Entries by Corinne Ronot
Save the date : international colloquium “Des Saumons et des Hommes 3 ” 19-21 October 2023 – Brioude (France)
Ten years after the last meeting, SOS Loire Vivante – ERN is organising a new conference on the Loire salmon. This is an opportunity to take stock of the situation of the Atlantic salmon in the Loire and elsewhere. National and international experts will try to understand the reasons for the decline despite restoration efforts […]
Sélune dams removals in video (12 min)
The Sélune has been free since last autumn. After the dismantling of the two large dams, the path is free for sediment and migratory fish for almost 100 km. In a 12-minute video (in French and English) with spectacular images, you can follow the steps of the renaturalisation: Video in french https://vimeo.com/549070141 Video in english […]
Open letter: Counting on new hydropower to accelerate Renewable Energy deployment in Europe is irresponsible
ERN and more than 100 NGOs write to EU negotiators asking them to protect Europe’s rivers from new hydropower deployment in the revised Renewable Energy directive. Already in 2020, 150 NGOs signed a manifesto asking EU decision-makers to stop new hydropower development in Europe. Read the WWF press release: Ahead of the nextpolitical trilogue on […]
Open letter : Do not weaken legislation for the protection of aquatic environments
The new law concerning “the acceleration of the production of renewable energies” has seen the appearance in the Senate of amendments in favour of the development of micro-hydroelectricity to the detriment of water resources, biodiversity and, above all, the general interest. They were not in the project initially submitted. Fortunately, the Assembly did not retain […]
Participate in the European dam removal report by indicating obstacles removed in your area in 2022
Since 2020, Dam Removal Europe (DRE) has been reported the number of obstacles removed* from rivers in Europe, results that were also highlighted in 2021 by The Guardian. From the beginning of this year and until 1 March, DRE is launching its 2022 data collection campaign, to share the final report in May 2023. This […]
Rhine River : Fish passes in Rhinau and Marckolsheim: the work has really entered the active phase
Officially launched on 8 October 2021 by Mrs. Bérangère Abba, Secretary of State to the Minister of Ecological Transition, in charge of Biodiversity, the first shovels began to be dug in Rhinau and Marckolsheim this autumn 2022. A great technical challenge awaits EDF. These fish passes will be the largest ever built in France and […]
Joint meeting of maritime and water directors: LRE calls for a commitment to raise ambitions for river restoration
Ahead of the joint meeting of maritime and water directors on 29 November 2022, the Living Rivers Europe coalition is sending a letter to the water directors asking them to engage in the Council deliberations on the European Commission proposal for the Nature Restoration Law to: ● Raise the barrier removal target to 15% of […]
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