Marion Guillou is a French engineer and polytechnician, specialized in global food security. She was the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the École Polytechnique (2008-2013) and President and CEO of INRA (2004-2012). She is a member of the High Council for Climate, a structure created in 2018 and working alongside the French Prime…
Cyril Dion is a writer, director, poet and committed environmentalist. He directed the successful documentary "Demain" with Mélanie Laurent. His latest film, Animal, evokes the 6th mass extinction of species through the journeys of two teenagers, Bella and Vipulan. The director talks to us about the moments and encounters that have particularly marked him during…
Madagascar is going through a major food crisis for decades, to the extent that some regions are affected by famine. On site, Bertrand Muller, an agronomist and a researcher at CIRAD (French Center for international cooperation in agricultural research for development) talks about the ways in which scientists are working to increase the fertility of…
In Africa, particularly in Northern Botswana, fungus growing termites build giant termite mounds in a very specific pattern that improves soil fertility. John van Thuyne, a Swiss soil scientist at the University of Lausanne, explains this phenomenon, which he has been studying for several years.
Gilles Boeuf is a biologist at the French Agency for Biodiversity, former president of the French National Museum of Natural History and a speaker at the World Living Soils Forum. He warns about changes in ocean temperatures due to global warming, which could have a significant impact on living soils.
The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation supports young researchers through the "Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation grant for IPCC" programme. The grants, awarded every two years in partnership with Moët Hennessy, are a springboard for young researchers from developing countries. M'koumfida Bagbohouna is one of these students. He is working on the impacts…
In 2009, Stephen and Jeany Cronk left London to settle in the Var department (Provence). Passionate about wine, the British couple bought the Mirabeau estate with the ambition to produce a world-class wine, while respecting the environment. Today, their different wines are sold all over the world and collect awards both for the quality of…
Lydie-Stella Koutika is an agronomist by background and a soil specialist. She is the director of the Research Center for the Sustainability and Productivity of Industrial Plantations (CRDPI) in Congo Brazzaville and a member of the board of the World Living Soils Forum. Today, she studies the microorganisms that live in soils to understand how…
Cyril Dion is a writer, director, poet and committed environmentalist. He directed the successful documentary "Demain" with Mélanie Laurent. His latest film, Animal, evokes the 6th mass extinction of species through the journeys of two teenagers, Bella and Vipulan. The director talks to us about the moments and encounters that have particularly marked him during…
Bastien Sachet is an agronomist by background and CEO of the Earthworm Foundation. He is also a speaker at the World Living Soils Forum. The Earthworm Foundation is an international organization that supports local authorities and companies wishing to commit to the energy transition, particularly by helping them revitalize soils and forests. He explains why…