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Tag Archives: A Rocha
Courmettes encore
Last week we went up to Courmettes again for a couple of days. The occasion was the holiday of A Rocha UK. And, as everybody who comes to Courmettes seems to be, they were profoundly impressed by the site. It … Continue reading
Meetings at Courmettes
Given its altitude (850 m), Courmettes operates on what is pretty much a skeleton staff from end November to February. With spring coming, as witnessed by blossom and the first orchid, it’s becoming busy again. On occasions, very busy. We … Continue reading
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Spring at Courmettes
We haven’t blogged much on Courmettes recently. It’s not that we haven’t been up there during the last few months, but over the winter, there hasn’t been a lot to write about. Actually, there’s been a lot of ongoing work on … Continue reading
An Easter update
Slowly and steadily we continue to inch our way out of winter. As we do, our diary is becoming increasingly full in what promises to be a very active spring and summer. Not, of course that the last few months … Continue reading
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COP 21
By the time you read this we will all probably know whether anything of significance has been decided by the great COP 21 climate change conference in Paris. And whether any decision actually achieves anything may not be known … Continue reading
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Swallows and mosquitoes
On the last night of the marine week Alison and I heard that there was going to be some bird ringing out at the Ilon Marsh which is a lake and wetland complex near to the A Rocha centre at … Continue reading
The Marine Week : Côte d’Azur
The last six days have been almost completely dominated by the long-planned ‘Marine Week’, a detailed and serious look at the conservation issues and research possibilities posed by the Mediterranean in our part of the world. But before we talk … Continue reading
Bird Fair
Last weekend we both flew to the UK to attend what is generally called the Bird Fair at Rutland Water. It is formally the British Birdwatching Fair, which makes it sound a bit geeky, but in fact it covers almost … Continue reading
Tree studies at Courmettes
We have just come back from an extremely busy week up at Les Courmettes. For a number of years A Rocha has been running a program to look at how much carbon is taken out of the atmosphere by trees … Continue reading
Travels across the Mediterranean
As an update to last week’s blog noted we realised, very shortly after praising Ventimiglia for its pizza, that the town had quietly slipped onto the front page as the focal point for a good deal of human misery. Scores … Continue reading
