Biodiversity and socio-ecosystems are intimately interconnected and interdependent. Both the origin and nature of threats to biodiversity (i.e., anthropization, overexploitation of natural resources, pollution, climate change, invasive species, habitat fragmentation...) and the consequences for the planet and the well-being of species (i.e., depletion of genetic resources, emergence of diseases, decline in ecosystem services, traditional practices and uses...) are necessarily multifactorial. Nevertheless, quantifying the extent and assessing the direction of changes in biodiversity - gain or loss – also depends on methodology and scale used. For example, the nature and the dynamic of the pressures and the assessment of trends in ecosystem richness, can differ depending on the scale considered: local, regional or global.

Understanding the complex interactions between biodiversity and socio-ecosystems therefore requires an accumulation of case studies along with analysis of nature and society interrelationships. Awareness and education efforts are essential links in the assimilation of this intertwined relationship.

The following four topics are primary targets without however being restrictive:

• Ecological monitoring, modeling and biodiversity evolution.
• Uses and representations of biodiversity.
• Preservation policies, territorial added value and transforming actions.
• Interactions between research and society: co-construction of research and/or transmission of knowledge on biodiversity (participatory science, Education of sustainable development).

This seminar is based on research carried out within the framework of the Human-Environment Observatories (OHM in french). It is open to all by simple registration via this site.

These days can also be followed in line. A link will be sent only after registration.