Lyon and the European project Urbanbees, Urban bee biodiversity action plan
2010 - 2014
- Biodiversity,
- Green spaces,
- Sustainable development,
- Urban planning.
Institut national de la recherche agronomique (INRA) d'Avignon and the Anthropologia Association (France)
partner
LIFE+ Nature and Biodiversity
Villeurbanne (France), University of Lyon (France), Natural History Museum of London (United Kingdom), Rhône-Alpes Region (France), Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Transport and Housing (France), Botanic (France), Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or (France), Syndicat mixte des Monts d'Or (France), Maison Rhodanienne de l'Environnement (France), Grand Moulin de l'Yzeron (France), Grigny (France), Limonest (France), Meyzieu (France), Syndicat mixte du Rhône des Iles et des Lônes (France), Sainte Foy-lès-Lyon (France), Saint-Priest (France), VetAgro Sup (France), Marcy-l'Etoile (France), Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (France).
Total cost: 2 170 000.00 EUR
European funding: 1 081 528.00 EUR
The main objective of Urbanbees is the European diffusion of a management guide to maintain and increase the diversity and the abundance of wild bees in urban and peri-urban environments.
Lyon's involvement in the European project Urbanbees
The programme is taking place in the Rhône-Alpes region and in particular in Grand Lyon. Various urban and peri-urban sites are specifically developed to ease the feeding and nesting of wild bees (hotels and nesting boxes). Permanent monitoring of these sites allows the observation and study of the behaviour of these bee populations in order to refine knowledge and improve the management of the resources they need.
Contacts
Christophe Meunier
Métropole de Lyon - Economic development, employment and knowledge delegation
responsable affaires européennes
Clémence Thibaut
Métropole de Lyon - Economic development, employment and knowledge delegation
chef de projets affaires européennes, correspondante à Bruxelles