This was the topic addressed today by our CEO Sylvain Moulherat at the FIRM25 event organized by FEHRL, the international association dedicated to road equipment research.

This presentation enabled him to go back over the Bison project, to which TerrOïko made a major contribution, and whose aim was to build a European roadmap for transport infrastructures that fully integrate ecological issues.

We need to give you an update on our research project into fences and their ecological impact.

Launched in early 2024, the Polymor-FENCE project aims to analyze and understand the impact of fences associated with photovoltaic power plants on biodiversity and the ecological continuity of natural environments.

Using an integrated approach combining field observations, artificial intelligence and spatial modeling, the project is developing innovative tools designed to anticipate and mitigate these effects.

Last week, our CEO Sylvain Moulherat was invited to present our work on the subject at the Via Fauna technical seminar.

Via Fauna is a project launched in 2017 by the Fédération Régionale des Chasseurs d'Occitanie (Regional Federation of Hunters), which has led to the development of tools and methods for better integrating ecological connectivity into land-use planning projects and urban planning documents.

Kick-off this Friday for the Forbes research project, which we’ll be working on over the next five years!

Forbes ("Funding Regionalized Tools for Biodiversity Management by Businesses") is a project at the crossroads of ecology, land-use planning, and finance.

Last week marked the first workshop of the PEP-BIOccIA project.

As a reminder, this project aims to map natural habitats and predict species presence across the entire Occitanie region, in order to better plan for medium- and long-term biodiversity conservation. It is led by the Région Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée, CNRS (CEFE), Data Terra, OPenIG, and TerrOïko.

Since a year ago, the Senate's Foresight Delegation has been focusing on AI and the future of public services. Their work has resulted in the publication of several reports, including one dedicated to environmental issues (*), which was released a few days ago.

The good news is that among the projects and tools cited as examples is the PEP-BIOccIA research project, led by the Occitanie / Pyrénées-Méditerranée Region, in collaboration with OPenIG, CNRS, and our team.

Remember! At the end of December, we announced the winners of our call for projects using our SimOïko software. Today, we are introducing one of the winners: the Groupe Ornithologique du Roussillon, represented by Aurélien Gaunet, who is conducting a study on the Damier de Godart butterfly (Euphydryas desfontainii).

 were already convinced, but a recent article reinforces the idea that we are heading in the right direction with SimOïko, our biodiversity simulation software.

Published by North American researchers, the article (*) provides an overview of the progress and scientific challenges in ecological connectivity modeling.

It focuses in particular on the issue of biological realism and how to model species movement.

You know what? These are exactly the topics at the heart of SimOïko’s functionality.

This is the key finding of a scientific study in which our colleague Marie Soret participated, and whose results have just been published in the journal PLOS One (*).

Have you heard of African swine fever? It is considered one of the most devastating diseases for domestic pig and wild boar populations.

Since 2022, the virus has been spreading in northern Italy, particularly among wild boar populations, posing a serious threat to pig farms.

Let's start with two principles that are fundamental to us.