species extinction, migration and behavioural changes. Climate change forces plants and animals to migrate for survival. However, research has shown that most species of
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Le projet de loi sur la transition énergétique sera débattu à partir de demain, mardi 10 février 2015, au Sénat. Ce texte a déjà été mis à mal par les commissions du Sénat qui en ont dénaturé le sens et le contenu. Le CLER, Réseau pour la transition énergétique, et
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He is the humblest of the guests in our fields and gardens, the one you hardly notice, far from arousing interest or fascination! And yet, if you only knew... This modest invertebrate, this earthworm - let's give him his true identity -, deserves our full attention. It airs the
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After "Santo 2006" in Vanuatu, Mozambique and Madagascar (2009-2010), then Papua New Guinea (2012-2014), Guyana is the first overseas collectivity to host "La Planète Revisitée", a major programme for the discovery of new species conducted jointly by the National Museum of Natural History and Pro-Natura International. Since July 2014 and until March
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The World Economic Forum in Davos is known as the meeting place for world leaders. This year it will bring together more than 40 heads of state and government and 2,500 business and opinion leaders. Pur Projet will be present and will launch a new application for planting trees.
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Si Rhône-Alpes se lance maintenant dans l’adaptation au changement climatique, l’eau sera son atout. La reconquête de la qualité de nos cours d’eau avance fort : la pollution organique de nos cours d’eau a été divisée par dix en 15 ans. Nous avons sorti de la médiocrité les rivières les
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As part of the implementation of the Programme for the Acquisition of Knowledge on Marine Birds and Mammals (PACOMM, 2010-2014), aerial overflight campaigns of the marine megafauna (SAMM) were conducted during the winter 2011/2012 and summer 2012. This study was piloted by the observatory.
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The third 2014 Environmental Conference held on 27 and 28 November in Paris announced that "the fight against climate change will be declared a great national cause for 2015" by the Prime Minister in his closing speech. The United Nations Climate Conference opened its
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