Growing social demand for more eco-friendly food has prompted the emergence of new food supply systems (organic farming, local distribution networks, etc.). The URBALIM project1 is working on a new and unique framework to assess the environmental performance and resilience of our systems from a “life cycle” perspective. An interview with Eléonore Loiseau, Engineer at...

In the oases of North Africa, Tunisia, and Algeria, growing date palms is a major source of local production, but it is now threatened by a number of factors. Based on a participatory approach, the ISFERALDA project aims to recover palm residues and use them as new assets and tools to increase the resilience of crops to ongoing disruptions. An interview with Xavier...

Southeast Asia is undergoing major changes in land use affecting biodiversity, including growing urbanisation, increased livestock, the expansion of agricultural land, and the loss of forest cover, among others. What links are there between these changes and emerging zoonotic diseases and vector-borne infectious diseases?

Entre 2016 et 2018, la goélette Tara a sillonné l’océan Pacifique au plus près des récifs coralliens. L’objectif : du gène à l’écosystème, explorer la biodiversité qui les compose et les entoure, et mieux comprendre leurs mécanismes d’adaptation face aux pressions locales et aux bouleversements globaux liés au réchauffement climatique. Cette aventure scientifique et...