Rehabilitation of the wasteland of Pont sur Sambre

Rehabilitation of the wasteland of Pont sur Sambre

The city of Pont sur Sambre has distinguished itself in the competition of the French Capital of Biodiversity. After the rehabilitation of 2 brownfieldss, a scientific committee highlighted the exemplary action of the agglomeration of Val de Sambre in terms of the preservation of fauna and flora COM If this common toad can hop carelessly, it is because it has found a welcoming environment. After 40 years of industrial exploitation, of disfigured landscape, this site became a nature reserve again. More than 36 hectares of rehabilitated wasteland... Like this heap of coal ash that fed the old thermal power plant and reconquered by a fragile species of swallow... ITW Mathieu Flamme Head of Department environmental resources Thus 60 species of birds, 20 species of butterflies, but also game, fish, various insects and rare plants have resurfaced thanks to natural habitats maintained by the hand of man... Nathalie Boesch Chargé de mission green and blue weft 10 years of efforts rewarded in the competition of the French Capital of Biodiversity. A real challenge of image for the territory sambrien... ITW Benjamin Saint Huile President of the Val de Sambre agglomeration A challenge that the industrious Sambre wants to face its neighbour with more rural and more touristic

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File : Coal-fired power plants

Publication date : 6 October 2016