Posts in 2024

  • Comparison of methods on the Or catchment area

    01.29.2024 in News

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    In view of the increasing evidence of the presence of the European otter in the Or catchment area since 2020, the Symbo has decided to become a partner in the OtterConnect project. At the start of 2024, various otter detection protocols will be put …

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Posts in 2023

  • Update on our projects

    12.08.2023 in News

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    An update on our European otter projects. I talk about connectivity, the turquoise infrastructure, cam traps, eDNA, poo, human representations and scientific outreach. And did I mention poo? The slides are here and the video recording there.

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  • Echo du PNA

    10.24.2023 in News

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    An article on the OtterConnect project on page 6 of the new issue of l’Echo du PNA, the annual newsletter of the PNA in favour of the European Otter, with Yann’s beautiful photo taken on the Lez; it’s over here …

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  • Outreach

    10.10.2023 in News

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    We got some funding from the University of Montpellier through Labex CeMEB to do science outreach. MEDLEZ is a scientific outreach project designed to raise awareness among schoolchildren of the need to preserve wetlands. Between land and water, …

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  • NatImages

    10.06.2023 in News

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    Yann Raulet has had a 5-page article published in the October-November 2023 issue of Natur’Images magazine. You’ll find some wonderful photos of the Lez and the otter, as well as several interviews with OtterConnect members. Don’t …

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  • PhD Simon Lacombe

    09.01.2023 in News

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    We are pleased to welcome Simon Lacombe as a PhD student for 3 years, supervised by Olivier Gimenez and Sébastien Devillard. The aim of Simon’s thesis is to provide a better understanding of the dynamics of the recolonisation of France by the …

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  • Agropol'Eat Festival

    07.02.2023 in News

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    Vincent Sablain and Olivier Gimenez took part in the Agropol’Eat Festival and proposed an otter field trip on the banks of the Lez river. What is the Agropol’Eat Festival? It’s a unique event held in the Agropolis district on the …

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  • Otters of the World

    06.30.2023 in News

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    Awesome book on otters available at https://ottershop.co.uk/products/iosf-otters-of-the-world-paul-grace-yoxon-signed?utm_content=Facebook_UA&utm_source=facebook&variant=32915424772234.

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  • Lez Natura 2000

    05.25.2023 in News

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    The steering committee for the Natura 2000 site “Le Lez” met on Thursday 25 May. It was an afternoon rich in exchanges, bringing together 25 players from the “Le Lez” Natura 2000 site (elected representatives, government …

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  • Reportage

    04.24.2023 in News

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    A team from France 3 Occitanie wanted to make a reportage on the return of the otter to the Lez, and our OtterConnect project. The filming took place on 14 April and the report was broadcast on 24 April. Thanks to Sébastien Banus and his team! …

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