Habiter la forêt tropicale au XXIe siècle / Living in the rainforest in the 21st century

English version below. Cette semaine, nous vous recommandons l’ouvrage collectif “Habiter la forêt tropicale au XXIe siècle”, coordonné par Geneviève Michon Stéphanie M. Carrière et Bernard Moizo, chercheurs à l’IRD. Geneviève Michon avait publié en 2015 l’ouvrage« Agriculteurs à l’ombre des forêts du monde»., qui faisait déjà référence aux savoirs paysans. Plusieurs chapitres de la

Saving Forests with Fire, World Press Photo Story of the Year 2022

This photo, taken in May 2021 by Australian Photographer Matthew Abbot, explained that “Nawarddeken elder Conrad Maralngurra burns grass to protect the Mamadawerre community from late-season wildfires, in Mamadawerre, Arnhem Land, Australia. The late-evening fire will die out naturally once the temperature drops and moisture levels rise“. Fire has been demonised for decades in our Western countries ; ‘controlled burning‘ or ‘cool burning’ used to be part of the ecosystem management of Native people but was forbidden in some

Grassland with tradition: surveying traditionally managed ecosystems in the Carpathians

“This Video Summary, prepared by Monika Janišová, Anamaria Iuga, Cosmin Marius Ivascu and Martin Magnes, refers to the article by Janišová et al. “Grassland with tradition: sampling across several scientific disciplines”, published in Vegetation Classification and Survey (doi.org/10.3897/VCS/2021/60739). The research led by Monika Janišová and al. was motivated by their interest “to identify traditional farming