Remember! At the end of December, we announced the winners of our call for projects involving the use of our SimOïko software.
Today, we take a closer look at one of the selected projects: that of Jeremie Solere, a CIFRE scholarship doctoral student. The project is jointly led by the Port of Marseille Fos and the UMR G-eau laboratory in Montpellier.
This thesis project focuses on the evaluation of compensatory measures within the framework of the "Avoid, Reduce, Compensate" strategy applied to a complex industrial area: the Fos-sur-Mer Industrial Port Zone, a 10,000-hectare site at the mouth of the Rhône, 4,400 hectares of which are natural areas, managed since 2009.
A major question arises: where and how should compensatory measures be implemented, taking into account ecological continuity?
Initial answers are beginning to emerge to determine these limits, which appear to be linked to water circulation in this area.
How will SimOïko contribute to this research?
Using SimOïko, they hope to model different scenarios for implementing compensatory measures. The aim is to identify the most relevant spatial boundaries in order to maximize the beneficial effects on biodiversity. The software will enable them to compare the effectiveness of different scenarios.
The results should feed into his thesis by May 2026, with potential for exploitation via scientific publications or research reports
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