Pierre et le loup
Yesterday, I was still hangover from the week-end. I've been pushing myself too far, but how good.So, now it's time for Christmas presents, Christmas cards etc... but also time to study (already!!!). I feel pretty okay for this paper we have to write. This is the first one we don't have to rely too much on books but rather develop an analytical essay about a local environmental problem. I realize it is much easier to find motivation when it's about such a paper. So, yesterday I started to look around for some backgrounds. I am gonna write about wildlife in the Alpes (France) that interact with pastoralism. Wolves have been back for many years now and their number have grown a lot, accompanied of course by attacks of flocks. Well, the french government, very nice, refund the price of a lost animal anytime. Anyway, farmers are angry. This is emotionnaly hard, because their job is not easy, because it is noble and because it is something necessary for the preservation of mountains ecosystems. But I can tell how chocking to see one of your sheep killed by a wolf (I saw a picture two years ago when I was working in the Alpes). So, the farmers don't wanna go anymore during summer time. The production of milk is in consequence affected in its quality and quantity, and in a second hand, the high mountain pastures are destroyed because not preserved by the presence of sheeps. That leads inevitably to a huge loss in biodiversity, especially for plants and insects.
So here is my deal: what are gonna be some sustainable solutions to this problem, knowing that the wolf is an endangered species protected by european directive? Passionating...
Apart from that, we'll drive all friday long. I'm glad to get home for a while.
Summer and Qiao just called me. They're back from Oslo.
Listening now: Yo la Tengo, Summer (what a coincidence...)
written by lolo/ @ 11:04
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