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CHAPTER 8
“For me, dialogue
is a major asset
for sustainable
development.”
Territorial dialogue
transforms isolated
thinking
has seen an impressive number of constraints. Mediation took place
Beaufortain stakeholders, elected between environmentalists, high
officials, civil servants from the mountain farmers, the hydroelectric
municipalities, mayors and farmers, dam manager and the municipality
participating. I helped the municipality and made it possible to transform
for sustainable development, and to resolve a conflict that arose around the conflict into a sustainable
it is also essential in Beaufortain. a biotope preservation project development project where
The training in territorial dialogue, in an Alpine pasture area near a farmers do no longer perceive the
organised by Savoie Vivante, which I hydroelectric dam. Farmers were not environmental dimension in isolation
have chaired for more than ten years, ready to accept new environmental from their economic situation.
For me, dialogue is a major asset
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