Contributions to an International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development
A workshop was organized within the SRI2023 congress to mobilize and get the input from sustainability science stakeholders and other scientists from all over the world
Sustainability science, understanding, co-constructing, transforming
IRD publishes the second volume of the booklet “Science of sustainability, understanding, co-constructing, transforming”, comprising 42 fact sheets on the science of sustainable solutions.
When ecosystem services provided by trees compete
Trees provide a range of ecosystem services to farmers who keep them, and to crops with which they share agricultural plots. But the services sometimes enter into competition, adversely affecting agricultural output.
BCOMING: Curbing outbreak of epidemics via biodiversity
Officially launched on September 2022, the BCOMING project will look at biodiversity conservation as a way of reducing the risks of infectious disease emergence, by focusing on three tropical biodiversity hotspots.
Using gravitational signals for Tsunami early warning
IRD researchers, on May 11, 2022, published a study in the Nature, which showed how gravitational signals can be deployed in estimating the magnitude of large earthquakes.
Assessing water quality from sky now possible
Researchers involved in the BIOPALT project have designed a portal capable of providing data on the quality of water in Lake Chad, based on satellite earth observation.
IRD, MNHN unveil ‘Nature in Common – Beyond the Nagoya Protocol’
Nature in Common – Beyond the Nagoya Protocol, one of the first summary books on implementation of the major international agreement for global biodiversity governance, is out.
Preventing ‘sudden deaths’ from medication using AI
Rresearch teams from Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital AP-HP, IRD, Sorbonne University and Inserm recently proposed using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify the risks of developing cardiac arrest.
Marine protected areas guide for understanding ocean protection, halting biodiversity loss
A ‘Marine Protected Areas’ guide advances the advance the global community’s understanding of ocean protection and helps progress toward SDG 14.
Tracing man’s origin in Mozambique and Malawi
Started in 2020 and billed to end in 2022, a project known as HOMME, in Mozambique and Malawi, will soon provide an answer to the origin and evolution of human beings.
