LabEx DRIIHM

Device for Interdisciplinary Research on Human-Environments Interactions

Laureate of the Laboratory for Excellence project (LabEx) in the program « Investment in the future », the DRIIHM LabEx, Device for Interdisciplinary Research on human-environments Interactions, aggregate 131 human-environments observatories (OHM in french), tools for observing socio-ecosystems impacted by anthropic events. Created by CNRS-INEE in 2007, they are located in metropolitan France (6: Bassin Minier de Provence (provence Coalfield), Pyrénées-haut Vicdessos, Vallée du Rhône (Rhone valley), Littoral Méditerranéen (French mediterranean coastal zone), Pays de Bitche (Bitche County) and Fessenheim), overseas France (2: Oyapock (French Guyana), Littoral caraïbe (Caribbean Coast)) and abroad (5: Estarreja (Portugal), Téssékéré (Sénégal), Nunavik (Canada), Pima County (USA), Patagonia-Bahia Exploradores (Chile)).

DRIIHM brings together over 1,400 research staff, including 300 foreigners, from 200 research units in 87 french and foreign universities, 46 research organizations and "Grandes Écoles". It has financed 960 research projects, supervised 190 doctorates, 110 post-doctorates and over 400 Master's degrees.

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Nunavik Observatory (Canada)
This International OHM focuses on the territory of the village of Kangiqsujuaq (Hudson Strait) helps resident communities to control their development and management of their resources.
Pays de Bitche Observatory
Structured for centuries by a strong military presence, the gradual withdrawal of the military has had the effect to transform the territory over the last twenty years.
Bassin Minier de Provence Observatory
The Observatory monitors the development of men-environment interactions as part of the post-mining and in the context of metropolization in Provence.
Littoral Caraïbe Observatory
Following its creation in 2012, the Port (GPM) of Guadeloupe has set up a project to expand the terminal Jarry Baie-Mahault.
Haut-Vicdessos Observatory
In the Pyrénées (France), the Observatory leads a prospective question: what future for the territory and its resources ?
Littoral Méditerranéen Observatory
The scientific project of this Observatory is the study of urbanization and coastal human impacts in the Mediterranean.
Patagonia - Bahia exploradores Observatory
Vallée du Rhône Observatory
The Vallée du Rhône OHM studies the contemporary evolution of the river and its riparian societies.
Téssékéré Observatory (Sénégal)
The study area of this OHM is characteristic of the African Sahel : a bioclimatic transition region affected by ecological and human crises.
Estarreja Observatory (Portugal)
This OHM studying long-term impacts of a chemical complex located on the edge of the largest lagoon in Portugal (Ria de Aveiro).
Pima County Observatory
The mission of the observatory is to study the problem of citizen participation in environmental regulation.
Oyapock Observatory
The Observatory seeks to understand the interactions between men and environments along the river, even a bridge between French and Brazilian banks upsets the balance.
Fessenheim Observatory

Upcoming events

04
Dec
Séminaire annuel de restitution de l'OHMi Nunavik - 2023
Université Laval, Québec
12
Dec
Séminaire annuel de restitution de l'OHM Vallée du Rhône - 2023
INRAe, Lyon Villeurbanne

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