{"id":3575,"date":"2026-09-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinesdefrance.com\/secheresse-record-restaurer-la-relation-du-territoire-a-leau\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T13:50:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T12:50:54","slug":"secheresse-record-restaurer-la-relation-du-territoire-a-leau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinesdefrance.com\/en\/secheresse-record-restaurer-la-relation-du-territoire-a-leau\/","title":{"rendered":"Record drought: restoring a territory\u2019s relationship with water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This season, 51 French departments are breaking drought records. More than 1,400 rivers and streams have run dry and some municipalities are being supplied by water tankers. Yet six months earlier, France was coming out of a winter of record wetness. This swing says a lot about territories\u2019 ability to absorb climate extremes.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"margin:28px 0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"wp-image-3574\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/indicateur-secheresse-sols-septembre-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c9volution de l\u2019indicateur national de s\u00e9cheresse des sols, septembre 2026 (M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France)\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:4px\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/indicateur-secheresse-sols-septembre-2026.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/indicateur-secheresse-sols-septembre-2026-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>At global level, the World Meteorological Organization reaches the same conclusion: seven consecutive years of water deficit and glaciers losing an average of 400 gigatonnes a year.<\/p>\n<p>A concrete question arises: how can a territory retain water when it falls, to better withstand periods when it is scarce?<\/p>\n<p>This is what agroforestry and regenerative forestry are all about: root systems that structure the soil, retain moisture and slow runoff. At Racines de France\u00ae, water is one of the four dimensions measured on each of our demonstration sites, alongside carbon, soil and biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>Restoring a territory starts with restoring its relationship with water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:32px;font-size:15px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7509192007966396416\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See the original post on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>51 French departments in record drought: how can a territory retain water better?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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