After three years of work, our colleague Léa Pautrel defended her doctoral thesis in ecology at the University of Montpellier last week. She conducted her research at TerrOïko in partnership with the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CEFE).

Want to watch or rewatch her defense? You can do so here  https://lnkd.in/dVAAb2XF.

Léa's research focused on the use of continuous-time hierarchical models for monitoring biodiversity with sensors. Here's a summary.

At TerrOïko since 2021 and a doctoral student in functional ecology at the University of Montpellier, Léa Pautrel has conducted her research at TerrOïko, in partnership with the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CEFE) as part of a CIFRE thesis.
 

On November 17, Léa will present the results of three years of research and reflection on a central question: Can continuous-time hierarchical models improve methods for monitoring biodiversity using sensors?

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.

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.

We often share our research and innovation work with you, but there’s something we haven’t explained.

What connects them all?

To discover one of the common threads of our R&D, join us during the week of November 4th at ADEME's premises in Sophia-Antipolis for the ITTECOP Days (infrastructure, territories, transport, energy, ecosystems, and landscape program).

The life (of a consulting firm) is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.*

Now that the year is coming to a close, we can say that in 2023, we were treated to a nice assortment.

First, one number: 50, which is the number of missions we have won, either alone or in partnership, since the beginning of January.

In half of the cases, these are "territorial" studies, on behalf of local authorities or natural areas: