Integrated modelling of networks of activities, ecosystem services and biodiversity in the Camargue Island: which resilience in a context of global change and agro-ecological transition? - Camargue

Objectives

In order to develop an integrated representation of the functioning of the Camargue delta, this PhD aims to develop an integrated model simulating the dynamics and relationships between water management, agricultural activities, ecosystem services and emblematic biodiversity groups. This model will be used to perform an integrated assessment of scenarios of agricultural practices and in hydro-climatic drivers.
Studied goods and ecosystem services are: (1) agriculture, livestock and fishing productions; (2) flood regulation and water quality services, with a particular focus on the regulation of hydro-saline dynamics; and (3) cultural services, including habitats (rice fields) and species (e.g. flamingos) with a key symbolic significance for this area.

This model will therefore provide a better understanding of the response of deltaic social-ecosystems to various anthropogenic and climatic drivers. Ultimately, it is intended to be used as part of multi-stakeholder deliberative processes aimed at establishing a concerted allocation of water resources that enables the best possible compromises to be made between the various services expected in the context of agroecological transition and global change.