| Titre : | Adaptation of the Camargue’s former saltworks to climate change |
| Auteurs : | Lisa Ernoul, Auteur ; Brigitte Poulin, Auteur ; Marc Thibault, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Chapitre |
| Editeur : | [S.l.] : IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, 2019 |
| Format : | 48-49 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | TdV ; Camargue ; salin ; Solution fondée sur la nature ; Restauration environnement |
| Résumé : | The area now owned by the Conservatoire du littoral was dyked between 1950-1970 and converted into salt pans. A restoration process through adaptive management was put in place by the Regional Natural Park of the Camargue working in partnership with the Tour du Valat Research Institute, the National Society for Protection of Nature, and the Conservatoire du Littoral. The management methods being set up are intended to create a buffer zone to the sea level rise process induced by climate change and to restore the functionality of the lagoon habitats, taking into account coastal dynamics, restoration of ecosystems (coastal lagoons, Mediterranean halophilous scrubs), the conservation of colonial waterbirds, and the regulation of human activities. It is an opportunity to reinforce the wildness of the coast (rare case in the Mediterranean coastline). An economic benefit is to re-establish the fish migrations, including those of exploited and threatened species such as the European Eel. The on-going restoration and management project started in 2011. Hydraulic works were made in 2014-2015 and in 2019. |
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