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ICI 12/13 Midi-Pyrénées: programme of Tuesday 29 September 2026
ICI 12/13 Midi-Pyrénées: programme of Tuesday 29 September 2026
France 3 Midi-Pyrénées' regional lunchtime news features Murmuration and the ECCT, its indicator that uses satellite data to measure the environmental safety margin of tourist destinations in the face of overtourism.
ICI 12/13 Midi-Pyrénées: programme of Tuesday 29 September 2026

Redacted by France 3 Occitanie

29 September 2026
Satellites serving Lanzarote: how Murmuration analyses the island's environmental and tourism impact
Satellites serving Lanzarote: how Murmuration analyses the island's environmental and tourism impact
Nicolás Renia, head of the company in Spain, explains how Murmuration combines satellite imagery and UN indicators to measure water stress, biodiversity and the territory's carrying capacity.
Satellites serving Lanzarote: how Murmuration analyses the island's environmental and tourism impact

Redacted by David Merino Fernández, La Voz de Lanzarote

27 September 2026
European Space Agency satellites enter the management of tourist destinations
European Space Agency satellites enter the management of tourist destinations
Murmuration combines data from the Copernicus programme with environmental indicators to measure the carrying capacity of municipalities and natural areas in Spain and France.
European Space Agency satellites enter the management of tourist destinations

Redacted by Xavier Canalís, Hosteltur

28 August 2026
How much tourism can nature withstand? This Toulouse company answers with satellite images
How much tourism can nature withstand? This Toulouse company answers with satellite images
Ô Toulouse republishes Le Parisien's article: based in Ramonville-Saint-Agne, Murmuration helps local authorities and tourism bodies fight overtourism using satellite images, by mapping the areas degraded by visitor numbers.
How much tourism can nature withstand? This Toulouse company answers with satellite images

Redacted by Julie Rimbert, Ô Toulouse, Le Parisien

27 August 2026
How much tourism can nature withstand? This Toulouse company answers with satellite images
How much tourism can nature withstand? This Toulouse company answers with satellite images
Founded in 2019 and based in Ramonville-Saint-Agne, Murmuration helps public authorities fight overtourism using satellite images. Called on by local authorities and tourism bodies, it maps the areas degraded by visitor numbers and supports them in the measures to take.
How much tourism can nature withstand? This Toulouse company answers with satellite images

Redacted by Julie Rimbert, Le Parisien

27 August 2026
Toulouse: a start-up assesses the impact of mass tourism on our environment
Toulouse: a start-up assesses the impact of mass tourism on our environment
The Toulouse start-up Murmuration is looking into the environmental challenges of mass tourism. Using satellite data, its ECCT tool measures the environmental safety margin of destinations to help them anticipate the degradation of their sites.
Toulouse: a start-up assesses the impact of mass tourism on our environment

Redacted by Hugo Clement, Ruralités 2024

26 August 2026
Mass tourism and cities: what ecological footprint? Discover the innovation of a Toulouse start-up
Mass tourism and cities: what ecological footprint? Discover the innovation of a Toulouse start-up
How many visitors can a site welcome before it suffers lasting damage? Founded in 2019 by two space engineers, Murmuration turns Copernicus and CNES satellite data into dashboards: its ECCT tool helps cities and site managers measure their ecological footprint in the face of mass tourism.
Mass tourism and cities: what ecological footprint? Discover the innovation of a Toulouse start-up

Redacted by Youssef Dupont, Good Morning Europe

26 August 2026
What if tourist destinations finally knew when their success turns into a risk?
What if tourist destinations finally knew when their success turns into a risk?
A tourist territory is not just its commercial capacity: it is a living ecosystem with fragile balances. Already used by around ten clients in Europe, Murmuration's ECCT measures a destination's environmental safety margin before it reaches a critical threshold, and is now being rolled out in France and Spain.
What if tourist destinations finally knew when their success turns into a risk?

Redacted by Jean-Paul Chambrillon, Petite République

26 August 2026
What is the environmental impact of mass tourism on cities? This Toulouse start-up is trying to measure it
What is the environmental impact of mass tourism on cities? This Toulouse start-up is trying to measure it
How many visitors can a site welcome before it suffers lasting damage? Founded in 2019 by Cathy Sahuc and Tarek Habib, Murmuration is rolling out the ECCT in France and Spain, an indicator that combines Copernicus and CNES satellite data, field measurements and tourism statistics to measure the environmental safety margin of destinations.
What is the environmental impact of mass tourism on cities? This Toulouse start-up is trying to measure it

Redacted by Jade David, Actu.fr

26 August 2026
Attractiveness becomes an environmental risk
Attractiveness becomes an environmental risk
Visitors, overnight stays, revenue: these indicators are no longer enough to assess the situation of a destination facing high visitor numbers and growing environmental constraints. Murmuration is developing the ECCT to measure the environmental carrying capacity of territories and anticipate the risks linked to visitor numbers.
Attractiveness becomes an environmental risk

Redacted by Elliot, Notre-Siècle

25 August 2026