Videos online Channel IRD
Hubert the beetle
October 2012
Insects are the best example of biodiversity.
They represent the third of the living species and scientists discover new specie every day.
One group in particular has survived through many geological events : the insects.
While climate was changing regularly, they were able to adjust and develop.
Today, it is the human’s impact that is presenting a threat to insects.
With Philippe Le Gall, entomologist from IRD, we try to understand how, in this area of Cameroun mountains, the living is always in motion...
The coleoptera group accounts for about 350,000 species which is about a fourth of the total known species of one million.
Using the insects and their major biodiversity, availability and size, scientists have now a fundamental model that they can use for their research.
IRD's presentation movie
May 2009
The film of presentation of "Institut de Recherche pour le Développement" and of its activities.
