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European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
Regional action plan for calcareousgrasslands in Normandy
Adrien SIMON – Conservatoire d’espaces naturels Normandie Seine
European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
• The « Conservatoire d’espaces naturels de Normandie » is a NGO thatoperates in Normandy to manage and protect natural habitats.
Local context
Limestone rocks
Granite rocks
European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
Local context
Calcareous hillside in the Seine Valley
European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
Different issues• High level of biodiversity :
Many rare or threatened species of flowers and insects (butterflies, grasshoppers)
• Interest for landscape
• Cultural interest (sport and leisure…)
• Agricultural pratices (grazing)
Today, grazing on calcareous grasslands is difficult to sustain for a farmer in Normandy
European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
• The « Conservatoire d’espaces naturels de Normandie » manages more than 30 calcareous grasslands sites.
Local context
• Hot spot of biodiversity
Astragallus monspessulanusAbout 1150 known sites, before starting
the Regional Plan in 2016.
European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
• For 10 years, several initiatives led by local collectivities, have been developpedin Normandy.
• In 2016 we started to develop a regional plan to gather all the local initiatives.
Local context
4 Topics :
1. Knowledge2. Protection3. Management4. Communication
European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
1. Complete and redefine the regional repartition’s map of calcareousgrasslands in Normandy.
2. Assess, prioritise and report calcareous grasslands with high level of issues.
Topic 1 : Knowledge
European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
1. Distribution map of calcareous grasslands in Normandy
390 new perimeters added in 2019 About 1500 sites currently known
Topic 1 : Knowledge
European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
Topic 1 : Knowledge
Factor Result Score
Ecological interest
HIGH 6
MEDIUM 4
LOW 2
UNKNOWN 0
Landscape interestYES 1
NO 0
Geological interestYES 1
NO 0
Grazing activity
NO 2
YES 1
UNKNOWN 0
Ecological corridorCONNECTED SITE 2
ISOLATED SITE 1
Global score
Significant issue Priority 1
Important issue Priority 2
Less important issue Priority 3
Unknown issueImprove knowledge
2. Assessment and prioritization
European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
We want to propose indicators to follow the evolution of Calcareousgrasslands : number of sites, area, number of threatened species...
Topic 1 : Knowledge
48%
10%
29%
13%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
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90%
100%
NORMANDIE
% of each level of priority in 2016 (n=1152)
Priority 1 - significant issue
Priority 2 - important issue
Priority 3 - less important issue
Unknown issue
20%
66%
35%
20%
13%
8%
37%
2%
57%
22% 19%
0%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
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ROUEN METROPOLE CC ALBATRE DEP 14
% of each level of priority in 2016 for different local collectivities
Unknown issue Priority 3 - less important issue
Priority 2 - important issue Priority 1 - significant issue
European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
2. Summarized fact sheet
Topic 1 : Knowledge
European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
1. Protect calcareous grasslands by all the regulatory tools avalaibleI.e. :
- Natural Reserve for the more interesting sites.
- « Arrêté de protection de Biotope » (= prohibition to disturb species or habitats)
- Register sites as « Natural area » in Urban Local Plan.
2. Encourage Local collectivities to contract with private owners or buy the abandoned sites, where an important issue exists.
I.e. :
- Sites in priority 1, with high ecological interest
- Sites in priority 2, doing a ecological link between 2 others interested sites.
Topic 2 : Protection
European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
1. Sensibilize local authorities and stakeholders to increase the number of protected and managed sites.
2. Support and assist local projects, like eco-grazing projects.
3. Support the launching of « management Plans » for a large number of managed sites.
4. Assess the management on sites by scientific monitoring.
Topic 3 : Management
European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
1. Create educational tools.
2. Share experiences of management amongprofessionals.
3. Publish our results in reviews.
Topic 4 : Communication
European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
1. Develop cooperative projects at a large scale such as « Life » projects.
2. Improve partnership with agricultural community.
3. In the future, we will have to find a balance between ecologicalmanagement and the probable developpement of vineyard.
4. Calcareous hillsides could be used to follow the impact of global warming.
Conclusion
European
workshop
Atlantic biogeographicalcalcareous grasslands
September 18th – 19th 2019
Rouen, France
Thank you for your attention
Conclusion