What's up in 2019 ?  | | How about starting 2019 with a New Year's resolution that makes sense ? | | Then, join us now, and tell your friends about us !
The Friends of Tour du Valat is a privileged partner of the Tour du Valat, and aims at creating a community of Men and Women who share the same values and who weave, throughout the world, the links of reconciliation between Man and Nature.
The association’s objectives are to bring together within the same network people and organizations sharing the sense of action of the Tour du Valat Foundation : to create conditions for ambitious exchange and sharing in the field of wetland conservation.
Joining the Friends of Tour du Valat will help us : - To raise awareness about wetlands’ role, richness and fragility. The association wishes to intervene with a large audience, throughout the Mediterranean region ;
- To organize free events, open to everyone. The Friends propose on three-monthly basis seminars on scientific works about ecology and biodiversity, travel writings, or environmental and climate change topics ;
- To promote the importance of wetlands through an international photo contest.
Being a Friend also means taking part in Tour du Valat’s work :
- by participating in scientific follow-ups and collective projects ;
- by benefiting from natural outings on the Tour du Valat’s Estate ;
- by contributing to public awareness events.
| | • Photo of Friends : photo contest who will win the prize of the public ?
• Next Friends'seminar : Agroecology in the spotlight
• Friends' agenda : Collective worksite at the Petit Saint-Jean Estate, Scientific fish monitoring, bird watching in the Marais du Verdier
• News from the Tour du Valat : Open day at the Tour du Valat, the programme in short, papers and publications. | | Photo contest: who will win the vote of the public ?
The chosen theme for the third edition of the Friends photo contest was Duo. The contest aims at promoting wetlands which are exceptional environments thanks to the diversity of their fauna and flora. The jury selected four winners among fifteen photographs which will all be exhibited on February 3rd.
But, the votes are still open to select the picture which will be awarded the special Prize of the Public. You can vote for your favourite photograph until Saturday, February 2nd : just "like" your favourite photo on our facebook album.
The picture which collects the most likes will be awarded the Prize.
| | Combining innovative agriculture and nature conservation in the Camargue, this is the vocation of the Petit Saint-Jean Estate Thanks to the Petit Saint-Jean project, the Tour du Valat aims to develop a productive, sustainable and autonomous agricultural system. The Petit Saint-Jean Estate which is particularly rich in biodiversity seeks to develop synergies with natural environments based on the principles of agro-ecology and agro-forestry.
Learn more about the principles of agro-ecology, how to reconcile nature and agriculture and to adapt to climate change.
Date and place to be confirmed soon. | | Collective worksite this Sunday at Petit Saint-Jean Estate The Friends of the Tour du Valat invite you to participate this Sunday, January 20th in a volunteer work on the pre-size of the new vineyards at the Petit Saint-Jean Estate. Start of the work onsite at 8:30 am. For lunch, bring your pick-nick and share a barbecue with us! If you wish join, please send an email to beck@tourduvalat.org A good pruner, a pair of gloves and a pair of safety goggles are needed. | | | | | Scientific fish monitoring The Tour du Valat is in charge of the monitoring of fish ponds and marshes of the Camargue Salinas. A programme has been running for two years with the aim of assessing the degree of connectivity between the sea and the Vaccarès lagoon complex.
This scientific monitoring of the aquatic fauna, which takes place near the lighthouse of La Gacholle, is proposed to the Friends on February 6th and 7th and from March 5th until March 7th. Only two volunteers per session. More details on this page or at amis@tourduvalat.org. | | | | | Bird watching at the Marais du Verdier World Wetlands Days continue throughout February and early March. Go bird watching with Sylviane Johnson on March 3rd, 2019 at the Marais du Verdier (Le Sambuc). More information on the Association of Marais du Verdier here. | | | | | News from the Tour du Valat | | News from the Tour du Valat | | Save the date, Open Day at the Tour du Valat Within the frame of World Wetlands Day, the Tour du Valat invite you to its open day on Sunday, February, 3rd. Seize this opportunity to discover exceptional landscapes of the wild nature of the Camargue.
Enjoy many activities, such as tours, workshops, conferences and screenings. Food trucks available onsite.
On this occasion, the friends of the Tour du Valat will unveil the "DuO" exhibition and the lucky winners of the contest.
If you want to volunteer for the open day please contact us at amis@tourduvalat.org | | | | | - Participation in the antimicrobial resistance week : awareness intervention in the Senate and participation in writing the research priorities presented at the interdepartmental conference.
- Flamingos and Spoonbills’ Ring readings in the Gulf of Gabes in Tunisia in collaboration with the AAO / Birdlife Tunisia.
- An article published in Frontiers Ecology and Evolution on "Integrative science to have a long-term impact on conservation: using participatory mapping to improve transdisciplinarity".
- Hosting of a parliamentary mission for wetlands at the Tour du Valat and on the site.
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