📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The workcamp will take place at the REV's permanent home, a former vacation camp at an altitude of 1,200m. The site is located at the foot of Mont-Lozère in the heart of the Cévennes. The REV took over the site in the spring of 2022, and wants it to become a place of welcome, exchange and encounter. This project will be part of the transformation of the colony into a place where people, fauna and flora live together in harmony. This project invites you to reflect on the role and place of amphibians in the ecosystem of biodiversity, and more particularly on the question of their preservation. It will also be a great opportunity to create and expand your ecological awareness by participating in and creating these ponds, spaces of biodiversity.
💼 What the programme involves
The main aim of this workcamp will be to create ponds to host pockets of biodiversity on the REV association site. You will build these spaces with the advice of professionals from the Cévennes National Park. You'll create the spaces needed to hold the water (depth, width, tarpaulins, etc.) and plant the first plants needed to welcome amphibians and reptiles, for whom the pond is part of their natural habitat. You will work 25h/week.
🏠 Accommodation on site
The workcamp will take place in a particularly isolated area, where you will be accommodated on the REV site in individual tents (remember to bring your sleeping bag). You will have access to sanitary facilities close to the camp. What's more, if weather conditions deteriorate too much for camping, a shelter a few meters away will be available. Meals will be provided and prepared in turn by participants.
📍 About the location
The project will take place in the southern part of Mont-Lozère, in a rural area (department 48). Shaped by erosion, this territory is criss-crossed by several watercourses, geological formations such as the causses and numerous forests of many species. A wide variety of flora and fauna have been preserved here thanks to the low human density of recent centuries. The nearest town is Mende(48000), with 16,000 inhabitants.
Leisure activities : Far from the French metropolises, Lozère is nonetheless a very dynamic region. The region's activities revolve around local festivities, concerts and unspoilt natural areas (mountains, rivers, forests).
