Guillaume Amouret

NARDÒ / STUTTGART – Natura 2000 constitutes the biggest network of protected natural areas in the European Union. But under the guise of public interest, these nature protection zones are increasingly being threatened by private industrial investments. It is the case of Nardò’s countryside, on the western coast of the heel of Italy's boot. Here, the Bosco d'Arneo, a Natura 2000 protected area, was threatened by the expansion project of the test drive circuit of the German company Porsche.

ROME / PARIS / PRAGUE / SARAJEVO - The European transition toward a “green” automotive industry is often presented as a key climate strategy. Yet behind this narrative lies a fragmented environmental reality. While products evolve, production sites often remain tied to past industrial cycles: former facilities persist as unresolved legacies, while new developments can generate additional pressures.

WICKLOW / CERVIA – This investigation looked into how commercial interests backed by public money are decimating Europe’s remaining wetlands, as national authorities ignore this ongoing exploitation. 

OLKILUOTO - The world’s first deep geological storage facility is being built in Finland. France and Germany are the second most advanced countries in geological storage but have different strategies, with methods and sites still hotly debated.