Supermarkets could soon offer to return your plastic bottles for a fee. But behind this deposit is an economic arm wrestling match between the town halls and the actors of the large distribution.Thrown in the nature, plastic bottles will take up to 1 000 years to degrade. Plastic pollutes but how to get rid of […]
Sarthe: truffles are gaining ground
With global warming, truffle production is migrating to the north of the country. Illustration in the Sarthe where the limestone soil is a real asset.On the advice of her master Abdallah Meghazi, a two-year-old dog manages to sniff out the black diamond. The treasure can bring in a lot of money. It takes 15 euros […]
“Now it’s our kingdom”: in India, tribal people regain control of part of the country’s forests
Since 2006, a law gives them the possibility to become co-managers of these natural areas. This has brought new income and jobs to these villages, and above all, has often allowed for better protection of the environment. Report in the state of Maharashtra, in the center of the country. We are in the forest bordering […]
Botswana: elephants are in the sights of hunters
Elephant hunting is allowed in Botswana, even though the species is protected. The money spent by hunters to kill an animal is a revenue stream for the government.In Botswana, tourists have come to see elephants in their natural state. A few months earlier, a photo of two American tourists who had just shot an elephant […]
Climate change: solutions to limit methane emissions from cows
Agriculture and livestock farming are responsible for 40% of global methane emissions. When digesting, cows release methane. Initiatives are multiplying to reduce these emissions.What if the fight against global warming took place in the countryside, with cows as the main protagonist? The stakes are high, because the methane they emit is 25 times more harmful […]
Hauts-de-Seine: a complaint filed against the town hall of Asnières-sur-Seine for “mistreatment” on pigeons
The association Paris Animaux Zoopolis (PAZ) filed a complaint on January 13 against the city hall of Asnières-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine) for mistreatment of the city’s pigeons, France Bleu Paris learned on Wednesday, January 18. The city hall of Asnières-sur-Seine is targeted by a complaint, filed by the association Paris Animaux Zoopolis for mistreatment of pigeons in […]
“Who could have predicted the climate crisis?” Emmanuel Macron responds to critics in a video and denounces “a lot of bad faith”
The head of state said he wanted to say “that basically” the crisis has arrived “even faster than expected”. “I was misunderstood”. In a video published Tuesday, January 17, on his Youtube channel, in which he answers questions from the French on ecology, Emmanuel Macron returned to a sentence uttered during his wishes for 2023: […]
After the discovery of stranded dolphins, the NGO Sea Shepherd France files a complaint
The association for the defense of the oceans denounces “a shame” for France and deplores the lack of “concrete measures” from the State. Dolphins “mutilated and disemboweled”, discovered on the beaches of the Atlantic coast. This is what pushed the NGO Sea Shepherd France to decide to “file a complaint against X”, she announced Monday, […]