Tribute day to Thérésien Cadet

On the program for this day, guided tours of the exhibition “ In the footsteps of Thérésien Cadet«, presentation of the animation projects of the University Science Library and guided tour of the Arboretum created by the botanist and ecologist by the university students. 

After an official opening in the presence of: 

• Joëlle MENANT, Director of the Common Documentation Service
• Brigitte GRONDIN-PEREZ, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology
• Gilles LAJOIE, President of the Academic Council of the University of Réunion

Everyone was able to discover the exhibition “In the footsteps of Thérésien Cadet” as well as the association of the same name.

Conservatory plant collections, sample collections, publications, observation instruments, old works, illustrations, maps, technical reports, popular works, in short, all the objects relevant to the dissemination of scientific culture to the general public are to be seen and see again at the BU sciences on the Moufia campus. 

Discovery of the “Thrésien Cadet” Arboretum on the Moufia campus (Saint-Denis)

An arboretum is a specialized botanical garden, usually designed as a landscaped area. It presents numerous species of trees or woody species in the form of collections, most often thematic. During the construction of the University of Reunion Island in the 70s, Professor Thérésien Cadet initiated the construction of the botanical garden which he named “Arboretum”. The Arboretum brings together many species of endemic and native flora of Reunion Island. As Reunion Island is part of a biodiversity hotspot, with a high rate of endemism, many plant species are currently in danger. This is where the arboretum takes on its full meaning because it allows both preserve rare species of Reunion’s floral heritage and make it accessible to the uninformed public.

Exhibition “In the footsteps of Thérésien Cadet”

Exhibition presented at the university science library (Moufia campus) du June 21 to October 21, 2023 (Monday to Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 19 p.m. and Saturday from 12 p.m. to 16 p.m.)

Free entry and open to all.

Association “In the footsteps of Thérésien Cadet”

Created in 2022 by volunteers, staff and students from the Faculty of Science and Technology of the University of Reunion, the association “ In the footsteps of Thérésien Cadet » aims to raise awareness of the importance of the work of this pioneering botanist, continue his work by conserving and promoting the plant collections of the Thérésien Cadet arboretum, in partnership with the National Botanical Conservatory of Mascarin.

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