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Patricia Ricard
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Understanding, explaining & protecting the sea

The Paul Ricard Oceanographic Institute was founded by my grandfather Paul Ricard in 1966 in response to one of the first cases of industrial pollution in the Mediterranean. Through its research and public outreach activities, the Institute is addressing today's most pressing challenges: preservation of marine biodiversity, climate change, sustainable exploitation of living resources, and restoring coastal environments. As we race to save the Earth, the Ocean could be our second chance.

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Thau lagoon : the fan mussels are in good health

In the face of the epizootic that has impacted the fan mussel since 2016, several Mediterranean lagoons seem to have […]

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IUCN World Conservation Congress Marseille 2020 postponed to january

The IUCN World Conservation Congress will now take place from 7-15 January 2021. Held every four years, the Congress brings together […]

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The fan mussel: grounds for hope from a survey carried out in the Etang de Diana lagoon in Corsica

A few months ago, researchers from the Institute carried out a survey of the fan mussel in the Diana lagoon. […]

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Mediterranean species

Purple sea urchin or Common sea urchin
Deep-snouted pipefish
Greater amberjack
Shi drum
Blacktailed wrasse
White seabream
Lobster
Grey triggerfish
Spiny starfish
Saddled seabream

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Laurent Bopp, part 3. Les entretiens de l’Institut océanographique Paul Ricard

Director of Research CNRS at the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD)(Laboratory of Dynamic Meteorology), Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), Paris: “Restore the coastal ecosystems for a two-fold benefit: carbon and biodiversity”.

Laurent Bopp, part 2. Les entretiens de l’Institut océanographique Paul Ricard

LAURENT BOPP, Director of Research CNRS at the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD)(Laboratory of Dynamic Meteorology), Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), Paris: “We can still change the course of things”.

Laurent Bopp, part 1. Les entretiens de l’Institut océanographique Paul Ricard

LAURENT BOPP, Director of Research CNRS at the Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD)(Laboratory of Dynamic Meteorology), Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL), Paris: “Climate change is a global problem, we will have to all get around the same table”.

A dolphin in the lagoon !

A great encounter for the scientists! A dolphin playing in the lagoon, at Les Embiez island.

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13 Ocean project

This film presents the context and the broad issues of the 13 Océan project, a demonstrator of aquaculture and urban agriculture production for climatic transition. It is a project for an urban ‘permaquaculture’ farm, which will meet three objectives: – to ally permaculture and aquaculture; – to function according to the principles of the circular economy; – to be based on biomimetic practices.

Peter Thomson:”We have only one ocean…”

On the occasion of his visit to the island of Les Embiez, Peter Thomson, United Nations Special Envoy for the Oceans, responded to Patricia Ricard’s questions: he spoke of solutions on nature, of corporate sponsorship, and innovation, his vision for the preservation of the ocean environment. With a clear message: “We have only one ocean, and we will have to find common solutions”.

Love Posidonia

MedPAN aims to promote the establishment, the operation and the sustainability of a Mediterranean network of MPAs, and produced this video.

Conscience builders : 50 years supporting the ocean

For the past 50 years, the Institute is carrying out its research in the Mediterranean, considered by scientists as a true model ocean.