France finds itself at a tug-of-war between opponents to megabasins and the agricultural sector.
In the west of France, the Marais Poitevin, France’s second largest wetland, is the epicentre of the conflict surrounding water reservoirs for agricultural irrigation. Opponents of these gigantic reservoirs call them «basins» or «megabasins».
Wherever these projects see the light of day, resistance is being organised against these reservoirs, which are accused of plundering groundwater resources.
Firstly, on the legal front, environmental associations have had several replacement reservoirs declared illegal because of inadequate impact studies; secondly, on the direct action front, with the sabotage of several of these reservoirs.
The final front was mass mobilisation. On 25 March 2023, for example…
euronews.comMegabasins: solution or «insane» response to drought?France finds itself at a tug-of-war between opponents to megabasins and the agricultural sector.