It was not an official visit, but an impromptu and “friendly” stopover suggested by Sandrine Deville, opposition councilor in Anglet and vice-president of the Regional Council.
Departing for the Pyrenees, jeans and shirt, the president of the New Aquitaine Region stopped this Tuesday morning in Anglet to see for himself the state of the Izadia ecological park and the Pignada forest, after the violent fire that occurred on the hot and windy evening of July 30.
“What the fire destroyed, it must be replanted”
Accompanied by Mayor Claude Olive, Alain Rousset made a brief foray into the heart of the disaster area aboard one of the firefighters’ vehicles still on site. “These fires, like the one we experienced recently in Saint-Symphorien, are still a devastation. But foresters are always looking at the long term. What the fire destroyed, it must be replanted. Global warming calls into question our heritage and the forest is one of the most effective elements in the fight against this warming. We must work with INRA, the ONF, the wood industry to know how to protect our forests. Multiply populations in an urban massif like this one to slow the spread of fire “.
Claude Olive thanked the President of the Region for this visit, “a very strong gesture” in a file which transcends the divisions according to the mayor Les Républicains and his socialist opponent Sandrine Derville: “It is still too early to quantify, but the all the communities will be at the rendezvous: the State, the Region, the Department … In these moments, there is no policy “.
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