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A Naturalist Valaisan Amateur lists the dragonflies, from the plain to altitude lakes. In addition, A passion that allows him to assess the quality of biotopes and to educate public authorities.
Teacher, Christian Keim is also an odonatologist, a specialist in dragonflies. Consequently, Now retired, he gave himself seven years to inventory the species present in Valais. Meanwhile, Ponds, canals, rivers: Christian Keim plans to inspect a total of 350 sites.
“It is a love of youth. Moreover, By knowing them a little, we get keys to reading wet biotopes. Meanwhile, The presence of certain species attests to the quality and originality of biotope,” explains Christian Keim in 12:45.
New species – He gave himself seven years
Thirty years ago, this amateur naturalist had already embarked on an inventory of dragonflies. If a species has disappeared since, others have appeared. But some habitats are threatened today.
“My big concern concerns altitude biotopes, especially peat bogs. Everywhere in Switzerland, they tend he gave himself seven years to get down. From the moment when this phenomenon becomes irreversible, we will lose species for sure.”
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Better protect biotopes
By listing the dragonflies, Christian Keim also wants to raise awareness among the public authorities. “This work will allow them to make decisions to keep seeing the biotopes that are not yet.”
His field campaign will continue next year. It will then take a few months to finalize the inventory. Not enough to discourage it: “I’m not fed up. I’m even wondering if I’m not going to be missing when my inventory is finished”, he smiles.
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he gave himself seven years — A Naturalist Valaisan Amateur lists the dragonflies. from the plain to altitude lakes. A passion that allows him to assess the quality of biotopes and to educate public authorities.Teacher, Christian Keim is also an odonatologist, he gave himself seven years a specialist in dragonflies. Now retired, he gave.
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