Conference: "Bad military memories in natural spaces. How to clean up and renaturalise".

Mercredis d'Endoume conference:
"Bad military memories in natural areas. How to clean up and renaturalise".

Thierry DutoitEcologist, CNRS Research Director at the IMBE and Emma Leonea doctoral student in ecology at IMBE, will be giving a two-part talk on "Bad military memories in natural areas. How to clean up and renaturalise"..

Summary of the conference:
The contamination of ecosystems by persistent substances from military munitions is a very worrying phenomenon, particularly following the expansion of conflict zones around the world, but also in areas where there have been conflicts in the past, or where there are military training sites or munitions production or destruction sites. This is particularly true of the Crau plain in the Bouches-du-Rhône département, a remarkable natural area that is now protected, but which has been heavily impacted by military activities since the end of the 19th century. Could nature-based solutions help to clean up and renaturalise this ecosystem while limiting the impact on its exceptional flora and fauna?

• Event available live from 7pm on https://tv.imbe.fr/les-mercredis-dendoume-2/
• In person at the Endoume marine station, rue de la batterie des lions, 13007 Marseille