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Collect new data concerning the fauna and flora on the Mont de Boveresse site. This is the objective of the independent office Natura, commissioned by the developer ennova, which wishes to build a wind farm on the site. It is one of the places identified in the cantonal strategy, and whose works will only be launched after the final decisions concerning the Montagne de Buttes project have been made. The latter is in the hands of the Federal Court.

Update the last 10-year-old measures

Still, to get ahead, the developer has already installed three measurement masts a month ago, in order to update the data on the strength of the wind, the latest of which dated from around 10 years ago. It is also a question of observing the fauna and flora in order to identify the places which must be protected during the eventual installation of wind turbines. Birds’ nests are sought, their habits are studied, and important biotopes are located. The Natura team spend several days a month on the Mont de Boveresse site. Acoustic recordings also make it possible to detect certain birds at night.

The scree are also noted, because reptiles can hide there, like a refuge. It is therefore a question of highlighting these structures in the report that will be submitted to ennova. The type of grassland is also noted by the biologists during their various visits, while the soil profiles are studied by a pedologist (soil specialist). These data will make it possible to define what revaluation will be necessary after the passage of a construction site.

The studies of biologists are carried out over a year, if the weather is favorable. A report will then be returned to the developer, as well as a map, identifying all the sectors to be avoided when setting up wind turbines. /swe

Never in twenty years have so many requests for censorship of books been made in the United States, warned Thursday the American Library Association. They mainly concern books dealing with issues related to the LGBT+ community and minorities.

In all, 1,269 censorship requests targeting one or more books were filed in the United States last year, compared to 729 in 2021, a year which had already set a record, according to a press release from the association, which has been listing this data since 2003.

The targeted works number 2,571, compared to 1,858 in 2021. The vast majority (86%) of them are children’s literature books and more than half (58%) concern books taught or available at school. ‘school.

“We are seeing these requests come from organized censorship groups, which are targeting local library boards to demand that a long list of books be removed,” said Deborah Caldwell-Stone, in charge of intellectual freedom. within the association, cited in the press release.

‘Book Font’

The goal of this ‘self-proclaimed book police’ is ‘to erase the voices of those who are typically excluded from our nation’s conversations, such as people from the LGBTQIA+ community or African Americans,’ she blasted. .

The publication of this data comes as conservative states in the United States are more frontally attacking books dealing with subjects ranging from racism to gender identity. According to their detractors, these works in particular encourage white children to see themselves as oppressors of minorities.

The novel ‘Beloved’, a classic by African-American novelist Toni Morrison, was particularly targeted. Pulitzer Prize in 1988, it tells the story of a former slave who chooses to kill her child to save him from suffering the atrocities of slavery in turn.

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