Pierre-Olivier Maquart and Philippe Le Gall conducted an initial mission in November 2025 as part of the FEF-R project: Cooperation for the Protection of Biodiversity in Zimbabwe. Funded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Europe and the French Embassy in Zimbabwe, the project aims to enhance Zimbabwe’s heritage entomological collections through digitization, 3D […]
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IRD and Compagnie Les sciences des mots released podcasts broadcasted on RFI. François Rebaudo (Pôle Ecologie) and his bolivian colleague Bruno Condori can be seen on episode 7 https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/microf-r-iction/
The 6th of November EGCE’s members met in Centre Port Royal for a team building day. In the morning people were invited to reflect on the Life at EGCE. The afternoon was dedicated to games.
The FEF Kakamega project, named after a tropical humid forest in Kenya, has been launched. Fabrice Requier (Pôle EGCE) is the coordinator. A video presents it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kEH_URW5mw
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Fabrice Requier (Pôle Ecologie) is partner in the Horizon Europe ProPOllSoil project. More: https://www.propollsoil.eu/
Wild honeybee colonies, which scientists believed to be extinct in Europe, have just been added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List. A group of researchers, Honey Bee Watch, resumed the study of these colonies and demonstrated their continued existence in various European Union countries. They nest in tree cavities, chimneys and
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Pierre-Olivier Maquart (Ecology Department) has returned from Indonesia for a mission as part of the PHC Nusantara program at Campus France. He went there to study the recycling of organic waste by the Black Soldier Fly, a fly used to convert this waste into a source of protein (through the larvae that can be fed
The “Man & Biodiversity” field school took place from Wednesday, May 7 to Wednesday, May 14, 2025, on the campus of the National School of Water and Forests (ENEF) in Mbalmayo, Cameroon. Under the direction of Philippe le Gall (IRD-EGCE) and Pierre-Olivier Maquart (IRD-EGCE). This mission offered eight students from ENEF and two students from
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