Sandra Lavorel, winner of the 2023 CNRS gold medal, Col du Lautaret, Alps
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The ecologist Sandra Lavorel is awarded the CNRS 2023 Gold Medal
The CNRS Gold Medal has been awarded to Sandra Lavorel for her pioneering work in functional ecology. Her research focuses on the functions of ecosystems and their benefits for human societies.
Sandra Lavorel joined the CNRS in 1994. She has been a member of the French Académie des Sciences since 2013. A specialist in the functioning and dynamics of ecosystems, Lavorel is a pioneer in defining and analysing their benefits for human societies. For instance, she has shown that the alterations to biodiversity and ecosystems resulting from global change have quantifiable societal and economic consequences. Her body of research has regularly contributed to territorial planning and biodiversity management policies.
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