2021.02.05 Karl Matthias WANTZEN.mp4

KARL M. WANTZEN

Professeur d’écologie et de durabilité à l’Université de Tours,
Chaire UNESCO - "Fleuves et Patrimoine - River Culture"

Environmental sustainability: learning from biological strategies and nature-adapted cultural forms

Karl M. Wantzen is professor for ecology at the University of Tours, France. He is member of two Interdisciplinary Research Centers by the French Research Council (CNRS UMRs) for Cities, Territories, Environment and Society (CITERES) at Tours and for Image, City, Environment (LIVE) at Strasbourg universities, and lectures on conservation, environmental restoration and water-related issues in the Engineering Course GAE-IMA (in french) and the International Master Course on Urban Planning and Sustainability.  
Since 2014, Karl Matthias Wantzen heads the UNESCO Chair "Fleuves et Patrimoine - River Culture".