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Protecting species and biodiversity

Protecting species and biodiversity

Published on 17 October 2016 - Updated 16 December 2019

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The Loire's alluvial valleys harbour a wide diversity of habitats and species, some of which (freshwater mussel, green gomphid dragonfly) thrive here in a greater concentration than anywhere else nationwide. How can the impact of human activities be controlled on biotopes? How can knowledge of species and biodiversity be enhanced? How can this be factored into territorial planning strategies or development projects?

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Situées sur l’un des axes majeurs de migration aviaire entre l’Europe et l’Afrique, le bassin de la Loire bénéficie d’une dynamique fluviale relativement préservée.
La conservation de ces espèces nécessite le maintien de leurs habitats et de l’espace de mobilité des cours d’eau dont ils dépendent.
Une bonne connaissance documentaires et cartographiques des biotopes, ainsi que de l’impact des activités sur leur préservation, est une étape essentielle pour la conservation des espèces.
Diverses mesures de conservation peuvent être engagées, en cohérence avec les dispositifs régionaux et nationaux de conservation de la biodiversité et d’aménagement de l’espace.

Comment faire ?

The bed of the River Loire

on the UNESCO website

is a

Natura 2000 site

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How to ?

Protecting species that have made their home in the Loire Valley first and foremost involves improving knowledge of biotopes and analysing the impact of activities on biodiversity. A range of conservation measures can be undertaken, in keeping with regional and national spatial planning and biodiversity and species conservation policies.

Become familiar with baseline documents and existing schemes

Check out such national schemes as the Water Act , the National Strategy for Biodiversity (SNB) and the National Biodiversity Observatory (ONB)
Identify and check out such regional schemes as the Plan Loire grandeur nature, the Natura 2000 Natura 2000 perimeters in the area concerned or the Regional Ecological Coherence Plan (SRCE)

See the tools and methods

Centre de ressources Loire Nature Loire Nature Resource Centre , including a fund on the detection and preventive management of invasive plants
L'attitude ligérienne - Faire projet(s) en Val de Loire L'attitude ligérienne - Faire projet(s) en Val de Loire
- task sheet no. 2: the green and blue framework

Enhance knowledge of biotopes

Check out existing documentary collections, especially at the Loire Nature Resource Centre Centre de ressources Loire Nature
Where applicable, compile a collection of documentary and cartographic datasets

Identify which activities pose a biodiversity risk and analyse their impact

Sailing, tourism
Energy generation
Irrigation
Structure for limiting the river's reach over the territory
Use of natural resources
Discharge into the natural environment
Agriculture

Undertake conservation measures

Conservation of heritage spaces
Setup of good agricultural practices
Consolidation of Green and Blue Infrastructure to protect the mobility area and ecological continuity
Restoration of river margins
Preservation of remarkable habitats
Restoration of environmental sites that have been exploited by humans (quarries, gravel pits)
Efforts to tackle invasive species