Biodiversity

Mussels resurface.... in the Seine! What does this surprising return reveal?

They shun pollution and love clear water... After an absence of more than half a century, three species of endangered freshwater mussels are making a comeback in the Seine, and playing a valuable role once again.

Fête de la Lavande 2025: cruises on the Seine, pony rides and free workshops in the 78 region

The SIAAP Lavender Festival celebrates its 23rd anniversary this Saturday, June 28, 2025! Join this festive family event on the Seine Aval Achères/Maisons-Laffitte site. On the program: pony rides, workshops, food-trucks, cruises on the Seine and lots of other surprises!

Biodiversity Day with fun activities at Center Parcs, Seine-et-Marne (77)

Villages Nature Paris and Faune Alfort invite you to the Journée de la Biodiversité, on June 7, 2025, a fun and committed event to raise awareness among young and old of the need to protect ecosystems, with a wide range of activities.

The Climate and Biodiversity Tour: a free scientific exhibition in Bagneux

The traveling science exhibition on the challenges of climate and biodiversity returns to the Paris region, with scientists on hand to help you learn more, from April 25 to 28, 2025, in Bagneux.

Fortnite: Amazonia, the CNES educational map on space and climate issues

Because playing Fortnite can also be an educational experience... CNES is offering Amazonia: Space to the Rescue, a free map in creative mode on Epic Games' Fortnite, to raise players' awareness of space, climate issues and biodiversity in French Guiana. Take off an Ariane rocket and save the forest in this educational map!

International Forest Day 2025: free guided tours of the Fontainebleau forest

Go green for International Forest Day and (re)discover the rich biodiversity of the Fontainebleau forest during free guided tours on Saturday March 22 and Sunday March 23, 2025.

Hauts-de-Seine: closure of the Versailles road in the evening - find out why!

The Hauts-de-Seine département takes the protection of animals, and toads in particular, to heart. For this reason, the route de Versailles in the Malmaison state forest will close in the evening.

Biodiversity: help count garden birds in late January

Young and old alike are invited to take part in a new edition of the French Garden Bird Count, this weekend of January 25 and 26, 2025, to contribute to the scientific monitoring of populations of the most common species.

Biodiversity: what is this wild feline back in the forests of Ile-de-France?

Don't panic, lynxes haven't arrived in the Paris region! It's a much less impressive little feline that's making a comeback: the forest cat, which bears a striking resemblance to our little fur balls.

Mission Nature: the new biodiversity lottery to help protect life in France

Following on from the Loto du Patrimoine, Mission Nature is the latest offering from La Française des Jeux, launched this Monday in aid of the French Office for Biodiversity. For three euros, you can win 30,000 euros!

Insects, at the service of ecosystems: the nature exhibition at the Arboretum of Versailles-Chèvreloup

Discover pollinating insects and their impact on the ecosystem at the Arboretum of Versailles-Chèvreloup, which wishes to raise public awareness of their predicted decline, from April 22 to November 5, 2023.

La Cité des Merveilles 2022: an incredible immersive experience at La Cité Fertile

An immersive experience that combines artistic wandering and raising awareness of biodiversity protection? That's what the Cité Fertile eco-responsible wasteland offers every weekend from November 26, 2022 to March 5, 2023. For more than three months, over an area of 8,000m², immerse yourself in this magnificent odyssey to discover the wonders of our planet Earth and the Living World. Rides, artistic scenography, Christmas markets, games, food court and winter bars... Don't miss the return of the Cité des Merveilles to Pantin!

Paris unveils the first green raft of the canal Saint Martin

On February 18, 2019 Paris will unveil its first green raft on the canal Saint Martin allowing to boost the canal biodiversity as well as to improve the ecological operating.