You know what gives us the greatest pleasure?

Seeing that the studies we produce don't just sit on a shelf.

Better still, to see that they help public and private players alike to radically transform the strategic management of their territories, their land holdings or their projects, with benefits that sometimes go far beyond the mere preservation of biodiversity.

To better preserve biodiversity on an international scale, an article published today in the journal Landscape Ecology calls for a broad rethinking of the concept of “ecological networks”, as well as the causes of their fragmentation and the means to preserve them.

Is the accumulation of wind farms in the same area likely to have an impact on bird populations?

This is the subject of a study in which we recently participated, and whose main results we presented last week at the Rencontres de l'Observatoire des énergies renouvelables (EnR) et de la biodiversité, held at the French Ministry of the Environment and Ecological Transition.

You think we spend all our time behind a computer?
Well, not quite.

The day-to-day work of our ecological engineers involves conducting research, analyzing data and carrying out studies on behalf of public and private players.

So yes, most of the time we have our hands in statistics, modeling and mapping tools, scientific literature...

But when data or knowledge are lacking, we sometimes have to go out and find them, in the field.

A few days ago, our colleague Victor Gauducheau, a specialist in marine environments, cast off for a little trip out to sea.

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.