Gérard Arnold (EVOLBEE) was deeply involved in the work that led the EU to ban 3 neonicotinoids from fields.
He explains these 20 years of struggle in an article published on the web site “The conversation”.
The reporter S. Foucart dedicated a review in the newspaper Le Monde to these years Chronique Le Monde Néonicotinoïdes 29 04 2018.
Philippe Le Gall (DEEIT) shares a video cast in Cameroon about a project launched by IRD.
To see the video, please click here.
He was also interviewed by RFI. To listen to the broadcast, please click here.
Philippe Le Gall (DEEIT) co-organizes the 9th International conference on Entomology which will be held in Montpellier from 2 to 6 july.
Visits around Mt Aigoual will be organized for those interested in field entomology.
P.A. Calatayud (DEEIT) presented a talk as the reprensentant of IRD at the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum on the Environment in Nairobi on the 2-3 December 2017. He met Nicolas Hulot or Laurent Fabius.
Didier Casane (RESGEN) and Sylvie Rétaux (Neuro-psi) held a “Jeudi de la Recherche” session yesterday. They received the public and spoke about cavefishes and evolution.