Exploratory projects

Based on a "One Health” approach, this project examines the implementation of nature-based solutions (NBS) in urban areas. However, adopting such solutions poses certain constraints with regard to pathogen reservoirs (ticks, mosquitoes, rodents, etc.). The approach will be applied to two pilot sites, in Lyon and Marseille, to assess vectors and pathogens such as ticks, rodents, and mosquitoes, and may subsequently be expanded to other sites.

Climate change is gradually leading to the emergence of new types of risk for European agriculture.

Drought episodes limit the performance of trees and can lead to tree mortality.

While it is urgent to move towards sustainable patterns of production and consumption, rapid transformations can have profound social, economic, political, institutional and cultural consequences.

The forest-wood sector employs over 50,000 people in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, with total revenue generated by companies in the field close to 10 billion euros, the highest of any French region (Agreste 2015 figures).