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24/05/2026 - Threats posed by photovoltaic power plant projects to biodiversity and landscapes

A project to install 20,000 photovoltaic panels has been under study for six years on the Roquerousse hill in Lambesc, Provence.
Faced with this project, a collective to defend the hills has been formed to make the voices of those who wish to preserve the biodiversity and protected species present on the site heard.

To raise public awareness of the area's natural wealth and ecological challenges, the group called on Thierry Dutoit, Director of Research at the CNRS and member of the IMBE's EECAR team, to organise a nature walk on Sunday 24 May.

22/05/2026 - Best poster award!

A big congratulations to Camila Hernandez Murillo, supervised by Matthieu Ménager, who won a prize for the best poster (“Honorable Mention for the R.E. Taylor poster award“) at the 45ᵗʰ International Symposium on Archaeometry - ISA 2026 held in Turin.

30/04/2026 - Article in Le Monde

An experiment to bring weapon-polluted soil back to life

Article in Le Monde by Nicolas Guillas (Plaine de la Crau (Bouches-du-Rhône), special correspondent for Le Monde) - As part of Emma Léone's thesis.

Near Arles, scientists are restoring soil contaminated by munitions.
This research could help reduce pollution on battlefields as far away as Ukraine....

13 and 14/01/2026 - REVER14 conference

The 14th REVER - Réseau d'Echanges et de Valorisation en Ecologie de la Restauration, REVER ET PLANIFIER, will be organised by the Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et Ecologie (EECAR team) on 13 and 14 May 2010. 14 January 2026 at Avignon University (Campus Hanna Arendt, in the city centre).
The website is now open for submissions and registrations. All the information is there:
https://rever14.sciencesconf.org.