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Concours Capitales Françaises de la biodiversité 2025 – Culture(s) et biodiversité

Depuis 2010, le concours Capitale française de la Biodiversité met en lumière les initiatives exemplaires des communes et intercommunalités françaises en faveur de la biodiversité. Ce dispositif vise à identifier, valoriser et diffuser les meilleures actions locales pour la préservation et la restauration du vivant.

2025 : Thème “Culture(s) et Biodiversité” 

Pour l’édition 2025, le concours invite les communes et intercommunalités de toutes tailles et de tous territoires à partager leurs réussites autour d’un thème riche et pluriel : Culture(s) et Biodiversité. 

Pourquoi un “s” à “Culture(s)” ? 

  • Parce que la biodiversité peut s’exprimer à travers les arts, la médiation culturelle et les approches sensibles qui mettent en lumière la richesse du vivant dans les villages, villes et agglomérations. 
  • Parce qu’elle inclut également la culture scientifique et la culture naturaliste. 
  • Parce que la biodiversité se tisse dans les liens entre faune, flore et patrimoine paysager ou bâti. 
  • Parce qu’on peut aussi jouer sur les mots : agri-culture, horti-culture, traditions locales et histoire. 

L’essentiel ? Créer un lien direct avec la biodiversité, qu’il s’agisse des espèces spontanées (faune, flore, fonge) ou des écosystèmes co-évoluant avec les humains et leurs activités. 

 

Calendrier du concours 

  • Date limite de dépôt des candidatures : 28 février 2025. 
  • Évaluation des dossiers : printemps 2025 par un comité scientifique et technique. 
  • Visites de terrain : printemps et été 2025 pour les meilleures candidatures. 
  • Annonce des résultats : automne 2025. 

A propos du concours

Le concours Capitale française de la Biodiversité est organisé par l’Office français de la biodiversité, Plante & Cité, centre technique national sur les espaces verts et la nature en ville, et les Agences régionales et collectifs régionaux pour la Biodiversité coordonnées par l’Agence régionale de la Biodiversité en Île-de-France, avec la participation du Centre d’études et d’expertise sur les risques, l’environnement, la mobilité et l’aménagement (Cerema). Il est soutenu par le ministère de la Transition écologique et de la cohésion des territoires.

Enfin, il s’appuie sur de nombreux autres partenaires, dont France Villes et territoires Durables, réunis au sein de son Comité scientifique et technique en charge de l’évaluation des candidatures. 

About Nina

A student at Sciences Po Paris, enrolled in the Master’s program in Territorial and Urban Strategies, Nina is interested in public policies at the territorial level as well as the challenges of ecological transition.

As part of a student project during her first year of the Master’s program, she worked with the National Housing Agency (Anah) on eco-design in urban renovation. She then took a gap year to gain more professional experience, completing two internships: the first with the City of Paris, where she contributed to the implementation of the first plan to combat energy poverty, and the second with the Paris Urban Planning Agency (Apur), where she worked on the territorialization of public health.

Currently in her second year of the Master’s program, she is beginning an apprenticeship with the association France Villes et Territoires Durables.

 

About Solène

Mission Officer, Working Group, and Projects. Student at the Urban School of Sciences Po Paris, focusing on the ecological transition of cities.

About Quentin

Motivated by climate issues and planetary boundaries, Quentin decided to study land use planning at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. His experience in associative field at the Fresque du Climat, helped him to better understand the stakes of the ecological bifurcation. Between his native Haute-Savoie and his home town Rennes, where he gained expertise in mobility and sustainable agriculture, he is now based in Paris to deploy the Sustainable City by France’s territorial workshops throughout the country.

About Alice

After five years’ study at Sciences Po Lyon, with a specialization in territorial transitions, Alice joined Sustainable City by France (France Villes et territoires Durables). She actively contributes to the deployment of the association’s territorial workshops and working groups.
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Currently studying as a second-year Master’s student in International Relations at University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Tara holds a Bachelor’s degree from INALCO, with a double-major in Hindi language, and International relations / Environmental studies. Her work with us is in line with her former experiences at UNESCO and the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, thus deepening her professional expertise in the field of environmental diplomacy and international cooperation for sustainable development.

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She holds a Master’s degree in Development Economics from the Panthéon-Sorbonne University and is currently studying for a Master’s degree in International Relations and Action Abroad at the same university. She approaches the problems of sustainable cities and territories through these different perspectives and her international experiences.

About Isabelana

Isabelana is a Mexican journalist who holds a Master’s degree in Digital Communication and Data Analysis from the Sorbonne University. She previously worked in communication and press relations in the cultural sector in France and Mexico. Today, she is interested in ecological actions and solutions to preserve the environment and the biodiversity.

About Camille

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With a background in social sciences, art history and architecture, Camille has worked in communication within the VINCI group: from major international projects to La Fabrique de la Cité, a think tank dedicated to urban foresight.

About Alexandra

A geographer by training (Saint Petersburg State University), she started as a geographer and economist at the Academy of Agricultural Economics (Russia), before pursuing her career in France as an administrative and accounting assistant (Air Liquide, Association TGV Provence Côte d’Azur, COFHUAT, Groupe Hervé)

About Marion

Trained in international and European affairs between England and France as part of a double degree at Sciences-Po Lille / University of Kent, Marion started her career in advocacy and institutional relations of non-governmental organisations, in the fair trade sector (Max Havelaar France label). Her experiences are also linked to territories, with a passage in decentralised cooperation at the level of a departmental council.

About Sébastien

Before joining the SCbF team, he held several positions in local government management. From elected official and deputy mayor of his native city Besançon, in charge of university relations and international cooperation, to Director of Economic Development of the City of Pantin, to Chief of staff in Montreuil – where he notably piloted the in-depth redesign of the urban project towards more ecology and sustainable development – he continued his career as Senior Resilience Officer of the City of Paris.
He promotes a holistic and systemic vision of sustainable development and brings his expertise in territorial resilience, ecological and social transition.