Poutès dam (France) : the demolition and the reconfiguration process starts in june 2017
Please read our Pressrelease 10.022017 .- in french more information on the Poutès dam
World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2 February
This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
Since 1997, the Ramsar Secretariat has provided outreach materials to help raise public awareness about the importance and value of wetlands.
The Standing Committee of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands approved Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction as the theme for World Wetlands Day in 2017, during its 52nd meeting held in Gland, Switzerland from 13 – 17 June 2016.
This theme is selected to raise awareness and to highlight the vital roles of healthy wetlands in reducing the impacts of extreme events such as floods, droughts and cyclones on communities, and in helping to build resilience.
Imminent decision to start (or not) the partial removal of the symbolic Poutès dam
The decision to start (or not) the works to dismantel partially the very symbolic Poutès dam should be communicated february 8.
Last year EDF ( Electriciy de France, owner ) hast postboned the works. Our NGOs is expecting the start befor summer 2017.
Read the pressrelease 2016 by ERN-SOS Loire Vivante and others (in french inly)
more information (in french only) :
- Website SOS Loire vivante
- Website EDF and its partners for the “Nouveau Poutès”
Flood prevention Plan Seine River : ERN is partner in the sector “Sensibilisation”
Inondation Paris 2016
this news is only available in french for instant :
Bassin de la Seine Amont : le jeudi 15 décembre 2016, la Commission Mixte Inondation (CMI) a validé en séance plénière, la révision à mi-parcours du Programme d’Actions de Prévention des Inondations (PAPI) de la Seine et de la Marne franciliennes, présentée par l’EPTB Seine Grands Lacs dont ERN est partenaire sur le volet sensibilisation. Ce PAPI passe de 68 actions programmées à 166 actions ; d’un montant programmé de 33 millions d’euros à 86 millions ; de 5 maitres d’œuvre historiques (Paris et la petite couronne) à 20 en incluant les départements de l’Essonne et de la Seine et Marne (en grande couronne). Sur les Yvelines, l’EPTB Seine Grands Lacs coordonnera ses actions avec la SMSO (Syndicat mixte Seine Oise).
France : Dordogne River – MaB Reserve endangered
The Dordogne River basin wide Unesco M&B Reserve is endangerd by a roadproject near Beynac. NGOs are protesting.
More information : see the french presserelease by France Nature Environnement (FNE).
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Our main NGO Partners :
ERN is the official WWF Freshwater Partner in France and cooperates with WWF Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands and others
