You support LONGITUDE 181, support the people of the Dunes! - August 27 it could be too late !!!!!

Longitude friends, hello!

For those who regularly follow the news of Longitude 181 Nature, you have noted that one of the Ambassador centers, the Cap Plongée Trébeurden Center, alerted us very early on to the scandal of a shell sand mining project on a dune. underwater between two Natura 2000 zones, 16 km from the Seven Islands Nature Reserve and around 6 km from the coast!

Unfortunately, despite the opposition of all the elected representatives of the 13 coastal municipalities, 80% of the population, the establishment of the associative collective of the People of the Dunes of Trégor

(of which Longitude 181 Nature is part), negative opinions from IFREMER, almost non-existent impact studies in total contradiction with the law and I will spare you the details….

the folder is always by news about the office of the Minister du productive recovery en waiting signature of the authorization operating mining for 400 to 600 000 T annual (the' equivalent in volume of the Montparnasse Tower) on 20 ou 30 years by 35 m deep !!!

Patrice Bureau and I went to Trébeurden in order to see for ourselves the situation and the local involvement. We can assure you that it is exemplary and in complete Coherence with the philosophy of Longitude 181 Nature. Indeed, all the trades of the Sea are represented and together to express their determination to protect this marine space as a common good, and even the farmers, the first users of this shell sand to amend their too acidic soils, are united because they believe, and I quote them, “that la lands ne peut live at detriment for the sea“. They are also actively working on the implementation of other solutions such as, for example, the use of the crepidula shell, this invading shell destabilizing the marine biotope, or the waste of shellfish and oyster farmers…. Either way, I refer you to the site www.lepeupledesdunes.com for more information and documentation.

Le context, what can be your action?

not having been able to defuse the round table of July 12, which brought together more than 600 people locally, the ministry scheduled a “consultation” meeting on 27 August à Bercy which Longitude181 will attend, through the presence of Patrice Bureau, within the Collective chaired by Alain Bidal. We wish on this occasion to demonstrate that the Francophone world of the diving knows to mobilize for which the second country in the world in surface maritime or, un example for the protection of this environment fragile and its biodiversity !

Your support has enabled us to achieve great victories in the Iroise Sea, in French Polynesia, for the Calanques National Park, against the finning of sharks in Europe, for the registration of five species of sharks and two species of Mantas on appendix II of CITES, against the summary proceedings of the Mayor of St Leu in Reunion Island authorizing shark hunting in the Marine Protected Area,….

All of this victories , vs' is together which we are winning, then once Moreover, we have needs de your support !

You will find in the attachment a petition to multiply, print and sign to the greatest number and send us back! Remember that for the Sharks campaign in Polynesia, we were able to gather 40 000 signatures !!!! So we have a record to beat!

I have to prove, as for the Park National of Creeks, which la sea ​​is the business of all and not knows not the boundary ! VS' is un common good de l ' humanity and U.S have the chance of avoir the legal means for the defend and require of policies the application of environmental laws !

We know that this month is most often a month of vacation for many of you on the beaches, but it is precisely the occasion to reflect, on the sand or not, and to give yourself the opportunity to touch the sea. larger numbers and to raise even more awareness of those around us!

We trust you to return your signature pages to us, by email for those who are the furthest away, by post for others each time a new page is filled. !!!

Time press , but we have very reactive, the messages of support for the action of the Meeting proved it to us again!

For the People of the Oceans, and here, for the People of the Dunes, thank you in advance

Patrice BUREAU Daniel KRUPKA

President Secretary General