Region and heritage

09/08/23

3rd PACSEN regional workshop | The deep sea in the Pacific: knowledge and governance issues

PACSEN (Pacific Centre for Social Responsibility and Natural Resources) keeps on exploring social and environmental justice issues related to the energy transition in the Pacific. Following the 2020 kickoff meeting coordinated by the IRD and the University of the South Pacific (USP) at the Laucala...

26/06/23

Spring School "Violence in the city and public action: a cross-view between France and Latin America"

The 4th edition of the spring school "Violence in the city and public action : a French-Latin American perspective", organised by CIESAS, the University of Veracruz and the IRD, in association with the University of Lyon 2 and URMIS and with the support of the French Development Agency (AFD), took...

18/04/23

Live press event invitation | Science for the new vision of the Great Green Wall

In the context of the launch of the international research network RESET GGW which will take place from 25 to 27 April in Djibouti, IRD is organizing an hybrid live press event on Tuesday 25 April at 9:30 am (10:30 am, Djibouti time).

07/04/23

Publication of an IRD book on the ethnic groups of Northern Laos

The new book Ethnic life in Northernmost Laos - A visual journey by Grégoire Schlemmer, IRD Antropologist, and co-edited by IRD Editions/Dokked Publishing has just been published. This book explores the diversity and cultural richness of the ethnic groups present in the northernmost province of Laos...

02/12/22

Meeting between Ms. Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Dr. Xavier Mari at the Black Carbon exhibition presented at the United Nations offices in Bangkok

Thanks to the support of the French Embassy in Thailand, IRD was able to exhibit the panels "Black Carbon: the dark side of human activity" in the ESCAP premises during the seventh session of the Committee on Environment and Development from November 29 to December 1, 2022.

25/11/22

The French Scientific Fair in South Africa

As part of the International French Scientific Fair (Fête de la Science), 57 students from the Lycée français Jules Verne spent a morning at the Ditsong Museum of Natural History, visiting the interactive exhibition "The Fossil World of Bolt's Farm: from field to exhibition", which traces human...

18/10/22

IRD presented its One Health research projects at the Lao Colloquium "One health in practice" organized on October 13

IRD with the National University of Laos (NUOL) and the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) organized the "One health in practice" Symposium on October 13. This event was an opportunity for IRD researchers to present their projects related to the One Health approach to students and...

30/07/22

Botswana archaeological delegation in Toulouse: seminar and field visits

From June 5-12 a delegation from the Botswana National Museum visited its French research partners in Toulouse and discussed archaeology, heritage, conservation, and Franco-Botswanese scientific collaboration.

28/06/22

Field missions to Nan in the framework of the Buffarm project

During its last two missions from 20 to 26 May and from 2 to 10 June 2022, the Buffarm project team collected ethnological, botanical and environmental data on various components of the buffalo farming system from the Lua community in the village of Ban Huai Phan (Chieng Klang district, Nan Province...

17/05/22

"Heritage Buildings in Laos": First photo exhibition of the VIENGMO project

For the first time, Lao Modernist Architectural Heritage was highlighted in the photographic exhibition "Heritage Buildings in Laos" presented at the Living Library on 7 and 8 May 2022 by the European Union and the Lao Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.

01/04/22

Call of Papers for the 7th ICIRD Conference “Disruption, Challenges and Resilience in Contemporary Southeast Asia”

The July 22 & 23, 2022 will held the 7th International Conference on International Relations and Development (ICIRD) in Chiang Mai (Thailand) “Disruption, Challenges and Resilience in Contemporary Southeast Asia”. Within the scope of the organization of this conference, the ICIRD team is looking for...

09/03/22

Black Carbon Webinar

On Friday 11 March, from 09:00 to 11:00 (French time), the third CoSavez-vous? scientific seminar will be held on the theme "Black Carbon: the dark side of human activity".

15/02/22

PhD defense on self-medication of animals and traditional medicine

On Friday 18 February, Jean-Marc Dubost, PhD student in Eco-anthropology, will defend his thesis at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris. This thesis has been realized thanks to a 12 months field study in Laos.

22/12/21

Lanta Bay Project: A new look at the maritime heritage history of Lanta Bay

After the discovery of archaeological remains last March, an interdisciplinary French-Thai scientific team carried out a campaign of excavation, surveys and interviews from 28 November to 14 December 2021. This expedition allowed for a more in-depth study of the sites previously identified in the...

27/09/21

World Tourism Day: Sustainable tourism as an economic and environmental driver in the Indian Ocean

On the occasion of World Tourism Day, celebrated each year on September 27th, countries and territories participating in the Indian Ocean Blue Year in 2021-2022 reaffirm their commitment to sustainable tourism, with the aim of reconciling economic and social development with the protection of the...

12/07/21

IRD supports the accountable Blue Economy in the Indian Ocean

In parallel with the Indian Ocean Blue Economy Day on July 17, 2021, IRD is participating in the Indian Ocean Blue Year 2021-2022 and is deploying a research program in favor of a responsible blue economy in Comoros, Kenya, Mozambique, Madagascar and Seychelles. The study focuses on the development...

26/03/21

New archaeological sites discovered in Koh Lanta Bay

During its latest survey mission in Koh Lanta Bay from 6 to 13 March 2021, the French archaeological mission in Thailand-Burma Peninsula uncovered new archaeological sites containing remains and paintings from thousands of years ago.

09/12/20

An Online Academic Conference Exploring the Human-Elephant Relationship

From 13th to 15th of December, IRD is co-organising the online academic conference "Composing Worlds with Elephants". This conference corrals together 24 scholars who are researching communities and environments at the interface of the human-elephant relationship in Asia and beyond.

18/11/20

Laotian tektites reveal the recording of a giant impact at very high pressure

800,000 years ago, the impact of a large asteroid in Indochina projected a large quantity of drop-shaped or teardrop-shaped fragments of glassy rocks, known as tektites, resulting from the continental surface fusion throughout Southeast Asia and as far as Antarctica. A particular type of tektite...

18/11/20

Claire Médard, geographer, settles in Eldoret

The city located on the highlands around the Rift Valley, hosts the Moi University, where Claire Médard, an IRD specialist in the region, has recently been assigned.