On Friday January 24 at 8 p.m., the Rial & cie association is organizing a cinema-naturalist evening for Candlemas in the village hall at 8 p.m. with the screening of the documentary “Mission Castor.
Wild reintroduction” by Patrick Destiné followed by a conference debate with Nicolas Delrieu, ecologist at the Conservatoire d’Espaces Naturels d’Occitanie on the ecosystems of the waterways of the Monts de Lacaune.
In the 19th century, the beaver was exterminated in Wallonia. His fur, his castoreum, a secretion used for perfumes, cost him his life. At the end of the 90s, while France and Germany had reintroduced it a long time ago, Belgium and Wallonia were dragging their feet. Two men who are crazy about protecting nature and biodiversity, take the issue by the horns and try to convince the authorities of the merits of this reintroduction. Olivier Rubbers and Achille Verschoren will hit a wall. And then decide to reintroduce the beaver themselves. Clandestinely and too bad for the years of trials they risk having to face. Mission castor tells this saga full of common sense: the beaver is a formidable builder of wetlands, which promotes forest biodiversity.
-At a time of the climate crisis, this is not insignificant. But cohabitation between man and beaver remains complex. Sometimes even downright violent.
Refreshment bar and sweet crepes on site.
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