Darwin Field School

"The Darwin Field School takes place over one week with the following objectives:

- Create a group dynamic and integration within the Master 2 DARWIN-BEE class.

- Analyze ecological issues in their technical, scientific and social dimensions (e.g. reintroduction operations).

- Addressing biodiversity management issues in a humanized protected area.

- Oral presentation and comparison of results to an audience; assessment of the course.

Activities in Florac :

- Discover the landscapes of the Causse Méjean.

- Understand the specific missions of the Cévennes National Park and its scientific knowledge acquisition policy.

- Study the example of vultures in the Causses, the capercaillie and the beaver in the CNP, and the chamois in the Gorges du Tarn.

- Work in 3 sub-groups on different scientific and ethical themes.

Activities around Montpellier :

- Study bird migration and Mediterranean coastal ecosystems.

- Practicing urban ecology.

- Discover the fauna of the Mediterranean scrublands, with daytime hikes along the Buèges (entomofauna discovery) and evening hikes (bat and/or moth and nocturnal orthopteran evenings)".

Final exam: 100%.

Hourly volumes* :

CM : 0 h

TD: 3 h

TP : 0 h

Field : 12 h

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SPS: 0 h

Seminars: 0 h

Outside UM: 0 h