Understanding the "pond" ecosystem in Ferlo

What is it about?

Ponds are areas that fully contribute to the development of local populations and their socio-environmental resilience, through the presence of water and the plant resources that develop there (fodder, fruit, protection for livestock...) in the Ferlo. In the context of ongoing climate change and rainfall variability, better knowledge of the plant resources they contain is a major element of future socio-environmental resilience.

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Why is it important?

Assessing the possible losses of biodiversity linked to a decrease in the frequency of ponds by draining, or an increase in anthropogenic pressure, given that wetlands are hotpots of biodiversity in the world, particularly in the Ferlo, the study will provide a better understanding of the anthropogenic impacts and allow us to think about ways and means of preserving and restoring these "pond" ecosystems.