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This work provides an inventory of our knowledge of the West Nile virus and makes suggestions on its emergence in France. It opens up paths for reflection and investigation into the ecology of this zoonosis.

How can scientists participate in the controversies raised by certain technical developments? By injecting a literary sensitivity into this participation. This is what this work argues. Through illustrations like a poem by Henri Michaux or a statement by a GMO crop destruction campaigner, Yves Citton investigates how scientists can take part in public and civil debates and help to move away from the confrontation of disciplines, fields and opinions.

The Camargue is often depicted as an alluvial island clasped between the two arms of the Rhone and yet it is also a unique and very rich biological and ecological reality. The authors wish to restore as far as possible all the Camargue biodiversity. The geography, the natural environments, the flora and fauna of this region are beautifully illustrated (the work contains over 260 illustrations) and invite the reader to explore the Camargue over and beyond the clichés that has made it famous.

How can scientists participate in the controversies raised by certain technical developments? By injecting a literary sensitivity into this participation. This is what this work argues. Through illustrations like a poem by Henri Michaux or a statement by a GMO crop destruction campaigner, Yves Citton investigates how scientists can take part in public and civil debates and help to move away from the confrontation of disciplines, fields and opinions.

Through botanical, biological, ecological, sociological, scientific history and technical elements, this work offers an initiation into the art of gardening in both its cultural and practical dimensions. The reader is able to understand the various objectives and appearances of gardens through the centuries and civilisations, the origin and function of plants welcomed in them and the impact of human interventions, without forgetting the good practices of the gardener.

Predominant in the Mediterranean basin, the Aleppo Pine is also the flagship conifer species in the French Mediterranean region. This guide comprises seventeen sheets that together summarise current knowledge on the ecology, management, behaviour in a fire and the use and mobilisation of this species.

Agitator, visionary, educationalist, this is Jacques Weber, economist and anthropologist, who found a way to combine many disciplines and, through his work on the appropriation methods of Nature, renewable resource management and biodiversity, traced groundbreaking paths in major 19th century issues.

Africais facing two major challenges linked to its soaring population: how to supply food in increasingly abundant quantities and how to provide populations with the energy they need to cook food? This book presents the results of the Makala project "Managing the energy wood resource sustainably in Central Africa" carried out in the Republic of Congo and in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It shows an energy wood consumption status of large cities and the Kinshasa supply basin. It suggests essential tools for managing the wood resource properly along with management models for this resource and reviews the prospects for the future.

The extraordinary universe of bats can be explored through one hundred questions inspired by human sciences, biology, ecology and everyday practice in the field. Here are a few of the hundred questions asked about bats through the pages of this book. How large are bats? What are they doing in the church belfries? How do they manage to keep their heads downwards? How do they catch mosquitoes in flight? Is your house a haven for bats? And supposing these animals had something to teach us about our way of perceiving the world and Nature?

After a monoculture phase, it is becoming an unavoidable necessity to diversify perennial crops (cocoa, rubber, palm or coconut oil) in humid tropical areas. Why and when should these diversification processes take place? What type of planter is involved? What are the constraints to diversification? How do public policies and private actions interfere? The authors answer these questions through fifteen case studies, mainly located in Africa and South-East Asia, thereby providing a better understanding of the economies of family plantations and their recent changes.