July 2024 - June 2026 / 2 years
With a view to strengthening the conservation of bats, the project is based on the study of their life cycle, their protection and their coexistence with other species. Awareness-raising campaigns are conducted for the general public, schoolchildren and the caving community, with several…
April 2024 - July 2025 / 16 months
Spearheaded by three AgroParisTech students with a passion for mountain environments, the project involves a 1670 km pedestrian crossing of the Alps, from Nice to Ljubljana, over a period of five months.This committed journey combines sporting performance and raising awareness of the need to…
March 2024 - September 2025 / 19 months
Attacks on apiaries, in areas where beekeepers are not accustomed to the presence of bears, can create serious risk situations for this species, catalogued as “critically endangered”, due to possible reprisals.When a bear locates an unprotected apiary, the attacks are repeated and spaced out…
January 2024 - July 2025 / 19 months
In the Southern Alps, climate change is profoundly altering ecological dynamics: water scarcity, unstable winters, and changes in the behavior of species such as the wolf, which is adapting its hunting and movement strategies. Against this backdrop, livestock breeders in the Vésubie and Valdeblore…
April 2023 - April 2025 / 25 months
Although the wolf began its comeback in the Alpes-Maritimes almost 30 years ago, the cohabitation of the species with livestock farming remains extremely complicated and tense to this day. In the Préalpes d'Azur, the herds are difficult to protect (dense forest cover, rugged karstic geology)…
April 2023 - March 2026 / 3 years
Damage caused by Provençal voles, red foxes and small mustelids seems to affect many farmers in the PACA region, although the numbers involved are currently unknown. On the one hand, farmers are faced with yield losses due to the presence of the Provençal vole in market gardening, arboriculture…
April 2023 - October 2025 / 31 months
The Giens peninsula is very popular during the summer months, and canoe and paddleboat hire, as well as scuba diving excursions, are flourishing. Visiting the cave is an activity promoted by many tourism websites. The number of people visiting the cave has not yet been estimated, but it is highly…