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ZABrI

In May 2012, the Zone Atelier Brest Iroise, in France, was recognised by INEE-CNRS (Institute of Ecology and Environment, French National Center for Scientific Research). It is coordinated by two laboratories of the European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM) : LETG Brest – Géomer and LEMAR, and includes several Breton laboratories doing research on 4 major topics concerning the coast :

Vulnerability to coastal hazards
Land-sea transfers and their consequences for socio-ecological systems
Conservation of biodiversity and land-use management
Relations between sciences and society.

Its objective is to improve our understanding of the functioning and evolution of coastal social-ecological systems in a changing environment and within a perspective of integrated management, by favouring an interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach along the land-sea continuum.

More information on the ZABrI website and on the INEE’s Réseau des Zones Ateliers (RZA).

Click here to see the main projects at LEMAR related to ZABrI.

05/10/2018/by sherve@univ-brest.fr

Zone atelier Brest-Iroise

LMI TAPIOCA

thematic partnerships

The host partners of the International Joint Laboratory ‘Tropical Atlantic Interdisciplinary laboratory on physical, biogeochemical, ecological and human dynamics’ (IJL TAPIOCA), the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) and the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE) have a long history of interaction with IRD in marine science. Brazil recently recognized the major importance of the natural resources and mineral stocks along its 7,500 km of coastline (called “Blue Amazon” by the Brazil’s authorities) and TAPIOCA team members are involved in a variety of scientific and academic projects aiming at resolving key question on climate variability, biogeochemical, physical, biological and human interactions in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.

Tapioca brings together nearly 90 scientists and students involved in research projects such as the “Pirata”, “Abraços” or “Mafalda” projects. The laboratory will focus on research areas related to climate change and marine spatial planning. The laboratory will strengthen research in the field and invest in the training of new students.

TAPIOCA’s medium- and long-term objective is to create an inter-university centre of excellence in tropical marine sciences with all the scientists involved.

More information here.

05/10/2018/by sherve@univ-brest.fr

Tropical Atlantic Interdisciplinary laboratory on physical, biogeochemical, ecological and human dynamics

LMI ICEMASA

thematic partnerships

ICEMASA is a scientific joint venture established between South African and French institutions focusing on marine and atmospheric sciences. ICEMASA aims at promoting cooperation in various research topics, ocean circulation, ocean-atmosphere exchanges, marine biogeochemistry, marine ecosystems and fisheries, along the margins of Southern Africa (Atlantic and Indian oceans) and in the Southern Ocean. Quantitative approaches (incl. numerical modelling) form an important component of the programme. Human capacity development in ocean sciences is deeply embedded in the ICEMASA mandate.

ICEMASA has been designed in close collaboration with the Marine Research Institute (Ma-Re) of the University of Cape Town with several objectives:

to facilitate exchanges of scientific staff between France and Southern Africa
to supplement existing capacities on specific research themes
to connect physical and ecological sciences in the marine environment
to promote studies assessing climate change impacts on ocean, ecosystems & fisheries
to strengthen capacity by developing education and training program

Download the ICEMASA leaflet

More infos on the ICEMASA website

ICEMASA ended in December 2018, a restitution symposium was organized from 23 to 26 October 2018 in Cape Town. All partners are willing and interested in contributing to a consortium that would extend ICEMASA. Find here the advanced paths for the rest of the project.

05/10/2018/by sherve@univ-brest.fr

International Centre for Education, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences over Africa

LIA/IRP BeBEST

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Contact: Laurent Chauvaud (LEMAR)

The Associated International Laboratory BeBEST focuses on coastal ecology and is situated between the engineering sciences and the environmental sciences. BeBEST’s main objective is to conduct an integrated approach aimed at proposing new concepts in coastal ecology, to develop the analytical tools for testing them, and to implement them to study ecosystems that are inherently contrasting. To do this, BeBEST relies on the close collaboration between 2 institutes, French (INEE) and Quebec (ISMER), and their partner networks, and is part of the Institut Maritime France-Québec with the support of CNRS and UBO, and pool the research resources, know-how and training capacities of two research groups, Canadian (ISMER-UQAR, Rimouski) and French (IUEM-UBO, LEMAR – Brest). BeBEST is built around 4 workshops:

Workshop 1. Sensor development (eco-technology workshop).

Workshop 2. Ecogeochemical workshop.

Workshop 3. Identification and calibration of environmental proxies.

Workshop 4. Natural and anthropogenic constraints on benthic biodiversity and on the structure and functioning of coastal systems.

In addition to these workshops, there is a cross-cutting approach to the development of numerical methods in marine ecology. And in an original way BeBEST brings together private companies but also a group of artists all participating in polar missions or sub-Arctic.

The LIA BeBEST has been renewed in 2021 as an IRP (International Research Project) BeBEST 2 for a period of 5 years.

For more information, the website LIA BeBEST

04/10/2018/by sherve@univ-brest.fr

Franco-Quebec Laboratory for Research and Technological Development in Benthic Ecology