As part of the annual lecture seminar initiated by the Tour du Valat to honour Heinz Hafner’s work in the conservation of waterbirds and wetlands, we are pleased to invite you to the 2025 seminar.
It will be held on Thursday, 13th of November at 6pm in the Jean-Paul Taris room at the Tour du Valat, and will be accessible remotely via videoconference.
Denis Couvet, President of the Foundation for Research on Biodiversity, will present :
Agroecology: a profound transformation of current agriculture?
👉 To access this webinar remotely: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86821985057 [1]
Summary:
The relationship between agriculture and biodiversity is a fundamental issue for anyone concerned about nature. One response, agroecology and its various forms – biodynamics, permaculture, organic farming – which vary according to farming systems and continents, could profoundly transform agriculture, placing it at the heart of national and European sovereignty issues.
This would take into account the various environmental issues of biodiversity, climate and water, as well as health and human nutrition. But also, and perhaps above all, the transformation would come through its integrative approach, considering that thinking about agriculture requires combining questions of practices, social organisation, visions and human aspirations.
Speaker biography:
President of the Foundation for Biodiversity Research since January 2021, Denis Couvet is a teacher and researcher in the fields of ecology and evolutionary sciences, sustainability sciences and transdisciplinarity, biodiversity conservation policies and participatory sciences. His work has combined research, teaching, expertise, scientific dissemination, data collection organisation, management and analysis of this data. His general research and teaching topics focus on biodiversity-society interactions, biodiversity dynamics and public policy, taking into account networks of actors, including NGOs, businesses and public authorities. He is also a member of the Scientific and Conservation Council of the Tour du Valat.