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Why praise lianas?
Audio 48:30
"Eloge des lianas" by Annick Schnitzler and Claire Arnold © Actes Sud
By: Caroline Lachowsky
1 min
Why praise lianas?
Unknown and ubiquitous, did you know that roses, jasmine, vines or sweet potatoes are creepers?
They are thought to be invasive, they are more often protective and nurturing, adapting to all environments, even the most degraded.
What if we were finally interested in lianas?
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Did you know that jasmine, vine or sweet potato are vines?
They are thought to be invasive but they are more often protective and nurturing, adapting to all environments, even the most degraded.
As essential to trees, animals and humans as we are, lianas, queens of adaptation, have a lot to teach us...
with
Annick Schnitzler
, professor and researcher in ecology at the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Continental Environments (LIEC) of the University of Lorraine, and
Claire Arnold
, doctor of biology at the University of Lausanne, for their work
Eloge des Lianes, un monde méconnu
published at Actes Sud.
At the beginning of the program we will hear the Burkinabe astrophysicist
Marie Korsaga
who has just received the first prize awarded by the network of African women in astronomy
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