<p>I study fruit-eating bat migration in Africa. To understand their migrations, we need very precise data about their high-risk travel conditions. As part of the ICARUS project (International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space), we have developed very effective transmitters fitted to bats to relay information to the International Space Station. This innovation is a giant step in the study of animal migration. It will give us a better grasp of how the climate is changing, how biodiversity is being preserved and how infectious diseases are spreading.</p>

Using satellites, I study the colour of oceans to protect marine life

Space. An infinite expanse of scientific knowledge awaiting discovery. For those who have ventured into Space, what often most fascinates them is the beauty and vulnerability of our planet Earth. This podcast looks at the integral role that Space has to play in the United Nations 2030 Agenda. To this end, we have interviewed 25 people from fishermen to astronauts, from students to climate experts, to examine how space technologies contribute to the attainment of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
In the race to conquer Space we should strive to ensure that our ultimate and most precious goal is a sustainable, protected, poverty-free and peaceful planet.
SPACE FOR OUR PLANET is produced by TIMKAT, under the patronage of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs -UNOOSA, with the support of the European Commission (DG DEFIS), the European Space Agency -ESA, the French space agency -CNES, NEREUS and the Canadian NGO, G.I.V.E.