The Semois Valley National Park is regularly in the news, with reports, articles and interviews highlighting its landscapes, projects and stakeholders. On this page, we offer you a selection of content accessible to the general public, published since 2022.
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Old-growth FORESTS, mainly deciduous
2025
Radio tracking of fish equipped with beacons
TV Lux - April 2025 - Scientific tracking of fish movements using beacons.
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The Semois Valley National Park is regularly in the news, with reports, articles and interviews highlighting its landscapes, projects and stakeholders. On this page, we offer you a selection of content accessible to the general public, published since 2022.
To keep up to date with our news, follow us on our social networks or subscribe to our newsletter.
An aquatic plant nursery in Izel
RTBF - April 2025 - Students create a nursery to boost local biodiversity
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Training ‘ambassador’ guides
TV Lux - February 2025 - Guides are trained to promote the Park in the field.
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When cutting down trees promotes biodiversity
RTBF - February 2025 - ‘What weather for the planet’. Targeted felling restores open environments favourable to certain species.
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Tobacco growing on the Semois recognised as heritage
MaTélé - January 2025 - Tobacco growing becomes part of the FWB's intangible heritage.
2024
Light hunter, the impact of light pollution
RTBF - December 2024 - Topic in the programme ‘What weather for the planet’.
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Joseph Pierret's bicentenary celebrated in the valley
MaTélé - October 2024 - Tribute to the pioneer of tobacco growing, an emblematic figure in the Semois valley.
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Cask stalking, a more ethical hunting technique
TV Lux - October 2024 - Focus on a new hunting method being trialled in the valley, aimed at showing greater respect for wildlife.
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Artificial intelligence to detect the presence of the lynx
MaTélé - September 2024 - An automatic recognition system is being tested to spot the presence of the lynx in the Semois valley.
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Schoolchildren discover the Semois at Sainte-Cécile
TV Lux - July 2024 - An educational outing organised by the National Park to raise young people's awareness of the valley's natural wealth.
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Nature walks on the Semois in a Canadian canoe
RTBF - May 2024 - Supervised outings to discover the valley along the water, linked to the National Park's educational missions.
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Will there soon be a large lynx population in Belgium?
Paris Match Belgique - May 2024 - A new report discusses the return of the lynx, with concrete prospects for the Semois Valley.
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Inventory of obstacles in the Semois basin
MaTélé - March 2024 - The National Park is initiating a survey of dams and weirs to restore ecological continuity in rivers.
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2023
Grandeur Nature in the National Park
RTBF - September 2023 - Adrien Joveneau explores the Semois Valley by packraft and on foot in an immersive episode.
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Focus on the Semois Valley, National Park since 2022
RTL Belgique - August 2023 - Report on the Park's tourism and ecological potential, with a focus on sustainable tourism.
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Two new national parks to safeguard biodiversity
Le Vif - May 2023 - Focus on the creation of Walloon national parks, including the Semois Valley National Park, as a response to biodiversity issues.
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Tracking dogs to find the otter
TV Lux - February 2023 - WWF and the National Park are using dogs to locate the otter, an indicator species for the quality of aquatic environments.
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The Semois Valley, the country's new green pearl
RTBF - January 2023 - Presentation of the National Park as an ecological jewel in southern Belgium, between preserved nature and gentle tourism.
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More than 200 applicants at the National Park Job Day
TV Lux - January 2023 - Success for the National Park's recruitment day, attracting many applicants motivated to get involved for nature.
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2022
Two new national parks in Wallonia
La Voix du Nord - December 2022 - Wallonia makes official the creation of two new national parks, including the Semois Valley.
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The Semois Valley to become a National Park
RTBF - July 2022 - A look back at the decision to make the Semois Valley an official National Park in Wallonia.
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Two nature parks join forces with the WWF to protect wildlife
TV Lux - July 2022 - The Semois Valley National Park is working with the WWF to preserve the habitats of the lynx, beaver and otter.
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