Sixty years ago, Tasmania's coastline was protected by a kelp forest so dense that it trapped local fishermen when they set out on their boats. These underwater forests, rich in giant algae tens of metres high, the "sequoias of the seas", are sanctuaries of
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The association Envol Vert and the All4trees community, in partnership with 16 environmental organizations (1) are launching the Zero Footprint Forest Pact for 2020 municipalities. For the municipal elections of 2020, this Pact proposes to the electoral lists to become forest ambassadors, integrating six objectives, accompanied by twenty-two measures
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We walk around it, we admire and marvel at it; we also exploit it, as if it were there forever. Well, it's not. The European forest in general, and the French forest in particular, are threatened with extinction. Drought aggravated by global warming, appearance of heat-strengthened parasites,
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Publication of the book "Quand la forêt brûle - Penser la nouvelle catastrophe écologique" by Joëlle Zask, published by Premier Parallèle, July 2019 - 158 Pages. How can we understand this new and extremely worrying ecological phenomenon that are the "mega-fires", these gigantic and uncontrollable fires, which current technical means do not allow
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On September 27th, the documentary film "L'intelligence des arbres", based on the bestseller by Peter Wohlleen, a German forester, is released in France. It tells us how the tree society is organized. The scientists' discoveries about the exchange of food and information between the trees of a forest show a real mutual help, a real exchange of ideas, a real exchange of information between the trees of a forest.
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Planting 1 billion trees a year to fight deforestation is the crazy bet of this former NASA engineer. To achieve this, he has developed a drone that is able to "strafe" areas to be reforested with tree seeds. This saves time and
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C’est un désastre écologique, humain et financier. Des milliers d’hectares de forêts sont détruites, les maisons brûlent, poussant les 100 000 habitants de Fort McMurray à un exode environnemental. Les scientifiques s’accordent à dire que ces incendies géants sont la conséquence du réchauffement climatique. Étrange retour de flamme pour cette ville
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L’inventeur québécois Charles Bombardier a présenté le concept d’une soucoupe volante destinée à patrouiller dans les forêts afin de prévenir les incendies et d’éteindre les premiers feux à l’aide d’ondes sonores. Charles Bombardier, petit-fils de l’inventeur du Canadair n’en est pas à son coup d’essai. C’est un inventeur prolifique
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When, at the end of the 19th century, Ferdinand de Lesseps had the idea of building the Panama Canal to link the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic, he had no idea that he would not only create a formidable link between two worlds, but that he would also bring Paradise into being. Read
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