Adaptation des territoires insulaires : éléments de réflexion à partir de deux îles françaises (Ré et la Réunion) by François Bertrand, Elsa Richard

“…After a presentation of the main impacts of climate change which potentially affect, and will affect, small islands, the agenda setting processes and action strategies, deployed by island territories facing the effects of climate change, are analyzed, on the basis of studies, led in 2006 and 2007 on two French islands, a metropolitan one (Ré) and an overseas department (Réunion). Finally, the similarities observed in local-level responses to climate change impacts are highlighted, and the consequences of the adaptation for the principle of territorial solidarity are discussed.…”
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Politiques publiques de développement à la frontière franco-brésilienne : une ignorance mutuelle by Madeleine Boudoux d’Hautefeuille

“…The Franco-Brazilian border between French Guiana, a French overseas department and region, and Amapá, a Brazilian federal State, is the case study in which we examine here these policies, focusing not on their efficiency, but on their coincidence. …”
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La mémoire du risque à Mayotte, un atout pour la prévention des risques naturels ? by Mathilde Rullier, Gilles Hubert

“…In a global context of climate change, Mayotte, an insular territory in the Indian Ocean and a recent French overseas department and region (DROM), sees its population highly exposed to multiple natural risks. …”
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Le paysage façonné par le droit, entre la rationalité du droit positif et l’empirisme culturel juridique by Olivier Barrière

“…French positive law shapes the landscape in the context of ownership, public action planning and community projects, promoting the passage of a landscape right to a right to the landscape through the principle of landscape interest.However, the codified norms and legal instruments coming from public policies are adopted and taken within a paradigm context which try to reach a heritage value of the landscape, though imperfect.By integrating into the analysis as an illustration the example of the Indians Wayana located in the context of the overseas department of French Guiana, another dimension opens up and questions arise. …”
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I giovani maoresi e la mobilità. La sfida dell’istruzione tra vecchie e nuove disuguaglianze by Paola Schierano

“…EU overseas students represent the most travelling group, among them, young people from Mayotte (French Overseas Department of the Indian Ocean) stand out: more than half of them reside in metropolitan France and, to a lesser extent, in La Réunion island. …”
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Les observatoires du trait de côte en France métropolitaine et dans les DOM by Serge Suanez, Manuel Garcin, Thomas Bulteau, Mathias Rouan, Loïc Lagadec, Laurence David

“….]," a synthesis of work on observatories of shoreline in mainland France and overseas departments was carried out by BRGM at the request of MEEDDM. …”
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A la poursuite du patrimoine by Thierry Nicolas

“…Among the phenomena common to French overseas departments, the reproduction of memorial markers associated with slavery is certainly one of the most significant of the last decade. …”
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Mayotte s'ancre dans la république française by François Taglioni

“…This departmentalization comes within a social and political instability particularly acute for several months in the French overseas departments. It appears as a paradox in the history of the French overseas, and overseas from other countries in the world, which generally seek to escape the tutelary power instead of being assimilated.…”
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Genetic Information to Share with Parents when Newborn Screening Reveals the Presence of Sickle Cell Trait by Narcisse Elenga

“…We received responses from 122 healthcare workers and members of sickle cell disease associations, in France and French overseas departments. Our results showed similar positions on this issue. …”
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France and The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages: Dilemma without Solution by E. V. Ermakova

“…However, in addition to the French 75 languages are being spoken all over the Overseas Departments and Territories of France, including 24 languages of the indigenous population of the European part of France, and the languages of immigrants. …”
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