The project of Zone Atelier Pyrenees-Garonne (ZA PYGAR)Pyrénées-Garonne LTSER
Year: 2017
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: The ZA PYGAR project aims at studying the spatial dynamics of socio-ecological systems (SES) in SouthWestern France, going from the Pyrenees mountains to the plains of the Garonne river basin. PYGAR tries to answer three main scientific questions: 1/ What are the respective contributions of climate change and local anthropogenic disturbances to ecosystem changes (biodiversity, bio-physical characteristics)? 2/ How human practices drive ecosystem services? 3/ What are the relationships between resources availability and their accessibility, and the historic and prehistoric human population structure? The main transversal question of PYGAR is the adaption and response time of the different SES to global changes. The SES are studied at different time scales from the last glacial maximum to the present-day. PYGAR clusters 17 Labs (40 full-time permanent staffs: 23 researchers/professors & 17 engineers/technicians) from Toulouse and Bordeaux, supported by the University of Toulouse and several French research organisms (CNRS, INRA, IRSTEA, IRD, CNES, BRGM, Météo France). Socioeconomic partners (companies, farmer's associations…) and public services (Occitania Region, Water Agency…) are strongly interested in the project. PYGAR includes 4 territories (sites ateliers): the central Pyrenees mountain range, the Garonne River, the agricultural hills and valleys of the Gascogne region and the Viaur-Aveyron river basin. The theory of SES provides a valuable tool to set up an interdisciplinary approach to deal with the co-evolution and resilience of the social and ecological templates of the studied systems facing global changes (climate change and land cover).
Source: HAL
Authors: Probst, Jean-Luc, Ouin, Annie, Beranger, Sandra, Blanchet, Simon, Cucherousset, Julien, Darrozes, José, Deconchat, Marc, Dejoux, Jean-François, del Corso, J.P., Delire, Christine, Delmas, François, Duru, Michel, Galop, Didier, Gibert, Morgane, Hautefeuille, Florent, Heintz, Wilfried, Hewison, Mark, Jamoneau, Aurélien, Lerigoleur, Emilie, Macary, Francis, Polidori, Laurent, Schrive, C., Sheeren, David, Stevens, Virginie Marie, Tabacchi, Eric, Valdeyron, Nicolas, Valette, Philippe
Institutions: Laboratoire Écologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, Dynamiques et écologie des paysages agriforestiers, Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Evolution et Diversité Biologique, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, Centre d'Études Spatiales de la Biosphère, Laboratoire d’Étude et de Recherche sur l’Économie, les Politiques et les Systèmes Sociaux, Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, Ecosystèmes aquatiques et changements globaux, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement, AGroécologie, Innovations, teRritoires, Géographie de l'environnement, Travaux et Recherches Archéologiques sur les Cultures, les Espaces et les Sociétés, Comportement et Écologie de la Faune Sauvage, Laboratoire de Recherche Hydrodynamique, Energétique et Environnement Atmosphérique, Nantes Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CNRS Écologie & Environnement
Language: English
Subfield: Global and Planetary Change
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDGs: Life on land, Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2776841775