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Water, Nature & Biodiversity

Stop ! Nature and biodiversity are declining fast !

Pike, freshwater crayfish, corn crakes (a type of bird) are living testimony to our safeguarded environment, our waters and associated habitats, which are reservoirs of biodiversity. Saving natural aquatic environments, rivers, giving them room, creating living spaces, providing migration paths for salmon and sea trout, means insuring life ! Currently, communities and angling NGO are restoring 300 to 400 km of watercourse vegetation in the basin per year; we need to progress to 500 km each year.

Wetlands (ponds, marshes, peat bogs, meadows, alluvial forests…) store excess water, which they then give back during dry periods, as well as storing carbon and limiting the effects of climate change. Half of French wetlands have disappeared.

We must fight water pollution and restore the natural functions of aquatic environments

In the Rhine-Meuse basin, communities, public authorities and NGO's are currently restoring 300 to 400 hectares of wetlands per year. In addition, the same amount would need to be created simultaneously. Backfilling, ploughing meadows, poorly thought-out agricultural practices, rampant urban development, etc. are leading to the decline of nature, biodiversity and our life insurance! To achieve good water status, two joint actions need to be conducted: the fight against water pollution, and restoration of the natural functions of aquatic environments (rivers, wetlands) and their ecological diversity, which serves vital purposes (self-purification, storage of excess water, storage of carbon, etc.). This is efficient and less expensive for the local community.
Protecting water means protecting nature !