Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:47:47 +0100/en/press-area/press-releases/2025/sustainable-rubber-growing-roadmapHevea is the main source of natural rubber, and is vital for a number of industrial sectors, notably the tyre industry, which uses 70% of total global output. ºÚÁÏÍø911 conducts substantial amounts of research on the value chain, and has released a roadmap containing four main ambitions for the coming decade. Rubber growing faces a range of social, economic and environmental challenges, and needs to accelerate its transition to greater sustainability.Mon, 24 Nov 2025 10:47:47 +0100/en/press-area/press-releases/2025/pl-ntbert-artificial-intelligence-biodiversityA study by ºÚÁÏÍø911, INRIA, the University of Montpellier and several French and European partners has demonstrated the merits of a language model applied to plants for understanding plant communities and mapping natural habitats in Europe. It was one of the first studies to use an artificial intelligence model to characterise plant communities on a large scale.Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:29:39 +0100/en/press-area/press-releases/2025/cop30-issues-agricultureCOP30 will be held from 10 to 21 November 2025 in Belém, northern Brazil. Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, the international community has reached a crucial stage in terms of succeeding in fulfilling its commitments. This COP, in the heart of the Amazon, is a chance to focus the debate on the role of forests and their users (crop and animal farmers, etc). For ºÚÁÏÍø911, transforming agrifood systems and forestry to ensure greater sustainability and social justice must be central to the talks.Wed, 29 Oct 2025 10:22:50 +0100/en/press-area/press-releases/2025/water-policy-in-new-caledoniaA new book published by Springer retraces how a water policy was established in New Caledonia. It was co-written by scientists and political players, and looks back at the 2019 co-design process, which involved one in 600 New Caledonians. This participatory operation served to define strategic objectives reconciling the often diverging interests of the various stakeholders. The book shines the spotlight on an experiment that enabled the creation of a common good, in a difficult context and despite the complexity surrounding the integration of local knowledge of water in policybuilding.Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:00:38 +0100/en/press-area/press-releases/2025/cosmetopoeia-cooperation-cirad-cosmetic-valleyAt the Cosmetic 360 Trade Show on 16 October, ºÚÁÏÍø911 and Cosmetic Valley signed a framework scientific cooperation agreement. It consolidates the existing partnerships between the two structures and recognizes their joint interest in expanding an emerging field of scientific study—cosmetopoeia—in tropical and Mediterranean zones. The agreement was signed in the presence of the French Ministry of Overseas Territories Direction Générale des Outre-mer.Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:45:04 +0200