‘A great joy, a breath of fresh air’: Parisians return to museums
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19/05/2021 - 17:37 Museums re-opened in France on 19th May 2021 as part of an easing of the nationwide lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. © AFP/Alain Jocard 4 min Visitors flocked to Musée d’Orsay in Paris on Wednesday, just one of France s many cultural venues to reopen after a six-month closure due to Covid-19 restrictions. Advertising Read more It is a great joy for us to reopen today. We have obviously been waiting for this moment for more than six months. We have reopened under exceptional conditions because the priority is to guarantee the visitors optimal health safety conditions, Guillaume Blanc, the person in charge of visitors at the Musée d Orsay, told RFI.
Time for some home truths about deforestation
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A powerful French book punctures the myth that countries in the global south are largely responsible for habitat destruction
Bioko island, Equatorial Guinea. ‘In much of west Africa, forest cover actually increased over the course of the 20th century.’ Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo
Bioko island, Equatorial Guinea. ‘In much of west Africa, forest cover actually increased over the course of the 20th century.’ Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo
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To prevent future pandemics, we must stop deforestation and end the illegal wildlife trade. Do you agree? Of course you do, because what’s not to like? The buck stops with the evil other. The question is, will doing those things solve the problem? And the answer is, probably not. They will help, but there’s another, potentially bigger problem closer to home: the global north’s use of natural resources, especially its reliance