Entries by Corinne Ronot

Coming soon: Advocacy videos for ecological continuity

With the support of the OFB as part of the Mobbiodiv call for projects, ERN will shortly be publishing a documentary on the restoration of ecological continuity in France from 1997 to the present day. Entitled “Pour une fois qu’il faut laisser couler”, the 3-part film traces the history of the major events and projects […]

Screening & discussion of the film “La Rivière” at Ciné Dyke

ERN-SOS Loire Vivante is organising, with Ciné-Dyke in Le Puy en Velay, a screening of the film “La Rivière” on Friday 29 March 2024 at 6pm, tickets at cinema rate. In this documentary of great aesthetic and human interest, winner of the Prix Jean Vigo 2023, Dominique Marchais films the rivers of the Pyrenees, from […]

Open letter: Nature-based water resilience cannot wait

The 🇪🇺 has dropped an essential plan to make Europe more water resilient 🤯 Floods & droughts are worsening, we must be prepared! Today, 28 organisations, including NGOs, city networks, sustainable farmers, trade unions and professional associations, are calling on the @EUCommissionto put a nature-based EU Water Resilience Initiative back on the agenda before the […]

Adoption of the European Nature Restauration Law

We have some very good news from Brussels. The European Nature Restauration Law has been adopted. The opposite was to be feared, as it had become one of the targets of farmers’ protests in the Member States. Farming unions had urged members of the parliament to support the agricultural sector by rejecting the text. Lawmakers […]

Protest on the Albanian Shushica River: Vjosa National Park in danger

++ An entire valley stands up against the diversion of its water: On Saturday, 24 February, the mayors from the Shushica Valley gathered to protest the nature-destroying plans for the Shushica ++ Albanian government wants to divert the water from the Vjosa tributary ++ Vjosa National Park in danger after just one year ++ Press […]

Open Rivers Programme call open and helpdesk support

the Open Rivers Programme call will be opening shortly, on 21 February.   The call will be for barrier identification projects, preparation and demolition. Just a reminder that ORP have also extended the opportunity for public entities to apply. There are however restrictions to consider, including 50% co-funding.   A DRE helpdesk is in place to support […]

A dam project on the last wild stretch of the Rhône river!

The STOP Barrage Rhonergia collective is alerting the public to the construction by CNR of a hydroelectric dam on the last wild stretch of the Rhône river in the communes of St Romain de Jalionas (38) and Loyettes (01). This old-fashioned project, already abandoned in 1990, is a waste of public money, even though it […]

15 days to go until 2 February, World Wetlands Day!

In a couple of weeks, we’ll be celebrating wetlands all over France and the world! 530 events have already been approved for WWD 2024. From 2 to 29 February, organise or take part in an event on the theme: “Wetlands, sources of human well-being”.