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Noualhat, Laure
2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
The European Hamster could cost France a fortune
"With his curious eyes and his little snout, the large European Hamster of Alsace is a friendly wild rodent. ... With a cute look and a three colour coat (a black belly, white paws and a reddy-beige back), he looks like a guinea pig, a living teddy bear, everything but a threat to the country. However, thanks to him, France could be hit with an astronomical fine - 17 million euros according to Brussels - for failing to protect him and those like him," writes Laure Noualhat. "The large hamster is not in the best shape. There are only 600 of them left. ... When he wakes up [after hibernation] in March, nothing can be taken for granted. He will have to travel long distances on an empty stomach to find others and reproduce as quickly as possible. On his way, there are highways where drivers would run him over without a second thought. Roads, houses, in short all urban expansion taken together, threatens this rodent."
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Wavering in Vienna over climate risk managemnt
François Gemenne, a researcher at the Université de Liège, answers the questions of Laure Noualhat and explains how the creation of a status for environmental refugees is evolving on an international level. "A resolution was voted last year in Belgium's Senate, requesting the Belgian delegation in the United Nations to urge for international recognition of an environmental refugee status and similar resolutions have been registered in the European Parliament and the European Council. In Australia, a legislative bill has been introduced by the green party, calling for a new category of visa ... . Finally, there is embryonic reflection on the question of a possible revision of the Geneva Convention within the United Nations refugee agency's high commissioner's executive committee. But is this subject is presented at the drawing board now, many fear that the asylum regime will actually be more restrained than enlarged."
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