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Managing the Crau Plain Grasshopper habitat, which is one of the LIFE project’s main objectives, partly involves improving the living and working conditions of the Crau’s shepherds, as the presence of the latter on site ...
On Sunday May 18, the LIFE SOS Crau Cricket project was represented at “Natur’en Fête”, an outdoor family event organized by the municipality of Miramas around the theme of sustainable development.
On Thursday 20 March, Delphine Lenôtre, Conservatoire d’espaces naturels de Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur nature animator and guard, welcomed a group of 27 children from the Lion d’Or school to the Ecomusée de la Crau for ...
In the middle of March, Camilla Crifo (Conservatoire d’espaces naturels de Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur), Chloé Allievi (Conservatoire d’espaces naturels de Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur) and Perrine ...
On 5 March 2025, a handful of orthopteran experts gathered alongside with the partners of the LIFE SOS Crau Plain Grasshopper project (CEN PACA, Chambre d’Agriculture des Bouches-du-Rhône, Parc Animalier de La Barben, and Citadelle ...
Between mid-February and mid-March 2025, a major restauration project was launched in an area of the Reserve colonized by filaria (Phillyrea angustifolia), a shrubby plant species that does not belong to the floristic association that ...
Awarded in November 2024 under the Natural Heritage and Biodiversity programme initiated by the Fondation du Patrimoine, the Conservatoire d’espaces naturels de Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur has obtained funding of ...
After an initial phase of several months of grazing, it was the machine’s turn. On 26 November 2024, a targeted and economical use of a forestry shredder made it possible to create paths in the largest clumps of brambles, broom and ...
Over more than 4 kilometres, a track parallel to the one running through the Centre Crau had been created over the years by vehicle traffic, significantly degrading the Coussoul habitat. In November 2024, the LIFE SOS Crau Grasshopper ...
One of the core missions of the LIFE SOS Crau Plain Grasshopper project is to connect with other projects, build networks and encourage knowledge sharing. To this end, Camilla Crifo and Axel Wolff from the Conservatoire d’espaces ...
Exceeding all expectations, the Fête des Coussouls welcomes over 1,000 visitors to the Domaine départemental de l’Étang des Aulnes in Saint-Martin-de-Crau on Sunday, October 13, 2024. A truly successful day, blessed with ...
La Crau will be in the spotlight at annual colloquium of the Académie d’Arles, held on October 12, 2024, from 9am to 5pm at the auditorium of the Musée Départemental Arles antique.
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One of the key actions of the European LIFE SOS Crau Plain Grasshopper project (2021-2025) is the reintroduction of the species to one of the coussouls in the Crau from which it has disappeared in recent decades. After two years of study and ...
The Life SOS Crau Plain Grasshopper project includes the creation of an in situ aviary for rearing the grasshoppers. This required meticulous planning and particular attention to the grasshoppers’ natural environment.
As part of its efforts to preserve population clusters and reintroduce the Crau Plain Grasshopper, the Conservatoire d’espaces naturels Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, in collaboration with the Chambre d’Agriculture ...