The French Biodiversity Agency (OFB), together with Tour du Valat, a research institute for the conservation of Mediterranean wetlands, and their partners, published today an original model of their migratory bird and large mammal count data for Chad. This model enables to suggest several zoning options to local decision-makers for a potential new protected area, maximizing biodiversity benefits and minimising social impacts.

At a time when the territorial deployment of renewable energies (RE) is accelerating, the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) has published a study, commissioned from the consultancy firm PwC, aimed at identifying and promoting the levers developed internationally for integrating biodiversity into solar photovoltaic (ground-mounted or floating) and onshore wind farm projects. After cataloging initiatives in the field in eight countries, this study examines 80 levers for action and avenues for consideration for their possible activation in France

The French Biodiversity Agency (OFB), the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), the Pyrenees and Mercantour National Parks, and their partners have published a study on the diet of common birds in the mountains. Using an innovative method, it characterizes the different diets of insectivorous birds according to the intensity of grazing on the sites they occupy.

According to a survey commissioned by the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB), more and more citizens feel concerned by the state of biodiversity, and would like to be better informed so they can take action.

Appointed by decree of the President of the Republic on June 5, 2023, Olivier Thibault becomes General Director of the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB). He succeeds Pierre Dubreuil, who headed the OFB during its first three years, after Denis Charissoux took over as interim director in January.

The SAlmonid MAnagement Round the CHannel (SAMARCH) project ended on March 14 and 15, 2023 in Southampton (UK). This Franco-English project was designed to acquire new information in estuaries and coastal waters to improve the protection of our threatened wild salmon and sea trout.

The French biodiversity agency (OFB), the French Embassy in Canada, the Alliance Française and marine protected area managers from mainland France and the overseas territories are meeting until February 9, 2023 in Vancouver, Canada for the International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5). Organized every four years, this scientific and technical congress brings together more than 1,300 marine protected area managers from around the world to implement international objectives to protect and restore these threatened areas.

In 2021, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed February 2 as "World Wetlands Day", the anniversary of the signing of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. In France, this event is celebrated for a whole month with several highlights.

From January 28 to February 28, throughout France, many associations and communities offer to a wide public to (re)discover the importance of wetlands for the World Wetlands Day!

The Western Seine Bay is the first French marine Natura 2000 site to join the IUCN Green List of protected and conserved areas.