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    "title": "L'OECO lance un nouveau projet d'assainissement pour prot\u00e9ger la vie marine en Dominique",
    "modified_at": "2026-04-08 09:12:44",
    "published_at": "2026-04-07 16:00:00",
    "url": "https://pressroom.oecs.int/loeco-lance-un-nouveau-projet-dassainissement-pour-proteger-la-vie-marine-en-dominique",
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    "body": "<p>La protection de la biodiversit&eacute; marine impose de s&#039;attaquer aux probl&egrave;mes terrestres qui affectent directement nos oc&eacute;ans, notamment l&#039;&eacute;limination et la gestion ad&eacute;quates des eaux us&eacute;es grises et noires. Les eaux grises proviennent des activit&eacute;s domestiques quotidiennes (douche, lessive, nettoyage), tandis que les eaux noires contiennent des d&eacute;chets humains et des agents pathog&egrave;nes nocifs n&eacute;cessitant un traitement plus avanc&eacute;.</p><p>La Commission de l&#039;Organisation des &Eacute;tats de la Cara&iuml;be Orientale (OECO), en partenariat avec le gouvernement du Commonwealth de la Dominique et gr&acirc;ce au financement de l&#039;Union europ&eacute;enne (UE), a officiellement lanc&eacute; les travaux le 1er avril pour la construction de petites zones humides filtrantes et l&#039;installation de fosses septiques &agrave; Soufri&egrave;re (Sauce), dans le cadre du projet BioSPACE.</p><p>Cette initiative, d&#039;une valeur d&#039;environ 2,23 millions de dollars EC, marque une &eacute;tape cruciale vers l&#039;am&eacute;lioration de la gestion des eaux us&eacute;es, la r&eacute;duction de la contamination environnementale et la sauvegarde des &eacute;cosyst&egrave;mes c&ocirc;tiers et marins qui soutiennent les moyens de subsistance, la p&ecirc;che et le tourisme dans la communaut&eacute; de Soufri&egrave;re.</p><p>Lors de la c&eacute;r&eacute;monie, la gestionnaire du projet BioSPACE, <strong>Mme Norma Cherry-F&eacute;vrier</strong>, a soulign&eacute; l&#039;importance de cette initiative pour renforcer la conservation de la biodiversit&eacute; et la r&eacute;silience climatique au sein des &Eacute;tats membres de l&#039;OECO. Elle a pr&eacute;cis&eacute; que le projet repose sur l&#039;engagement communautaire, notant que les consultations men&eacute;es en 2023 ont permis de d&eacute;finir tant la conception que l&#039;approche de mise en &oelig;uvre.</p><blockquote><em><strong>&laquo; Cette initiative refl&egrave;te notre engagement commun &agrave; prot&eacute;ger les &eacute;cosyst&egrave;mes qui font vivre nos communaut&eacute;s &raquo;</strong></em>, a-t-elle d&eacute;clar&eacute;, ajoutant que l&#039;am&eacute;lioration du traitement des eaux us&eacute;es b&eacute;n&eacute;ficiera directement aux ressources c&ocirc;ti&egrave;res et marines, vitales pour les &eacute;conomies locales.</blockquote><p><strong>L&#039;honorable Denise Charles-Pemberton,</strong> d&eacute;put&eacute;e de Soufri&egrave;re et ministre du Tourisme, des Transports internationaux et des Initiatives maritimes de la Dominique, a d&eacute;crit le projet comme un investissement transformateur pour l&#039;avenir de la communaut&eacute;. Elle a affirm&eacute; que les travaux r&eacute;duiront consid&eacute;rablement le flux d&#039;eaux us&eacute;es non trait&eacute;es dans la baie de Soufri&egrave;re, contribuant ainsi &agrave; pr&eacute;server la biodiversit&eacute; marine et &agrave; renforcer l&#039;&eacute;conomie bleue locale.</p><blockquote><em><strong>&laquo; Cette mer... est notre joyau, c&#039;est notre avenir. Lorsque nos mers sont prot&eacute;g&eacute;es, nos p&ecirc;cheurs peuvent travailler, nos op&eacute;rateurs touristiques peuvent prosp&eacute;rer et nos jeunes peuvent envisager un avenir ici m&ecirc;me, chez eux, au sein de l&#039;&eacute;conomie bleue. &raquo;</strong></em></blockquote><p>Le ministre de l&#039;Environnement, de la Modernisation rurale, de la Promotion des Kalinagos et du Renforcement des circonscriptions, <strong>l&#039;honorable Cozier Frederick</strong>, a rappel&eacute; la n&eacute;cessit&eacute; d&#039;&eacute;quilibrer le d&eacute;veloppement et la gestion environnementale :</p><blockquote><em><strong>&laquo; La nature nous a fait un don et nous habitons cet espace, mais nous devons jouer notre r&ocirc;le. Ce projet d&eacute;montre que nous pouvons concilier le d&eacute;veloppement avec la protection de nos ressources naturelles. &raquo;</strong></em></blockquote><p>Il a en outre soulign&eacute; que le projet int&egrave;gre &agrave; la fois des infrastructures techniques et des solutions fond&eacute;es sur la nature, d&eacute;montrant ainsi comment des pratiques durables peuvent prot&eacute;ger les &eacute;cosyst&egrave;mes tout en favorisant le d&eacute;veloppement de la communaut&eacute;.</p><blockquote><em><strong>&laquo; Il s&#039;agit de pr&eacute;server l&#039;int&eacute;grit&eacute; de nos &eacute;cosyst&egrave;mes tout en permettant le d&eacute;veloppement &raquo;</strong></em>, a-t-il d&eacute;clar&eacute;, exhortant les habitants &agrave; assumer collectivement leurs responsabilit&eacute;s en mati&egrave;re de protection de l&#039;environnement et de gestion ad&eacute;quate des d&eacute;chets. </blockquote><p>Il a ajout&eacute; que le projet int&egrave;gre &agrave; la fois des infrastructures d&#039;ing&eacute;nierie et des solutions fond&eacute;es sur la nature. Les travaux, ex&eacute;cut&eacute;s par EnviroPlus Consulting Inc. sous la supervision d&#039;Alpha Engineering &amp; Design (2012) Ltd., emploient plus de 90 % de main-d&#039;&oelig;uvre locale, renfor&ccedil;ant ainsi l&#039;appropriation et la participation &eacute;conomique de la communaut&eacute;.</p><p>Le projet utilise des solutions d&#039;ing&eacute;nierie environnementale, telles que des syst&egrave;mes de lits filtrants et des processus de traitement biologique par les plantes, pour traiter naturellement les eaux avant qu&#039;elles n&#039;atteignent le littoral. Il comprend &eacute;galement l&#039;inspection et la mise aux normes des syst&egrave;mes septiques existants afin de r&eacute;duire la pollution des cours d&#039;eau.</p><p>La Dominica Solid Waste Management Corporation a collabor&eacute; avec l&#039;&eacute;quipe BioSPACE de l&#039;OECO sur cette initiative et s&#039;est &eacute;galement associ&eacute;e &agrave; la r&eacute;serve marine de Soufri&egrave;re Scott&#039;s Head, au minist&egrave;re de la P&ecirc;che et aux parties prenantes de la communaut&eacute;, dont la collaboration continue est essentielle &agrave; la r&eacute;ussite du projet.</p><p>La Commission de l&#039;OECO exprime sa gratitude &agrave; l&#039;Union europ&eacute;enne pour son financement du projet BioSPACE, qui continue de soutenir les &Eacute;tats membres dans la gestion durable de leurs ressources terrestres, c&ocirc;ti&egrave;res et marines.</p><div\n    id='gallery-469e48d0-c520-4ae4-8029-07d70068603d'\n    class='release-content-gallery 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