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Together, protect the environment in the Var
Var department mix sea, islands, mountains, wood and scrublands. More than 400 km of coast, 600 km of stream, 400 000 hectares of wooded spaces, 3 000 sorts of plants, 350 sorts of birds, a big transparency of the atmosphere, 300 days of sun a year. Let us change our collective and individual behavior to protect our department. |
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Turtle Caouanne
In France, protected since 1991, it has already disappeared as breeding species since the beginning of the century. At sea, it is caught incidentally in fishing nets. She is a victim of pollution from ingesting plastic bags that confused with jellyfish. The future of this species in the Mediterranean depends on the protection of nesting sites remaining in the eastern zone. Weight 105 kg for a height of 1.10m. Average age 40 years |
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If observation of live turtles or failed, preventing the National Park of Port-Cros, a member network of observation for Change "Sea turtles in the Mediterranean French" to 06 77 05 35 87 or +33 4 94 12 82 30 |
The delay in France, 600 threatened species (IUCN data)
Extinct species: hippocampus, harbor porpoise, Pyrenean ibex, whale tails and the monk seal (missing the coast of Provence in the 30s and Corsica in the late 70s). brown bear (fifteen survivors on the mainland), bats (Mehely), meadow viper ...
Endangered species: hamster, European mink, lynx, boreal (less than 150 adult individuals were counted in the Alps, the Vosges and the Jura), Common dolphin, giant limpet, Datte sea urchin diadem minke whale, tuna, dragonflies, grasshoppers, Corsican red deer, tortoise Hermann ...
Alarming situation: bee, swallow, wolf, sheep, whale, three species of bats (minioptera of Schreibers murine Capaccini, Murin Maghreb), Posidonia Oceana, loggerhead turtle ... |
Between 1896 and 1998, the beaches studied in Provence are eroding with a mean of -11 meters whereas a rise in the sea of 11 centimeters during this period. In 2100 the decrease will be -25 meters |
Beaches erosion:
no 4x4, quads, competitions, no sand taking
Grounds cleanliness:
collect fragments, glass, cigarettes, plastics
Deterioration of the vegetation
Don’t walk off the footpath, avoid to trample on it
Path in bloom and protected species of plants
avoid picking the flowers
50 years to grow a tree, a few seconds to destroy it
do not smoke, do not start a fire, do not camp
Nature always welcoming
do not litter
Plastic bags: each year 2 000 000 birds
and 100 000 marine mammals,
trapped and suffocated
Peacefulness of the wildlife
keep your dog on a leash; don’t ride your motorcycle or 4x4
Sea grass bed in danger
an anchor destroys the seabed = spread of the Caulerpa Taxifolia :
Hunt this clandestine traveller
Coastal retreat Var, inexorable rise of the sea, beach erosion, pollution of land and sea, changing the fauna and flora ... reality ecological and economic importance to the Provence Mediterranean. Let's rally with the municipalities of Var coast to support a European Natura 2000 |
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