The Secret Life of Campus
Preserved spaces in the heart of the city, UM campuses are teeming with unexpected biodiversity, celebrated during the "24 Hours of Biodiversity on Your Campus" event. This event is open to the general public and schoolchildren.
Did you know that squirrels, Mauritanian tarantulas, foxes, and other weasels all live side by side on the Triolet campus? While not everyone is lucky enough to spot these very discreet neighbors, the University of Montpellier Naturalist Group (GNUM) invites you to come and discover this hidden world during the "24 Hours of Biodiversity on Your Campus" event on Thursday, May 12. This event is open to the general public and will see various associations from the Faculty of Sciences take turns on the Triolet campus to raise awareness of the challenges involved in protecting urban biodiversity.
A unique opportunity to learn about wildlife recognition, bird feeder construction, photography, and naturalist drawing.
“The loss of biodiversity is a terrible reality, whether in the countryside or in the city. It is therefore important that citizens take ownership of this issue. Another objective is to increase ecological knowledge about the flora and fauna living in cities. This scientific knowledge will be very useful for observing the biology and dynamics of certain species," explains Guillaume Bagnolini, scientific mediator and co-author of the Faculty of Science's Petit guide naturaliste (Little Naturalist's Guide), the result of a collaborative inventory project carried out over three years by university students. This initiative, called Inventaire Fac, the campus biodiversity observatory (www.inventairefac.com), will be presented to the public by members of the GNUM.