Transhumance around 2042 - Vanished worlds? – Concots-Varaire

Biodiversity in the Anthropocene
Geological heritage

This Thursday, set off to discover the vanished worlds of Quercy!

Cross the causse crossing the Lot de Lot National Geological Nature Reserve Concots à Varaire.

In the evening, Gilles Escarguel will open the discussion around biodiversity in the age of the Anthropocene.

This recognized paleontologist and macro ecologist focuses his research on the evolution of biodiversity over geological time and periods of great upheaval.

Deputy director of the Ecology of Natural and Anthropized Hydrosystems laboratory, he also teaches at the University and ENS of Lyon.

A feeling of deja vu? Gilles is a member of the scientific council for excavations within the Causses du Quercy UNESCO Global Geopark. He is present every summer in the region during the annual paleontological excavation campaign, during which he gives conferences co-organized by the Quercy phosphate industry association.