Bélize, comment sauver le corail ? (reportage complet)
Comment protéger la plus grande barrière de corail de l’Hémisphère nord quand on est un pays minuscule, pas très riche et ignoré de la planète ?
Coincé entre le Mexique et le Guatemala, le Belize doit assurer la sauvegarde de centaines d’atolls, de cayes, de lagons, et surtout de 7 merveilles de l’océan classées au patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO. Depuis qu’il est classé, le pays attire les touristes et les promoteurs…
Pour se protéger, le Belize a délégué cette lourde responsabilité à une kyrielle d’ONG et des milliers de petites mains s’activent tout le long du récif corallien. Lisa sauve les coraux, Valentin replante les mangroves, Alexandre protège une espèce de mérous menacée, Rachel surveille les grands prédateurs…
Est-ce suffisant? Ça pourrait l’être si le gouvernement n’était pas lui-même une menace pour la barrière. Partout des îles sont vendues, rasées et transformées en résidences ou en hôtels de luxe, si bien qu’en 2009 l’UNESCO a inscrit les 7 sites du récif corallien du Belize sur la liste du patrimoine mondial en péril. Entre convoitise et label Unesco, le Belize tente de se racheter une image.
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What's up in Paris - June 2014 - Live, See, Hear and Do
Hello and welcome to our new monthly magazine dedicated to everything that you can enjoy, see, listen and do in Paris!
So stay with us and let What's up in Paris give you a selection of unmissable events for June 2014
Live:
Enjoy a dinner on the Orient Express...you can do it, even without going to the station! Simply go to the Institut du Monde Arabe in the 5th arrondissement, which is holding a Once upon a time there was the Orient Express exhibition. There is also a temporary restaurant on the legendary train. In charge are Chef Yannick Alléno , Potel and Chabot...in short, a delicious dream of an experience to be enjoyed before the 31 July.
To book, go to the website shown on the screen.
For those of you who have enjoyed the film Night at the Museum should not miss out on going to the National Museum of Natural History. The spotlight is on the world at night. An exhibition taking place in the Large Gallery on the evolution of the Jardin des Plantes...to help us understand what happens at night, in the sky and in nature: the influence of the Moon on our sleep, the nocturnal life of animals...and all in a setting that creates its atmosphere. You'll be immersed in the mysterious, poetic world of night. It all begins under a starry sky and continues with a walk in a fictitious forest inhabited by hundreds of animals, some of them moving around in surprising ways ... watch out for the wolf!
For full information on this subject go to: mnhn.fr
See:
See the Paris 1900, la ville spectacle exhibition at the Petit Palais, and learn about all the things that helped to build Paris' image as a city of luxury and of leisure for everyone. You'll see objets d'art, costumes, posters, old photographs, paintings and sculptures, either famous or to be discovered, produced by the talent of Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Rodin, Mucha, Méliès and Picasso, or by the great fashionable dress designers and decorators
Information on: petitpalais.paris.fr/
Hear:
You can listen to jazz in Paris at the Parc Floral during the Jazz in Paris festival from 7 June, which is celebrating its 20th birthday. Lovers of jazz, blues, soul, funk and world music can immerse themselves. Come as a couple or with the family and stretch out on the lawns of the Parc de Vincennes for birthday concerts by Manu DiBango and the Soul Makossa Gang, Didier Lockwood and the Paolo Fresu quintet. Bearing in mind the price of the entry ticket - 5.50€ - make sure you arrive early enough to find a good place. Full information on
Something more lyrical, La Traviata is on at the Opéra Bastille from 2 to 20 June. Go and hear the Lady of the Camellias sing to the music of Verdi...and shed tears of emotion as you listen to Diana Damrau sing this opera of love and sacrifice.
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Do:
Where can you party on a beach in central Paris? In the 13th arrondissement, on the Batofar barge, which is moored from 1st May to the end of September on Quai André Mauriac. The Batofar offers 300m2 of space with a restaurant at lunchtime and in the evening, an auditorium from 7 pm to 11 pm and a club from 11 pm to the early hours. So imagine yourself relaxing in a deckchair under a parasol, eating tapas, sipping cocktails and listening to live music. In short, a great place to discover... now!
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Or you could find yourself doing loops at 60 mph on the Power Max, the giant pendulum that swings through the air, at the eternal Foire du Trône which will be celebrating its 1057th years on the great Reuilly lawns. You've only got 'til 9 June 2014 to enjoy the 350 attractions and 80 rides ... thrills and laughter guaranteed and all this in Paris!
For further information, go to foiredutrone.com
We'll be back next month with more unmissable ''What's up in Paris'' events for July!
Zurich Travel
Zurich Travel - Zurich is the largest city of the Swiss Confederation (Switzerland) by land area and population. It is the financial centre of Switzerland and houses the stock exchange and the headquarters of a large number of national and international companies. National and international media agencies as well as most of the national TV channel companies are also located here. Because Zurich is the central node of the Swiss-wide train network and also runs the biggest and busiest international airport in the country, it generally is the first place where tourists arrive. Because of the city's close distance to tourist resorts in the Swiss Alps and its mountainous scenery, it is often referred to as the portal to the Alps.
Contrary to what some believe, Zurich is not the capital of Switzerland-- that honor falls to Berne. Zurich has long been known for being clean and efficient. Due to this, it has been continuously ranked as the city with the highest living standard world-wide for many years. However, only for the last ten years has it truly become a fascinating and worthwhile travel destination. This is mostly thanks to the liberalization of the cultural, party and gastronomy sectors. An increasingly cosmopolitan population has helped, as well, though more button-down Geneva remains Switzerland's most culturally heterogeneous city.
Limmatquai street and river Limmat
The official language is German, used in all official publications and announcements, and practically everyone can speak it, but the native language of the masses is Swiss German. The most common dialect is called Züritüütsch. English and French are also widely spoken and often used in official publications and announcements alongside German. Any of these languages will do easily. Note that it's often wise to speak German rather than attempting to speak Swiss German; some people may think you're trying to make fun of their language.
Enjoy Your Zurich Travel!