Farmers and greens fight the war of the killer seaweed - Nature, Environment - The Independent
►http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/farmers-and-greens-fight-the-war-of-the-killer-seaweed-2337803.html
Les algues vertes... ou comment des économies dans l’agriculture vont détruire un secteur encore plus important, celui du tourisme... sans parler des Bretons eux-mêmes, mais les hommes pèsent de peu dans les débats, n’est-ce pas ?
Farmers’ groups were furious. Jacques Jaouen, president of the Breton chamber of agriculture, said that her words were “revolting” and “insulting”. Farming was crucial to Brittany, he said, and farmers had already made “considerable efforts” to reduce their nitrogen emissions.
This is true. The average nitrogen level in Breton rivers has fallen from 38mg a litre in 1998, to 30mg today. Government scientists put the danger level at 10mg.