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.

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.

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.

We expected 2024 to be an intense year for us in terms of research. And we were right.

For the fourth time in a year, we are starting a new research project.

Called OptiBioNum, it has been selected by the FEREC Corporate Foundation as part of its annual call for projects.

It aims to provide tools to guide building and infrastructure designers in optimizing the ability of their structures to host biodiversity.

Are you interested in the connection between biodiversity protection and transport infrastructure management? Then be sure to check out the latest issue of RGRA, which focuses on these topics.
 

You will discover an article presenting a study commissioned by Toulouse Métropole. To ensure "no net loss" of biodiversity in its territory despite significant development needs, the community has chosen to integrate the Avoid-Reduce-Compensate (ERC) sequence from the planning and design phase of its projects.

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: