From 11 to 14 October 2021, the French Biodiversity Agency was mobilised in Chad to train the Forest and Wildlife Guard in conducting nautical missions.

Thanks to the government's recovery plan, the Institut de recherche pour le développement and the Parc naturel marin de Mayotte, with the support of the Centre universitaire de formation et de recherche de Mayotte and the Université de la Réunion, are launching the Future Maore Reef programme for a two-year period.

For more than 70 years and until recently, an anfractuosity in the cliff on the tip of "Bougeo Ar Pebr" in the south-east of île d'Ouessant, was used as a public dump. With the support of the "France Relance" plan, the marine park has launched a project to remove the waste from the cliffside and carry out experimental restoration. This is a technical challenge in an environment where there are many hazards and constraints.

On Thursday 18 November 2021, 205 new local authorities were officialy awarded the "Terre saine, communes sans pesticides" label at the Mayor & Local Community Fair

Ahead of the UN conferences on climate change (COP 26) and biodiversity (COP 15) later this year, France, Chile, Costa Rica, the UK and the US announced today a new global partnership to promote the role of marine protected areas as a nature-based solution to climate change.

The Temporal Monitoring of Common Birds (STOC) programme has been surveying French birdlife according to a protocol performed every year by a network of volunteer ornithologists throughout the country for over 30 years. The summary report that just been produced confirms that too many species have sharply declined over the last three decades

Eaufrance, the public water information service, is offering a new thematic site dedicated to the economy of the water sector : Economie EauFrance

The French Biodiversity Agency and its partners have developed a seed mix for farmers in order to encourage the development of pollinators on land lying fallow.

On the 15th July, Jérémy Devogel, skipper of the Néreïdes II, took on board nearly 3000 m of biodegradable, bio-sourced, recyclable fishing netting without any microplastic.

In March 2021, the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB) launched the first Biodiv'Eco call for projects (AAP). This initiative, which closed on 1st July, aims to support the emergence of biodiversity-friendly economic development projects on the Atlantic coast of Overseas France.