Quiz
Question: How many hectares of peat bogs are threatened in Indonesia?
a) 50 hectares
b) 100 000 hectares
c) 12 million hectares
d) 20 million hectares
Answer: D)
All the peat bogs of Indonesia are threatened, or 20 million hectares, because of deforestation and palm oil plantations, according to the UN. The peat is also flammable because of drying. The inhabitants of Bangsal, on the island of Lombok, facing Bali, are mobilizing. They demand a moratorium on their concessions. There is a law to protect peat bogs in Indonesia, but according to them, it does not have enough biting. The peat bogs occupy 3 % of the surface of the planet, but they are of great importance since they store more than 40 % of all carbon in the soil, according to the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).
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The return of wolves in California
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California gray wolf
After a century of absence, gray wolves (Canis lupus) return to Northeast California, in the United States. A return to joy for animal defenders, but in fear of some residents and in cattle breeders. The State has drawn up a management plan including a compensation program for breeders who lose animals due to wolf attacks. In California, no less than 22 million cattle are raised on millions of hectares. Easy prey for wolves, who sit at the top of the food chain. In order to reconcile conservation, cattle protection and public security, other measures are set up, including a network of “photographic traps”.
Read the California report Department of Fish and Wildlife (in English)
Stars disappear in Belgium
Photo Martin Chamberland, La Presse Archives
Starry night with part of the Milky Way in the Portneuf region
At a time when the shooting period of shooting stars is at its peak in Belgium, many scientists and astronomers denounce the progression of light pollution. Citizens are called upon to report artificial lighting abuses. A movement militates to recover a “dark sky” for reasons of human health and in order to protect biodiversity. At the University of Liège, the astrophysicist Emmanuel Jehin told local media that Belgium is one of the countries most affected by light pollution because of its population density. According to various experts, this pollution prevents observation of the Milky Way on more than 90 % of the Brussels territory.
Consult the Brussels Light pollution reporting site
Fresh courses are multiplying in France
PHOTO ABDUL SABOOR, ARCHIVES REUTERS
Passers -by protecting themselves from the sun on the place of Jacobins, in Lyon
Cities of France follow suit in Montpellier, in the south of the country, to develop a network of islets of freshness by multiplying green spaces and water bodies and by planting buildings. Fourteen Departments of France went to a level of red (absolute) vigilance this week. In Lyon, in the Rhône, Mercury oscillated around 40 ° C in the middle of last week. It was a good time to encourage walkers to discover a freshness route that goes through interior lessons, fountains and narrow alleys sheltered from the sun. An old industrial wasteland of 7e Arrondissement, in the gardens of the pre Gaudry, has become a must of the route designed by environmentalists, which is announced on the city’s website.
Consult the solutions of the city of Lyon
Cable cars to rescue traffic
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Carack of the cable car project in Burnaby
Could the cable car be part of the solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by reducing car traffic in Canada? It is a track envisaged by transport experts. In Toronto, the idea is making its way. On radio broadcasts Day 6from the CBC, the transport planner Reece Martin explained that studies were underway on the installation of cable cars, whose operation would not be very expensive, according to him. In British Columbia, a cable car transport service is about to see the light of day to serve the main campus of Simon Fraser University, located at the top of Mont Burnaby.
Discover the cable car project on Mont Burnaby (in English)
