Gérard Arnold (Evolbee) stresses the dangers threatening the black bees, our wild type bees. A vidéo named « Vingt Quatre ans » in the  Histoires Courtes collection tells about the urgency to react to protect black bees.

Gérard Arnold (EVOLBEE) was deeply involved in the work that led the EU to ban 3 neonicotinoids from fields. He explains  these 20 years of struggle in an article published on the web site “The conversation”. The reporter S. Foucart dedicated a review in the newspaper Le Monde to these years Chronique Le Monde Néonicotinoïdes

Philippe Le Gall (DEEIT) shares a video cast in Cameroon about a project launched by IRD. To see the video, please click here. He was also interviewed by RFI. To listen to the broadcast, please click here.

Philippe Le Gall (DEEIT) co-organizes the 9th International conference on Entomology which will be held in Montpellier from 2 to 6 july. Visits around  Mt Aigoual will be organized for those interested in field entomology. More details and inscriptions. Please see also.

P.A. Calatayud (DEEIT) presented a talk as the reprensentant of IRD at the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment in Nairobi on the 2-3 December 2017. He met Nicolas Hulot or Laurent Fabius.

Didier Casane (RESGEN) and Sylvie Rétaux (Neuro-psi) held a “Jeudi de la Recherche” session yesterday.  They received the public and spoke about cavefishes and evolution.

Quetzal was built by Arnaud Becheler (DEEIT). Quetzal is a new toolbox of reusable simulation components susceptible to help scientists to design new softwares for studying natural populations in landscapes. Here is the internet link to go further: https://becheler.github.io/quetzalAPI/html/index.html

EGCE lab will be at the science village at Le Moulon friday the 13th of October and sunday the 15th of October. 3 workshops will be held: Biocontrol of pests using a parasitic wasp/caterpillar model, Adaptation and speciation, and bees and odours.