SER Summer School RESTORATION ECOLOGY 2013 - OT-Med

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Université d’Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse
& Aix-Marseille Université
May 13th to May 18th 2013
Practical information
Where and when does it start?
The summer school will start on Monday May 13th at 9 a.m. at the University of Avignon (room
OE18). Please look – look at appendix 1 at the end of the pdf to find details on how to get there
http://www.univ-avignon.fr/fr/informations-utiles/plans-dacces.html
Monday night, you will stay at the youth hostel, Pop’Hostel in the city center of Avignon (just in case
you come in advance and want to stay in the same place): http://www.pophostel.fr/
If you wish to come in advance, here is a website to visit: http://www.avignon-tourisme.com/home1-2.html
How can you get there?
To reach Avignon, there are 2 main possibilities:
1) land in Paris and catch a train from Paris to Avignon (duration: 2h40, between 50 and 120 euro) http://www.voyages-sncf.com/
2) land in Marseille (MRS), the closest international airport* and catch a train from Vitrolles Aéroport
to Avignon (duration: 1h, 16,70 euro). http://www.marseille.aeroport.fr/ and
http://www.marseille-airport.com/access-car-parks/access/by-train-or-by-bus
There are some low-cost flights landing in Marseille: http://www.mp2.aeroport.fr/
*On maps, you will see that there is an airport near Avignon (Caumont), but it is small and only national therefore very expensive to
directly land there.
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How can you go back home?
The summer school will end either on Friday May 17th if you decide not to go to the Frioul Island or
on Saturday May 18th by mid-afternoon if you decide to go to the Frioul Island. Either way, it will end
in Marseille. To leave, you can either:
1) go back to Paris by train (duration: 3h, between 50 and 120 euro) - http://www.voyages-sncf.com/
2) go back to Avignon by train (duration: 1h, between 20 euro) - http://www.voyages-sncf.com/
3) leave from Marseille (MRS), which can be reached by bus (duration: 25 min., 8 euro).
http://www.marseille.aeroport.fr/acces-et-parking/acces/navettes-bus/marseille
If you wish to extend your stay, here is a website to visit: http://www.marseille-tourisme.com/en/
Climate and Clothes
The weather in southern France in May is generally sunny and warm, with an average max.
temperature around 23°C (day) and an average min. temperature around 13°C (night). It can still
rain… (May last year, it rained quite a bit on the 20th and nearly nothing the rest of the month:
http://meteociel.fr/climatologie/villes.php?code=7650&mois=5&annee=2012).
For the field trips, do not forget to bring “field trip clothes” including good shoes, a hat or a cap
and sunscreen.
City of Avignon (photo by Renaud Jaunatre)
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Program
Monday, May 13
Morning
8h30 – 9h
Welcome participants at IMBE / Université d’Avignon – Sainte Marthe (ROOM OE18, North
Building of the city center campus – look at appendix 1 at the end of the pdf to find details)
9h
Talk by Elise Buisson (Univ. Avignon, UMR CNRS IRD - IMBE) Title: Introduction to the summer
school, to restoration and to Mediterranean ecosystems.
10h
Talk by Bruno Fady (INRA UMR IMBE) Title: Genetic diversity of Mediterranean forest
ecosystems and restoration
11h
Talk by José Rey Benayas (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain). Title: Restoration in Mediterranean
agricultural landscapes for wildlife enhancement
12h
Lunch at the University of Avignon
13h
Leave for Mont Ventoux
Site visit - afforestation on Mont Ventoux, dating from the end of the 19th century / beginning
of the 20th: soil erosion was successfully controlled and forests devastated by overexploitation
and overgrazing were successfully restored. This restoration is moving into a second, dynamic
phase as, for several decades now, Beech (Fagus silvatica) and Silver fir (Abies alba), which had
remained within residual stands, are recolonizing the planted pine (Pinus nigra, P. sylvestris, P.
uncinata) and other conifer (Picea abies, Larix decidua) stands. The new, mostly
heterogeneous and mixed stands which result from this "maturation process" form a complex
landscape mosaic that opens interesting prospects for the sustainability of forest trees and
their associated biodiversity. The excursion will focus on what past forest restoration has
achieved and the current challenges faced by forest management (IMBE, INRA d’Avignon,
ONF).
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Evening
- Stay in Avignon, http://www.avignon.fr/en/
- Free time to wander around and have diner (diner not included)
Night at
- Pop’Hostel (next day breakfast included).
- http://www.pophostel.fr/
Mont Ventoux (photo by Renaud Jaunatre)
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Tuesday, May 14
7h – 8h
Breakfast at Pop’Hostel (included)
8h30
Bus leaves from Parking Ferruce to go to Tour du Valat (Le Sambuc)
10h00 – 11h30
Talks by Patrick Grillas (Tour du Valat) on the characteristics of Mediterranean wetlands,
conservation and restoration
11h30 – 13h
Lunch at Tour du Valat
13h – 15h-16h
Site visit – Salt ponds of Camargue (Salin-de-Giraud), future restoration project. Socioeconomical issues and local context will be discussed (Parc Naturel Régional de Camargue Tour
du Valat, IMBE)
15h-16h – 18h
Participants present their work in restoration, Tour du Valat (Le Sambuc). PLEASE have a 10
min PPT slide show presentation ready to tell other participants what you work on.
Evening
- Stay in Arles, http://www.arlestourisme.com/home.html
- Free time to wander around and have diner (diner not included)
Night at
- Douceur antique Hostel (next day breakfast included)
- http://www.hifrance.org/auberge-de-jeunesse/arles.html
Arenas of Arles (photo from arlestourisme.com)
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Wednesday, May 15
7h – 8h
Breakfast at Douceur antique Hostel (included)
8h30 – 9h
Bus leaves from Douceur antique to go to Mas Thibert (Amis du Vigueirat)
9h00 – 12h00
Welcome participants at Marais du Viguerat
Site visit – experimental restoration on abandoned ricefields followed by various types of
management. The importance of post-restoration adaptative management will be addressed
(Marais du Vigueirat, Tour du Valat)
Site visit – Visit of a vernal pool in Marais du Viguerat. Concepts of reference ecosystem will be
discussed (IMBE, Marais du Vigueirat, Tour du Valat)
12h00 – 13h00
Lunch
13h00 – 16h00
Site visit – Visit of the Cassaire: on-going wetland restoration project. The importance of preproject measurements (fauna, flora, seed banks, historical ecology, landscape, etc.) and
various experiments will be presented and addressed (tests of different techniques and
methods) (Marais du Vigueirat, Tour du Valat, IMBE)
Cassaire experiment (photo by Elise Buisson)
Evening
- Stay in Saint Martin de Crau, http://www.ville-saint-martin-de-crau.fr/
- Free time to wander around
- Diner at Hotel Restaurant de la Crau
Night at
- Bar Hotel de l’Avenir (breakfast included)
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Thursday, May 16
7h – 8h
Breakfast Bar Hotel de l’Avenir (breakfast included)
8h – 9h
- Bus leaves from Bar Hotel de l’Avenir to go to La Crau
9h00 – 12h00
Welcome participants at Réserve Nationale des Coussouls de Crau / CEN PACA
Site visit – Reference ecosystem: steppe of La Crau in Peau de Meau. The concepts of
resilience, resistance and disturbance will be approached (Réserve Nationale des Coussouls de
Crau, CEN PACA, IMBE)
12h00 – 13h00
Lunch
13h00 – 17h00
Site visit – 1) Cossure which is the French government first experiment with habitat banking; 2)
SPSE oil spill site. Methods for the restoration of Mediterranean grassland ecosystems and the
development of compensation through habitat banking in France will be discussed (Réserve
Nationale des Coussouls de Crau, CEN PACA, IMBE, CDC-Biodiversité, Société des Carrières de
la Ménudelle, Société du Pipeline Sud-Européen).
La Crau pseudo-steppe area (photo by Renaud Jaunatre)
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Evening
- Stay in Martigues, http://www.ville-martigues.fr/le-littoral/plage-de-la-couronne-237.html
- Free time to wander around
- Diner at Les Joncas included
Night at
- Les Joncas (next day breakfast included)
- http://www.lesjoncas.com/
La Couronne (Martigues) (photo http://www.photos-provence.fr)
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Friday, May 17
7h – 8h
Breakfast at Les Joncas (included)
8h30
Bus leaves from Les Joncas
9h30-12h
Welcome participants at SIBOJAI (SIBOJAI)
Site visit – SIBOJAI. Passive and active dune restoration and the issues around the Berre
Lagoon and the Bolmon pond (pollution, salinity, etc.) will be discussed (SIBOJAI, IMBE)
Site visit – Bausset stream flowing into the protected wetlands of Marais des Paluns taking
away diffuse pollution of an anthropized catchment. Environmental and sociological impacts of
industrialization on the wetlands will be discussed (SIBOJAI, IMBE, ECO-MED) and a pilot
project of an integrated constructed wetland with local helophytes will be presented.
Soil decompaction on the Jai dunes (photo by SIBOJAI)
12h-13h
Lunch
Afternoon
- Welcome participants at Aix-Marseille Université (Saint Charles)
- Talk by Isabelle Laffont-Schwob & Alma Heckenroth (AMU, UMR CNRS IRD - IMBE) Title:
Learning from ecology of restoration tools to limit metallic pollution transfer in a protected
area: the case of the former smelter activity of l'Escalette in the National Park of
Calanques, Marseille, France.
- Talk by Mattia Trabucchi (UMR CNRS IRD - IMBE) Title: Restoration watersheds / mines
- Talk by Wolfgang Cramer (CNRS, UMR CNRS IRD - IMBE) Title: Climate change and
ecosystem services.
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Evening
- Stay in Marseille included, http://www.marseille-tourisme.com/en/
- Free time to wander around and have diner (diner not included)
Night at
- Auberge de Jeunesse de Bonneveine (next day breakfast included)
http://www.ajmarseille.org/index.php/fr/
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Saturday, May 18 morning
10h10
Let’s meet where the boat for the Frioul leaves (departure at 10h25).
Metro blue line n°1 – Stop at Vieux Port
http://www.frioul-if-express.com/presentation/?rub_code=53
11h-14h
Welcome participants at Frioul Island (CEN PACA)
Site visit – Frioul Island. Ecosystems influenced by sea spray, attempts to restore the island
and the effects of overabundant species, such as the yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) will
be addressed (CEN PACA, IMBE).
Lunch included
Frioul island (photo by http://www.ilesdemarseille.fr)
Speakers
Monday, May 13
Morning
Bruno Fady (INRA UMR IMBE). Theme: Genetic diversity of Mediterranean forest ecosystems
and restoration. Bruno.Fady[a]avignon.inra.fr
José Rey Benayas (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain). Theme: Restoration in Mediterranean
agricultural landscapes for wildlife enhancement. josem.rey[a]uah.es
Visit Mont Ventoux: Bruno Fady (INRA UMR IMBE), Bruno.Fady[a]avignon.inra.fr
Tuesday, May 14
Patrick Grillas (Tour du Valat). Theme: Mediterranean wetlands, conservation and restoration.
grillas[a]tourduvalat.org
Visit salt ponds of Camargue (Salin-de-Giraud): François Mesleard mesleard[a]tourduvalat.org
& Botanists: Nicole Yavercovski yavercovski[a]tourduvalat.org & Loic Willm
willm[a]tourduvalat.org
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Wednesday, May 15
Marine Pascal (Marais du Vigueirat). Theme: Marais du Vigueirat. marine.pascal[a]espacesnaturels.fr
Visit reference ecosystems & experimental restoration on abandoned ricefields: François
Mesleard mesleard[a]tourduvalat.org
Visit of the Cassaire: François Mesleard mesleard[a]tourduvalat.org
& Botanists: Nicole Yavercovski yavercovski[a]tourduvalat.org & Loic Willm
willm[a]tourduvalat.org
Thursday, May 16
Visit steppe of La Crau in Peau de Meau. Thierry Dutoit (IMBE CNRS) thierry.dutoit[a]imbe.fr
Visit Cossure restoration site
Thierry Dutoit (IMBE CNRS) thierry.dutoit[a]imbe.fr
mitigation bank: Michel Oberlinkels (CDC Biodiversité) m.oberlinkels.cdcbiodiv[a]forestierecdc.fr
restoration experiments: Renaud Jaunatre (IMBE) renaud.jaunatre[a]yahoo.fr
coleopteran & orthoptera : Jean-François Alignan (IMBE) jeanfrancois.alignan[a]gmail.com
ants: Adeline Bulot (IMBE) adeline.bulot[a]alumni.univ-avignon.fr
blackberry: Solène Masson (IMBE) solene.masson[a]alumni.univ-avignon.fr
Friday, May 17
Visit Jaï dunes: Luc Brun (SIBOJAI) sibojai[a]wanadoo.fr
Visit Bausset stream / Marais des Paluns: Anna Philippe (IMBE, ECO-MED)
anna.philippe[a]imbe.fr
Isabelle Laffont-Schwob (IMBE) Theme: Les Calanques. isabelle.laffont-schwob[a]imbe.fr
Alma Heckenroth (IMBE) Theme: phytoremediation. alma.heckenroth[a]imbe.fr
Wolfgang Cramer (IMBE) Theme: Global changes & ecosystem services.
wolfgang.cramer[a]imbe.fr
Saturday, May 18
Visit – Frioul Island.
Lilas Gallimard, lilas.gallimard[a]cen-paca.org
Christophe Lauzier, christophe.lauzier[a]calanques-parcnational.fr
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Participants
First
Name
Bahari
Swanni
Albin
Dario
Cantalupo
Wahida
Khouloud
Viacheslav
Souhila
Natashi
Last Name
email
Country
Chockri
Agali
Alvarado Romero
Blaschka
Botti
Cathaline
Hiloufi
Krichen
Kuzovlev
Laddada
Lima Pilon
Mchergui
bahariagali[a]yahoo.fr
swanni_ta[a]yahoo.es
albin.blaschka[a]raumberg-gumpenstein.at
dario.botti[a]libero.it
Cathaline.Cantalupo[a]parks.nyc.gov
wahidaghiloufi[a]yahoo.fr
kh.krichen[a]gmail.com
v_kuzovlev[a]mail.ru
laddada.souhila[a]hotmail.fr
natashi_pilon[a]hotmail.com
mcherguichoc[a]yahoo.fr
Niger
Colombia
Austria
Italy
USA
Tunisia
Tunisia
Russia
Algeria
Brasil
Tunisia
Silvia
Lena
Natalia
Montanari
Neuenkamp
Rodriguez Ramirez
silviamonty[a]libero.it
lena[a]ut.ee
natalia.rodriguez[a]imbe.fr
Italy
Estonia
Colombia
Meredith
Kirill
Mark
Amor
Mattia
Alissa
Root-Bernstein
Shakhmatov
Snethlage
Torre-Marín Rando
Trabucchi
Ziegler
mrootbernstein[a]gmail.com
UK
Russia
The Netherlands
The Netherlands
Spain
Germany
snethlage[a]ecnc.org
torremarin[a]ecnc.org
trabucchimattia[a]gmail.com
alissa.ziegler[a]gmx.de
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Funding
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