Green Spaces & Biodiversity

The Green Spaces & Biodiversity Service provides a range of services that contribute to a better CERN campus. Its mandate is to

  • Improve the campus environment and the site’s biodiversity
  • Preserve and enhance natural, agricultural and forestry areas
  • Develop and maintain green, multifunctional infrastructure for integration and promotion of biodiversity, adapting to CERN’s site development context

Its activities include:

  • Integration of green spaces and biodiversity into civil engineering development projects and soft mobility initiatives.
  • Maintenance of green spaces on fenced sites (100 Ha), cleaning of roads (50Ha), and fences (22 km)
  • Management of CERN woods and forests (136 Ha)
  • Maintenance of the banks of the waterways on the CERN territory
  • Management, conservation and improvement of flora, fauna and the natural heritage of CERN
  • Management of agricultural plots leased to farmers (258 Ha)
Contact

Mathieu Fontaine mathieu.fontaine@cern.ch


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