France Drugmant, Head of Agriculture and Food at the Fédération des PNR and coordinator of the Conseil d’orientation, recherche et prospective (CORP) (testimonial from the dossier “Regional nature parks and INRAE, a partnership for regional transition” – 2024)
“An agricultural engineer by training, I joined the Fédération des PNR in 1994 to run a network of protected areas for five years, working on preserving biodiversity through pastoralism. There are more than twenty of us working at the Fédération des PNR. Following the emergence of territorial food projects in 2016, our vision of agro-ecology has been extended to food, helping to bring agricultural and food stakeholders closer together. On the research front, as CORP coordinator, my role is to set up a network of scientific councils and bring together scientists and park stakeholders. The Charme project, which INRAE is running in collaboration with us, has already identified eighty-three projects underway with researchers on the themes of agricultural and food transition alone. CORP brings an interdisciplinary vision to our subjects, taking part in the NRP Congress and organising ‘debates and controversies’.”
Testimonial from our thematic dossier
Thematic dossier
Regional nature parks and INRAE, a partnership for regional transition
The regional nature parks (PNR), set up in 1967 and now numbering 58, are important partners for INRAE. This partnership has been strengthened since the signing of a framework agreement with the Fédération des PNR in 2021. INRAE’s scientists, who are committed to the issues of sustainable development of territories and transitions, are involved in a variety of ways, ranging from research collaboration to expertise on scientific councils. This dossier illustrates the rich and diverse partnership between the two partners, which makes the NRPs innovative laboratories for change and research areas for public policy support.
