As part of the Endoume Wednesdays lectures for the general public, Clémentine Mutillod, Attachée Temporaire d'Enseignement et de Recherche Avignon Université à l'IMBE (Avignon University Temporary Teaching and Research Attaché at the IMBE) is giving a talk entitled "From France to Mongolia, the return of Przewalski's horse and its effects on the steppe“ face-to-face at the Endoume Marine Station or online at direct.
Summary of the conference:
Przewalski's horses - considered to be the last wild horses in the world - were reintroduced in 2004 and 2005 to a 14,000-hectare closed reserve in their original range, the steppes of Central Asia. Following initial monitoring of the flora inside and outside this reserve in 2010, a second field campaign was carried out in 2023 thanks to Avignon University, the Société Française d'Écologie et d'Évolution, the Khomyn Talyn Takhi association and the Association Takh. Here's a look back at the two months spent on the steppe, between scientific surveys and naturalist and cultural discoveries.