{"id":11676,"date":"2026-06-11T11:19:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/?p=11676"},"modified":"2026-06-11T11:24:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T09:24:38","slug":"climat-incendies-humains-qui-faconne-vraiment-nos-forets-mediterraneennes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/en\/climat-incendies-humains-qui-faconne-vraiment-nos-forets-mediterraneennes\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate, fires, humans: who really shapes our Mediterranean forests?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11676\" class=\"elementor elementor-11676\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20e99b7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"20e99b7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-353b164 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"353b164\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>How have Mediterranean forests evolved over the millennia? What roles have climate, wildfires and human activity played in transforming our landscapes?<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8BltJEhSjq8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This video<\/a> takes you to the heart of the research being carried out by scientists at the Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity and Ecology. At the crossroads of contemporary and historical ecology, researchers are reconstructing the history of the downy oak forests in the Luberon Regional Nature Park to better understand how they function today.<\/p><p>The IMBE is unique in its ability to combine functional ecology approaches\u2014through the study of the soil-plant continuum (microbial soil functioning and its impact on the production of plant phytometabolites)\u2014with those of historical ecology (reconstructing the history of forests using pedoantracological and palynological methods).<\/p><p>L<strong>The HIST 2F project<\/strong> (funded by the Sud Region) aims to understand <strong>how past forest dynamics can influence current forest processes and, consequently, the vulnerabilities of forests in the face of climate change.<\/strong><\/p><p>Combining field observations, laboratory work and accounts from researchers and PhD students, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8BltJEhSjq8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find out how natural archives from the past (charcoal and pollen trapped in soil and sediments) can help us better understand the environmental challenges of today and tomorrow.<\/a><\/p><p><strong>A behind-the-scenes look at palaeoecology, soil science and the phytometabolome of oak trees, meeting the people who are deciphering the history of Mediterranean landscapes.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-672eae3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"672eae3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Projet-HIST2F.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11678\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Projet-HIST2F.jpg 866w, https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Projet-HIST2F-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Projet-HIST2F-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.imbe.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Projet-HIST2F-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment les for\u00eats m\u00e9diterran\u00e9ennes ont-elles \u00e9volu\u00e9 au cours des mill\u00e9naires ? Quels r\u00f4les ont jou\u00e9 le climat, les incendies et les activit\u00e9s humaines dans la transformation de nos paysages ? 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