Natural habitat
Preserving the territory of animals, a fight in our nature!
Saving and defending animals also means fighting to preserve their natural habitat. Threatened by the uncontrolled expansion of human activities, wild fauna is in danger in France, as it is everywhere else on the planet. The fragmentation of territories endangers many species and provokes conflicts with dramatic consequences. With the destruction of nature, the future of all living beings is called into question.
Why are we fighting to protect the natural habitat?
Nature belongs to animals too
Unlike hunters who see nature as a deadly playground and the agri-business lobbies who only see animals through the prism of exploitation, One Voice has made the fight to defend biodiversity its global banner. This vision permeates all our battles: whether for captive wild animals, wolves, bears, ibexes… or against the absurd and criminal classification of “species likely to cause damage” (ESOD). We believe that every individual is an integral part of ecosystems, which are already fragile, and that biodiversity needs everyone’s help to remain healthy.
Human versus Nature?
With the fragmentation of the French rural landscape into a mosaic of forest habitats and pastoral areas, the home territories of wolves and bears increasingly overlap with areas of pastoral activity, encouraging predation on herds. Forced to live in close proximity to humans, conflicts are on the increase. In the mountains of France, wolves and bears are hunted down without mercy. Victims of hunters and breeders, the individuals are criminalised, even though they remain threatened with extinction. Rich in its complementary diversity, nature does not need humans: large predators play a crucial regulatory role.
Dramatic consequences
Lethal control cannot be the answer to this problem. This immediate solution has dramatic consequences. As well as causing changes in the demographic structures of populations, it leads to an increase in dispersal movements, a disruption in the distribution of territories… To demonise wildlife is to declare war on nature as a whole. And to humans themselves.
Key figures
An alarming fact
What does the future hold?
Deforestation, pollution (chemical and noise) and ocean acidification are the consequences of irrational human activity. Closely linked to global warming, this destruction of land not only directly affects those who live there, but also all living beings on the planet. It is part of a global problem of over-exploitation of resources, but is also closely linked to livestock farming and over-fishing. So preserving our forests and oceans means radically rethinking the way we live and consume.
Changing your eating habits by becoming vegetarian or vegan
The main causes of deforestation are livestock farming and agriculture. To protect forests and the animals that depend on them, the priority actions to take are to stop eating meat, or at least to limit it, and to select organic and fair-trade products.
Becoming a consumer with ethical choices
To protect the environment, you can choose organic and fair-trade products, or at least avoid those containing palm oil, soya and avocado; select wood with the FSC label (a standard that guarantees sustainable forest management and respect for local populations) or the TFT label (which identifies farms undergoing transformation).
The whole story of the fight
The whole story of the fight
2011
As part of the International Year of Forests, One Voice is organising a national campaign to raise awareness of the consequences of forest destruction. Public awareness campaigns are being organised throughout France. In the same year, the city of Strasbourg is our partner for the planting of the Oak of Non-Violence in the Pourtalès Park. The European city is thus signalling its commitment to the fight against deforestation.
2010
To mark the two-year anniversary of the I'm listening to my conscience movement, One Voice is organising a large circle of silence dedicated to Pacha Mama, the name given to Mother Earth by the Amerindians. Pacha Mama's thread is the one that links the great family of living beings, symbolising the link between all beings and with the planet. On this occasion, One Voice supported the associations Tchendukua, for the Kogi people, APELE, for the great hamsters in Alsace, the Bolivian association Inti Wara Yassi and Arutam.
2007
One Voice is launching the "Arbre de vie pour des forêts debout" (Trees of life for standing forests) operation at a forum organised with the participation of the Kalaweit, Ikamaperu and Friends of the Earth associations. Four hundred people gathered in Locronan for the event, with the active participation of Locronan schoolchildren, to seek recognition of the vital role played by forests. At this Mecca of Celtic culture, with its well-known respect for nature, One Voice brought together those involved in protecting forests and witnesses to the consequences of deforestation, including Albertina Nanchijam Tuwits, who represented the Aguaruna community in South America. The event will culminate in the planting of the Chêne du Nevet, a symbol of the rebirth of the forests.
