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The Blue Marche for a new water culture
August 11th - September 9th 2001

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Why a Blue Marche ? Our main goals.
Declaration of the Blue Marche
Programme
News
Pictures in France
Pictures in Spain
Pictures and video of the demonstration in Brussels
Links
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Contacts


Why a Blue Marche ? Our main goals.

A blue walk for a new " water culture " in Europe. A long walk, from the Ebro delta to Brussels will

take place from August 11th to September 9th, to alert public and decision-makers to the water management problems in Europe.

The main goals of this action are :
- to implement as soon as possible the new water directive of the European Union, which implies a deep change in the European water management, based on a respect of the ecological balance of rivers
- therefore, to block European Union financial helps to projects that are not respecting this directive and in particular, the very controversial "National Hydraulic Plan " recently adopted by the Spanish government
- to protect deltas, estuaries and coastlines, to prevent over-exploitation of water tables
- to demand a public and democratic management of water, our common property.

The Blue Marche ist organized by COAGRET in cooperation with ERN.
The French, German and Belgium Part will be coordinated ERN.

Associations or individuals wishing to organize meetings can mail us.



Programme

01: 10 aug: Departure: Deltebre/Sant Jaume d'Enveja - Amposta
02: 11 aug: Amposta - Tortosa
03: 12 aug: Tortosa - Xerta
04: 13 aug: Xerta - Miravet
05: 14 aug: Mora de Ebro - Flix - Mequinenza - Caspe
06: 15 aug: Caspe - Saragosse
07: 16 aug: Saragosse - Huesca
08: 17 aug: Erés - Murillo de Gállego
09: 18 aug: Artieda - Jaca
10: 19 aug: Jaca
11: 20 aug: Jaca - Canfranc - Somport - Eslourentis (France)
12: 21 aug: Eslourentis - Saman/ Charlas
13: 22-23 aug: Toulouse
14: 24-25 aug: Larzac - Millau
15: 26 aug: Source de Loire/Bonnefont/Serre de la Fare (Haute-Loire)
16: 27 aug: Serre de la Fare/Le Puy (Haute Loire)
et le 28 aug (morning) Le Puy
17: 28 aug (afternoon) -30 aôut: Lyon
18: 31 aug -2 sept.: Région Paris (Evry / Val de Marne)
19: 3-4 sept: Région Paris (Val de Marne et Paris Parlament)
20: 5-6 sept: Aachen - Köln (Germany)
21: 7 sept.: Maastricht (Holland)
22: 8 sept.: Arrival in Bruxelles
23: 9 sept.: DEMONSTRATION in Bruxelles

 


News

- 09.10.01 :The Commission on Environment of the European Parliament approves the amendment against the Spanish National Hydrological Plan. (eng & fr)
- 12.09.01: Long-awaited report. RAMSAR mission report on Ebro delta now available
- 11.09.01: The Blue Marche brings its claims to the European Union in Brussels
- 07.09.01: THE BLUE MARCHE ARRIVES IN BRUSSELS !
- 01.09.01 : Pressrelease 1.09.01 in french (announcing Presse Conf. in Paris, 4 september 11 am) (pdf format)
- 29.08.01 : The " Blue Marche For a New Water Culture in Europe" (Spain-Brussels) in Lyon and approacvhing Paris
- 28.08.00 :
PRESSRELEASE EUROPEAN RIVERS NETWORK - 2001-08-29
- 28.08.01 : Nouvelles de la Marche N°3 (french)
- 23.08.01 : Une délégation de la marche bleu sera reçu par le Cabinet du Ministère français de l'environnement le 3 septembre au Ministère à 18 h à Paris
- 23.08.01 : Une conférence de presse aura lieu à l'Assemblée national (Parlament) le
4 septembre à 11H Salle 7

- 23.08.01 : The Blue Marche arrive in Haute Loire/Ardèche (ERN- Pressrelease in french, PDF)
- 20.08.00 : Photos available (Arrival in France)
- 18.08.01 : Nouvelles de la marche N° 2
- 18.08.01 : The Blue Marche will enter France on August 20th ! (ERN-Pressrelease in french)
- 13.08.01 : Departure of the Blue Marche for a new water culture in Europe
(ERN Pressrelease
eng &fr)


- Spanish newspapers (externe)


Links

- The Spanish National Hydroelectric Plan
- The "official site", in several languages : http://www.marchabruselas.com/

- News about water problems in Spain (in Spanish)
- Pictures of the demonstrations in Spain against the
National Hydroelectric Plan

- "L’Espagne victime de son «hydroschizophrénie»" article, by Octavi Marti, " Courrier de l’UNESCO"., (in french)
- Iberian River Basins (ERN & RivERNet pages)
- L'aqueduc du Rhône à Barcelone (BRL company website), Compagnie nationale d'aménagement de la région du Bas-Rhône et du Languedoc.
- COAGRET (Coordinadora de Afectad@s por Grandes Embalses y Trasvases) (in Spanish)


Contacts

COAGRET Coordinadora de Afectad@s por Grandes Embalses y Trasvases
-Zaragoza: C/ Santa Cruz 7, Oficina 3 - 50003 ZARAGOZA Teléfono / Fax 34-976-392004
e-mail: coagret@jet.es
-Tortosa (Ebro Delta)
Manel Tomás, phone +34-66 62 91 827, email: coorbre@binet.fut.es

ERN European Rivers Network - SOS Loire vivante
8 Rue Crozatier, 43000 Le Puy, France
Phone +33 4 71 02 08 14   Fax +33 471 02 60 99 email: go to www.ern.org (contact)
PROGRAM and more informations daily on RIVERNET, ERN's Server for living Rivers


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