Ecology, Environment and Biodiversity week

From 27 to 31 May, the CNRS is organising Ecology, Environment and Biodiversity Week, to bring together researchers, partners and local players to discuss scientific issues relating to ecology and the protection of our environment.

Papillon « Heliconius numata » dans une serre de la Plateforme d’étude expérimentale amazonienne (PLEEA).

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Scientific publications on the state of biodiversity are multiplying, often painting an alarming picture. However, solutions exist to deal with this growing erosion. Here are a few examples to prove it.

Still little known, marine environments are threatened by human activities. As the United Nations Decade of Ocean Sciences for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) begins, the scientific community, political decision-makers, companies and civil society must work together now to protect and conserve these ecosystems. This exhibition has been produced within this framework, based on scientific results.

Most of the Amazon region is covered by a forest with a surface area of around 6 million square kilometres. It has existed for around 50 million years and has undergone major disturbances but never resetting like in our latitudes following the ice ages. 200,000 species have been identified there to date taking all groups together which gives an estimated total of 1.8 million.

Biodiversity "is life". There is an extremely rich diversity of living things which involves all environments and latitudes but remains relatively unknown. Biodiversity is essential for humans because it provides them with essential services (resources, ecological services, chemical and therapeutic innovations, feedback effect on changes, etc.). The main challenge for researchers is to understand the organization and dynamics of biodiversity and its role in how ecosystems function.

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