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Visit nature workcamp as eco-citizen commitment. The Blongios association organizes some forty workcamps a year. Its aim is to get people involved in protecting the environment at a local level. There's no need to travel far to take action. On a regional, departmental or local scale, all goodwill is welcome. Meet Jean-Baptiste Boulange, the association's technical supervisor.
De retour du Kirghizistan, Anne Ouvrard, responsable scientifique de l’expédition Panthera, livre son expérience des plaines d’Asie Centrale parcourues à dos de cheval, sur les traces de la panthère des neiges. Vous êtes biologiste et avez accompagné, en 2009, en tant que responsable scientifique, des écovolontaires sur les traces de la panthère de neiges. Pouvez-vous …
"I first set my sights on birds and plants, and that led me to eco-citizenship." Interview with Laurence Girard, director of A Pas de Loup, a leading French association for ecovolunteering.
"I've already seen volunteers' life paths change when they return from a mission. When I see a sparkle in the eye of an ecovolunteer, I say to myself that it's a sure thing." Director and co-founder of the association A Pas de Loup, des volontaires pour la nature, Laurence Girard has been enabling volunteers to go on missions to help scientists protect the planet for over fifteen years. Driven by a strong passion for nature from an early age, it was after writing her dissertation on the impact of tourism in the polar regions that she came into contact with the world of ecovolunteering, even before the term was coined.
Centre de soins et sensibilisation du public Le village des tortues à Gonfaron dans le Var est géré par la SOPTOM (Station d’Observation et de Protection des Tortues dans le Monde). Sa mission est de protéger la tortue d’Hermann dont la population est en danger. Le centre recueille des tortues, les étudie grâce à des …