The Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity and Marine and Continental Ecology
IMBE's research is structured around 5 transversal thematic axis and 8 research teams
IMBE organizes its operational facilities around 5 technical departments
Training is, of course, the courses offered at the University (L, M, D) but also training through research (internships).
The dissemination of our scientific results is at the heart of our mission: it enables us to share and make research advances accessible to a wider audience. In addition to publications in specialist journals, the IMBE deploys a wide range of resources to popularise knowledge and make it understandable and attractive to a wide range of audiences. Through concrete actions and innovative tools, we are committed to bringing science closer to everyone, in order to establish an ongoing dialogue between science, research and the general public, especially young people.
My thesis deals with ecological restoration an area of the Crau plainimpacted by the legacy of burning ammunition during the Second World War and marked by a contamination by potentially toxic elements, particularly trace metals and metalloids (TMEs).
The approach developed is based on nature-based solutionsin particular the phytostabilisationwith the use of Brachypodium retusum - a pioneer, dominant and pseudo-metallophytic grass characteristic of this environment.
The aim is to combining environmental diagnosis and the study of ecological mechanisms to define a sustainable rehabilitation strategy, reconciling reducing the risks associated with MBT and preserving biodiversity and the functioning of local ecosystems.
Management Thierry Dutoit (IMBE - EECAR), Hélène Folzer (IMBE - ECOSOM), Olivier Blight (IMBE - EECAR)
Financing Région Sud Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, RSK France
POLMUSOL thesis project: Soil pollution by munitions - Remediation or phytostabilisation in protected natural areas in the PACA region?