Emys-R is a 3-year participatory action-oriented research project aiming at defining the most effective, socially supported, ecologial methods to restore wetlands in favour of the European pond turtle reintroduction, and associated biodiversity throughout Europe
Emys-R is a 3-year participatory action-oriented research project aiming at defining the most effective, socially supported, ecologial methods to restore wetlands in favour of the European pond turtle reintroduction, and associated biodiversity throughout Europe
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20-26 June 2022: Emys-R at the 23rd Symposium of the International Association of Astacology, Hluboka nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
The first results of invasive crayfish monitoring at the FR Woerr study area were presented (– read the abstract – see the talk).
17 June 2022: Emys on Radio RCF Le 18-19 en Région Alsace-Lorraine
An interview « La cistude d’Europe, gardienne des zones humides » by Bénédicte Bossard (link to the podcast)
1 June 2022 Emys-R now on Twitter!
NOW ON TWITTER! Emys-R is a participatory action-oriented research project aiming at defining the most effective, socially supported, ecological methods to restore wetlands in favour of the Emys reintroduction and associated local biodiversity throughout Europe. pic.twitter.com/fnMZPOPmCy
— Project Emys-R (@ProjectEmysR) June 1, 2022
https://twitter.com/ProjectEmysR/status/1532007542515290113?s=20&t=aUUpdouDPiNoL4ItA7mdNg
19 May 2022: Start of the nesting season in the captive breeding facilities
The first nest of the year laid at petite Camargue Alsacienne has been excavated for bringing eggs in artificial incubators at Parc Zoologique & Botanique – Mulhouse, in order to maximize their chance of survival.
Georges et al. (2022) When reintroduction turns to invasion: a fable about turtles and crayfish. 23rd Symposium of the International Association of Astacology, Hluboka nad Vltavou, Czech Republic, 20-26 June 2022 – read the abstract – see the talk
Romaniuk P (2022) Multi-stakeholder governance of European wetlands – networks as learning organizations. 17th SWS Europe Chapter Meeting – Connecting wetlands functioning and biodiversity towards nature-based solutions. Arles, France, 13-16 June 2022 – TALK (link to conference)
Nekrasova et al. (2022) Range expansion of the alien red-eared slider Trachemys scripta (Thunberg in Schoepff, 1792) (Reptilia, Testudines) in Eastern Europe, with special reference to Latvia and Ukraine. BioInvasions Records 11(1): 287–295 (pdf)
Emys-R is funded through the 2020-2021 Biodiversa & Water JPI joint call for research proposals, under the BiodivRestore ERA-Net COFUND programme, and with the funding organisations Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR, France), Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF, Germany), State Education Development Agency (VIAA, Latvia), and National Science Center (NSC, Poland).
