Question 8011 — environment

Summary

Ms. Marianne Maximi draws the attention of the Minister of Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forests, Sea and Fisheries to the need to make Val d'Allier the twelfth French national park, dedicated to wetlands. The Val d'Allier, recognized by the National Inventory of Natural Heritage (INPN) as a notorious wetland, has been included since 2021 among the sites identified by the State as part of the flash mission to welcome a National Park in the “terrestrial wetland” category. This recognition is based on an exceptional ecological reality. The Allier River is one of the last wild rivers in Europe and the wetlands that accompany it play a major role in the preservation of biodiversity, climate regulation, water management, as well as flood prevention. There are many issues at stake in the fight against climate change, public health, population safety to prevent floods and droughts and the maintenance of ecosystem services essential to agriculture, fishing, livestock breeding and the supply of drinking water. The bed of the Allier river supplies two thirds of the departments of Allier and Puy-de-Dôme with drinking water. Research has demonstrated the increased risks of proliferation of toxic cyanobacteria in the event of overexploitation and warming of the river while the Allier river is increasingly confronted with droughts. The Val d'Allier candidacy is supported locally by a collective of associations and local elected officials committed to the ecological transition and is in line with the objectives of the National Wetlands Plan 2022-2026, whose achievements have fallen behind schedule and are now threatened by serious environmental setbacks. The acceptance of this application would also allow the structuring of research centers on biodiversity and environmental health, in connection with the universities of Clermont Ferrand and Lyon. In a context where 70% of French wetlands have disappeared, their protection is becoming urgent. The creation of a National Park in the Val d'Allier would be a strong lever for preserving these environments essential to the ecological balance of the territory, but also a major political signal in favor of climate resilience and environmental justice. So, she asks him what action the Government intends to give to this application and if it intends to recognize the Val d'Allier as a terrestrial wetland national park.

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