Expeditions, ecotourism and citizen science projects
Biomimicry appears as a opportunity of marrying Polynesian nature (and its “mana”), its populations and its ancestral culture anchored in this nature, with initiatives of technological and organizational innovation, now considered essential to any sustainable economic development.
The Institut Polynésien de Biomimétisme, in partnership with Nani-travels offers a 5-days immersion in Polynesian nature and culture, and allows you to discover the inspiring and innovative power of Biomimicry, by combining explorations of Polynesian nature, on land and sea , and deepening of methodologies and design tools via biomimicry.
The practical work carried out during these workshops and expeditions will be applied to coral restoration projects, developed over the past 2 years by the Institut Polynésien de Biomimétisme. They will allow you to combine discovery of the wonderful Polynesian nature, training in biomimicry methods and tools and positive actions for the regeneration of coral ecosystems, jeopardise by climate change.
Shark
Shark are undoubtedly one of the most successful models in the underwater world. With more than 400 million years of adaptation, its flowing lines, its efficiency and its ability to thwart the challenges of a threatened nature, the shark proves to be a feat of adaptability and extraordinary resistance.
Reef ecosystem
These are often linear reefs, separated from the coast by a more or less deep lagoon or by fringing reefs. The most common types of barrier reefs in French Polynesia are external barrier reefs, marking the outer edge of the reef complex from an oceanic island.
Ombrolophic forests in altitude areas or cloud forests
These forests, the most original in their floristic composition and in their structure, the richest in endemic species, are the only ones which still have an almost intact aspect, sometimes disturbed by cross roads or by hydroelectric barrage.
Movement
Discover how the underwater realm adapts and evolves in an exceptional harmony where optimization is at the service of each and every one, from the smallest organism to the most imposing inhabitants, where the stakes of food, survival and reproduction cannot be optimize without movement.
Marine turtle
Living testimony of more than 100 million years of evolution, mythical emblem of French Polynesia since the dawn of time, inspiration of Polynesian ancestral tattoos, the turtle is an inexhaustible source of legends and technical and technological inspirations.
Coral
For 18 million years, maintaining and adapting its habitat according to external constraints, its inhabitants and their vital needs, coral has become a master in the art of building; becoming at the same time architect, design office, builder, users and trustees of the underwater environment.
Atolls
The atolls represent the ultimate form of the evolution of an island which, once sunk, leaves to the surface its reef construction of more or less annular shape. The atolls can be of varying sizes, completely closed or open to the ocean, with or without intra-lagoon reef constructions.
