Mediterranean – Tour du Valat

Ongoing project

Science-Society Interfaces

Adapting the management of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur nature reserves to climate change

France • 2024 – 2025

Ongoing project

Science-Society Interfaces

Nesting boxes and roosts to make the agricultural landscape more hospitable to birds and bats

Camargue

Ongoing project

Management and restoration of Natural and Agricultural ecosystems

Agroecology in the Camargue

Camargue • 2021-2025

Ongoing project

Transversal projects

LIFE19 NAT/BG/000804 – Conservation of Pomorie Lake coastal lagoon

Bulgaria, Mediterranean • 2020-2023

Ongoing project

Management and restoration of Natural and Agricultural ecosystems

TUNE UP : an innovative european project for the concerted management of marine protected areas in the mediterranean sea

Albania, France, Greece, Italia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain • 2019-2022

Ongoing project

Management and restoration of Natural and Agricultural ecosystems

The Verdier marshes: concerted management of a marsh in the Camargue

Camargue • 2004

Ongoing project

Science-Society Interfaces

Civil society organizations & sustainable management of Mediterranean wetlands

Albania, Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mediterranean, Montenegro, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey • 2018 - 2021

Ongoing project

Species Conservation

Participatory project: a study on the migratory behaviour of Eurasian Spoonbills

Camargue, France, Mediterranean

Completed project

Conservation of White and Dalmatian Pelicans

Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Mediterranean, Montenegro, Romania, Turkey • 1978 - 2015

Ongoing project

Science-Society Interfaces

Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory

Mediterranean

Completed project

Ecopotential

Camargue, France, Mediterranean • 2015-2019

Ongoing project

Species Conservation

Greater Flamingo population dynamics

Algeria, Camargue, Italia, Mauritania, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey • 1977

Completed project

Ecosystem services provided by Mediterranean wetlands

Mediterranean • 2008

Ongoing project

Transversal projects

Dragonfly and Damselfly Conservation

Camargue, France • 2014

Ongoing project

Management and restoration of Natural and Agricultural ecosystems

Adaptative Management of the Lagoons and Marshes on the former Camargue Saltworks site

Camargue, France • 2012

Ongoing project

EcoHealth Transversal projects

European Pond Turtle population dynamics on the Tour du Valat estate

Algeria, Camargue, France, Slovenia, Turkey • 1997

Ongoing project

Species Conservation

Population dynamics of the Glossy Ibis

Camargue, France, Spain • 2006

Ongoing project

Science-Society Interfaces

Conservation status of biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin

Mediterranean • 2016

Completed project

WetNet: coordinated management and networking of Mediterranean wetlands

Camargue, France, Mediterranean • 2017-2019

All projects in Mediterranean

Publications

Nature-based Solutions in the Mediterranean region: A look back and moving forward

Camargue, France • 24 October 2025

Publications

Bird conservation threatened by shifting baseline syndromee

Mediterranean • 2 October 2025

News

IUCN Congress voting confirms: No justification for unsustainable tourism development at the expense of Protected Areas

Albania, Mediterranean • 26 September 2025

News

New staff for the agroecology programme at the Tour du Valat

Camargue, Mediterranean • 25 September 2025

Newsletter articles

Mediterranean wetlands: responses to ongoing crises

Mediterranean • 24 September 2025

Publications

21 recently published case studies illustrating the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions

Camargue, Mediterranean • 19 September 2025

News

Columba Martinez-Espinosa elected President of the European Section of the Society of Wetlands Scientists

Europe, France, World • 17 September 2025

Publications

A new conceptual model reveals the complexity of interactions between different entities in the Camargue socio-ecosystem.

Camargue, Mediterranean • 15 September 2025

News

Taking action to protect the large-stigma dragonfly through crowdfunding

Camargue, Mediterranean • 9 September 2025

Publications

Flamingos reveal the secrets of their aging process

Camargue, France, Mediterranean • 3 September 2025

News

Launch of a new MOOC on waterbird conservation in North Africa and the Sahel

Africa, Europe, Mediterranean • 7 August 2025

Publications

Mediterranean Wetlands Outlook 3 (MWO-3)

Mediterranean • 28 July 2025

Events

Last chance to participate in the National Wetlands Research and Management Forum from November 19 to 21 in Arles!

France • 22 July 2025

News

More than 400 young black-headed gulls ringed on the salt marshes of Hyères

Camargue, France • 15 July 2025

Publications

Conserving wetlands helps waterbirds adapt to climate change

Europe, France • 1 July 2025

Events News

Highlights from the 2025 Festival of the Camargue and Rhône Delta — in pictures

Camargue, France • 24 June 2025

Publications

A new study reveals the contrasting effects of agriculture and urbanisation on bird and reptile communities in the Gediz Delta (Türkiye)

Mediterranean, Turkey • 13 June 2025

News

A crowdfunding campaign to support a Dragonfly: the Dark Spreadwing (Lestes macrostigma)

Camargue, Mediterranean • 12 June 2025

Documentations News

Tour du Valat 2024 activity report is online!

Mediterranean • 10 June 2025

Publications

Publication of the 26th Camargue-Crau-Alpilles Ornithology Report (2013–2018)

Camargue, France • 3 June 2025

News

Naturalist inventory weekend at the Petit Saint-Jean agroecological farm

Camargue, France, Mediterranean • 22 May 2025

Publications

PhD Thesis I Demographic processes of the Eurasian Spoonbill in the face of global change

Camargue, Mediterranean • 25 April 2025

News

Press release – Lead has a hard life in the Camargue marshes

Camargue, Mediterranean • 15 April 2025

Publications

In the Camargue, the complementary nature of highly protected areas and private marshes benefits the Eurasian spoonbill

Camargue, France • 9 April 2025

All news in Mediterranean

November 13, 2025

Heinz Hafner Seminar 2025 I November 13th I Denis Couvet

Seminars • France

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 […]

Adapting the management of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur nature reserves to climate change

PROZHUM – Protection and Restoration of Mediterranean Wetlands

RESCOM – Strengthening the resilience of ecosystems in the Mediterranean

Petit Badon: Recreating a temporary marsh on former agricultural land

Preservation of dry Mediterranean grasslands

Wetland restoration

Nesting boxes and roosts to make the agricultural landscape more hospitable to birds and bats

Agroecology in the Camargue

LIFE19 NAT/BG/000804 – Conservation of Pomorie Lake coastal lagoon

TUNE UP : an innovative european project for the concerted management of marine protected areas in the mediterranean sea

The Verdier marshes: concerted management of a marsh in the Camargue

Civil society organizations & sustainable management of Mediterranean wetlands

Participatory project: a study on the migratory behaviour of Eurasian Spoonbills

Conservation of White and Dalmatian Pelicans

Mediterranean Wetlands Observatory

Ecopotential

Greater Flamingo population dynamics

Ecosystem services provided by Mediterranean wetlands

Dragonfly and Damselfly Conservation

Adaptative Management of the Lagoons and Marshes on the former Camargue Saltworks site

European Pond Turtle population dynamics on the Tour du Valat estate

Population dynamics of the Glossy Ibis

Conservation status of biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin

WetNet: coordinated management and networking of Mediterranean wetlands

Nature-based Solutions in the Mediterranean region: A look back and moving forward

Bird conservation threatened by shifting baseline syndromee

IUCN Congress voting confirms: No justification for unsustainable tourism development at the expense of Protected Areas

New staff for the agroecology programme at the Tour du Valat

Mediterranean wetlands: responses to ongoing crises

21 recently published case studies illustrating the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions

Columba Martinez-Espinosa elected President of the European Section of the Society of Wetlands Scientists

A new conceptual model reveals the complexity of interactions between different entities in the Camargue socio-ecosystem.

Taking action to protect the large-stigma dragonfly through crowdfunding

Flamingos reveal the secrets of their aging process

Launch of a new MOOC on waterbird conservation in North Africa and the Sahel

Mediterranean Wetlands Outlook 3 (MWO-3)

Last chance to participate in the National Wetlands Research and Management Forum from November 19 to 21 in Arles!

More than 400 young black-headed gulls ringed on the salt marshes of Hyères

Conserving wetlands helps waterbirds adapt to climate change

Highlights from the 2025 Festival of the Camargue and Rhône Delta — in pictures

A new study reveals the contrasting effects of agriculture and urbanisation on bird and reptile communities in the Gediz Delta (Türkiye)

A crowdfunding campaign to support a Dragonfly: the Dark Spreadwing (Lestes macrostigma)

Tour du Valat 2024 activity report is online!

Publication of the 26th Camargue-Crau-Alpilles Ornithology Report (2013–2018)

Naturalist inventory weekend at the Petit Saint-Jean agroecological farm

PhD Thesis I Demographic processes of the Eurasian Spoonbill in the face of global change

Press release – Lead has a hard life in the Camargue marshes

In the Camargue, the complementary nature of highly protected areas and private marshes benefits the Eurasian spoonbill

Heinz Hafner Seminar 2025 I November 13th I Denis Couvet