The vanishing of the Bees…
Now, when we face the question of the very survival of the world’s bees, scientists believe the reasons for their disappearance to be multiple and varied. In the United States, it is called CCD, Colony Collapse Disorder. This acronym groups together all factors behind the disappearance not just of domestic bees, but that of other Apis species: monoculture, pesticides, GMOs, bee diseases, deforestation… Today it is certain that man’s predation on the environment is causing the disappearance of pollinators, insects which nevertheless provide a free service to the American farming economy valued at some 15 billion dollars, which surely attains several hundred billion euros on a global scale. In a swift around-the-world tour, this report shows the paradoxes and complexities behind the disappearance of bee colonies.
Photos ©Eric Tourneret/LightMediation Text ®Sylla de Saint Pierre
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Saudi…Alberta, financial boom and ecological disaster…
Imagine Saudi Arabia in Canada, unthinkable ? think again! The tar sands, a geological feature unique in the world, are stretching over a 75 000 square kilometer area and contain more than 3000 billion of tons of hydrocarbons whose 300 billions tons are exploitable. This natural resource moved Canada ahead of oil producing countries, just behind Saudi Arabia! A manna for some, but a real nightmare for others. According to environmentalists the oil iproducedd in Alberta’s tar sands is the dirtiest in the world. Welcome into the country of colossal excess, where each grain of sand contains gold, black gold that is.
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China – Linfen, the most polluted town in the world
According to the World Bank, China is home to 16 of the world’s 20 most polluted cities. Linfen in Shanxi province is the one with the worst air pollution. His economic dependence on the coal, steel and tar industries has led to rising cases of bronchitis, pneumonia, lung cancer and an epidemic of arsenicosis. Therefore, Linfen was rated as the most polluted town in the world.
