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.
Ecological compensation is failing to meet its objectives. So, we are shifting into experimentation mode.
To ensure "no net loss" of biodiversity, French regulations rely on the ERC sequence: the negative impacts of land development must first be avoided and reduced. If residual impacts remain, they must be compensated through measures that generate equivalent ecological gains.
Bacteria, fungi, plants, mites, worms, mammals... Soils shelter a quarter of all currently known living species on Earth.
Long overlooked, these ecosystems are now receiving increasing attention, particularly due to the essential services they provide to human populations: carbon storage, support for agricultural and food production, erosion and flood prevention, water purification, and contributions to medical research.
A few days ago, we went to talk about biodiversity preservation with professionals in real estate and urban planning.
During a webinar organized by CIBI - International Biodiversity and Real Estate Council, we specifically wanted to show how ecological modeling could be used to address very diverse challenges in project management and site planning.
We thus presented two types of approaches based on SimOïko, our simulation software for species' life.
TerrOïko's study department carries out a wide range of assignments (17 Green and Blue networks , 23 Black Networks, 5 Transport Infrastructures, and 5 Renewable Energy Projects) in collaboration with numerous stakeholders in the field: DarkSkyLab, auddicé, Element5, Egis, setec, EkoAm Environnement, ECO-MED, La TeleScop, Artelia, Biotope, CETIAC, CERESCO, Lumin(escence), OXAO - Ecosystem Regenerators, ON, the Light Design Agency.