Past events
From March 30 to April 3, 2015
Integrated Population Models Workshop 30 March – 3 April 2015
From 30 March to 3 April 2015, a 5-day workshop on Integrated Population Models (IPMs) we will be taught at the Tour du Valat Biological Station in the Camargue, Southern France. The workshop aims at giving a highly accessible and practical introduction of the powerful integrated population modeling (IPM) framework with the most widely used […]
February 2, 2015
Launching of the 2015 World Wetlands Days in the Camargue, Southern France
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International importance, which was adopted in 1971 in Iran, was actually born in the Camargue, first French designated site. This is why this area was chosen to launch officially the 2015 World Wetlands Days on the 2nd of February. The theme « Wetlands for our Future » for this 2015 edition […]
January 7, 2015
Death of Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson, one of the pionner members of the Tour du Valat from the 60s and a specialist of the Greater Flamingo recognized worldwide, left us on December 24th, 2014 at the age of 73, after a long illness. He had been awarded a prize last […]
October 16, 2014
Heinz Hafner Lecture on 16 October 2014
The Tour du Valat will hold its annual Heinz Hafner Lecture on October 16th, 2014, to which you are warmly invited, within the framework of its Scientific Council. This year’s lecturer will be Pat Monagham from the Glascow University (UK), about the theme “The long-term effects of early life conditions; consequences for individuals, populations and […]
September 26, 2014
Publishing of the Tour du Valat newsletter #17
The Tour du Valat newsletter #17 has just been published; you can read it here.
September 22, 2014
Presentation of the Luc Hoffmann Medal for Excellence in Wetland Science and Conservation
The Luc Hoffmann Medal for Excellence in Wetland Science and Conservation was awarded on Monday 22 September by Wetlands International, on the occasion of its 60th anniversary celebrated in Rotterdam (Netherlands). The two laureates are: Category Scientific research: Prof. Dr. W.J. Wolff, retired professor in marine biology at the University of Groningen, for his life’s […]
From September 5 to September 9, 2014
Participation of the Tour du Valat in the third International Flamingo Symposium in San Diego
The Tour du Valat will participate in the third International Flamingo Symposium that will be held in San Diego (California) on October 5th-9th (see the link here opposite). The Tour du Valat and its partners (Fondation Total and the French PACA Region) financially support the participation of seven members of the Greater Flamingo study and […]
July 30, 2014
Lancement de l'association des Amis de la Tour du Valat
C’est à l’occasion de la célébration des 60 ans de la Tour du Valat, le 1er juillet 2014, qu’a été officiellement lancée l’association des Amis de la Tour du Valat. En effet, alors que la Tour du Valat a, au cours de ces six décennies d’existence, accueilli ou collaboré avec un très grand nombre de […]
December 2, 2013
MedWet enters a new phase and seeks to appoint a Coordinator
The Mediterranean Wetlands Initiative (MedWet) is a long-term regional cooperation mechanism under the Ramsar Convention. MedWet relocates its secretariat in 2014 to the Camargue (France) for the start of a development phase to firmly establish MedWet as a key mechanism for water and wetland cooperation in the Mediterranean within the next three years. To guide […]
From October 4 to December 4, 2013
Heinz Hafner 2013 Conference by Peter and Rosemary Grant, Princeton University : Long-term field of Evolution
Tour du Valat organizes an annual lecture on conservation biology, in order to highlight the work on waterbirds conservation of Heinz Hafner. This year, we welcome Peter and Rosemary Grant, from the University of Princeton, wo will present a lecture on : Long-term Study Field of Evolution, after the Scientific Council of the Tour du Valat, to take […]