PALOC is a group of researchers, teacher-researchers, engineers and technicians, organized in a joint research unit within IRD (Research Institute for Development) and MNHN (National Museum of Natural History) whose principal establishment is located in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris.
The Research Unit "Local Heritage", under the supervision of the IRD and the MNHN, is specialized in the study of the construction and the valorization of heritage and territories in the South facing the global challenges of sustainable development and the conservation of biodiversity.
The UMR PALOC has 6 research teams divided into 3 scientific axes and includes a transversal axis, conceptual and methodological, based on activities of animation, teaching and training in research. It is present on all continents and works in partnership in the South as in the North. In this capacity, she cooperates with some thirty associate members.
