Eric Chaisse, an expert at the Provence-based agricultural research institute CRIEPPAM, said: "Lavender in Provence is effectively endangered, because in recent years the plant has been subjected to the effects of climate change that brought a lot less rain in the spring and mostly in the autumn.
位于普罗旺斯的农业研究所 (CRIEPPAM) 的专家艾瑞克?蔡斯 (Eric Chaisse) 说：“普罗旺斯的薰衣草正面临着巨大的威胁，因为近年来该植物受到了气候变化的影响，春季降雨大幅减少，而秋季则阴雨绵绵。