Life on land

Institute of Life, Earth and Environment (ILEE)

Research at the Institute of Life, Earth and Environment (ILEE) is relevant to several of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For example, we study the impact of multiple stressors (chemical, physical or pathogenic) and/or pollutants (pesticides, pharmaceuticals, endocrine disruptors, neurotoxins, atmospheric residues) on organisms but also on ecosystems, and solutions are sought to strengthen their resistance and resilience and/or limit harmful products (e.g. immuno-stimulation, search for alternative pharmaceuticals). Furthermore, by prospecting and characterising geological resources (water, metals and other raw materials) and by integrating human use over the centuries, from Antiquity to the current Anthropocene, ILEE contributes to the sustainable management of natural resources, including architecture and art. The transition to a more sustainable agriculture is investigated through the concept of ecosystem services via mapping, modelling and integrated assessment. The consequences of climate change on human migration or the interactions between the different agents responsible for the transmission of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases are also at the heart of ILEE's research.  Read more...

The haugimont estate

•  Haugimont apiary.
•  Collection of old varieties of wheat at Haugimont for the establishment of a bread-making wheat industry in the Cœur de Condroz area.
•  Large flock of ewes (400) with the production of lambs for consumption and the valorisation of the wool in Verviers.
•  Amendment of the Haugimont meadows solely by composting the ewes' bedding.
•  Experimentation of the first anti-wolf fence: UNamur is a member of the wolf network as a sheep producer.

Bio kot

Bio-Cot is a student residence supported by the UNamur .  The students work for the preservation of the environment. 

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UNamur Candle projects

Biodiversity and conviviality near the vauban auditorium

This project, supported by the Assembly of Project Student residences (Kots à projets), is part of an initiative to create a conviviality zone near the buildings housing the fifteen or so UNamur student residences, near the Vauban amphitheatre.

Apus on campus

The decline of black swift (Apus apus) populations has been observed in Wallonia for the past thirty years. On the initiative of members of the Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics and Ecology (LEGE), and in collaboration with the non-profit organisation Natagora.

May'AGE: an apiary in the city  

Respect for ecosystems through sustainable and local food is at the heart of this project, initiated within the Service for Life on the campus (VéCU - Carmel project) and supported by the General Assembly of Students (AGE). The objective is to transform the garden of the Carmel in Jambes, which is a student residence, into a flower meadow and an apiary,  favouring an indigenous and endangered species of bee (Apis mellifera mellifera).

A zero waste laboratory in URVI

Laboratory research generates a large amount of single-use plastic waste, as equipment must be clean or sterile. The Integrated Veterinary Research Unit (URVI) is gradually replacing these costly and polluting plastic supplies with their glass counterparts.

More information about these 4 CanDLE 2021 projects is avaialble here...