| Titre : | Diversity of property regimes of Mediterranean coastal lagoons in S. France; implications for coastal zone management (2021) |
| Auteurs : | Rutger de Wit, Auteur ; Pénélope Chaubron-Couturier, Auteur ; Florence Galletti, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Ocean & Coastal Management (207 June 15, 2021) |
| Article en page(s) : | 105579 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | lagune ; Camargue ; Occitanie ; Corse ; Propriété ; Mer Méditerranée ; Espace protégé |
| Mots-clés: | Coastal lagoons ; Coastal law ; Commons ; Governance ; Marine protected areas ; Maritime public domain ; Nature conservation ; Property regimes |
| Résumé : |
The authors provide a cartography of the current property regimes of permanent coastal lagoons along the coastlines of the Mediterranean Sea for continental France and Corsica, which include both private and public properties.
Since its foundation in 1975, the Conservatoire du Littoral, a public body in charge of coastal nature protection, has bought private coastal lagoons properties in twenty of 40 lagoons, representing 22% of the total lagoon surface. These have been designated as inalienable and imprescriptible «Public Domain of the Conservatoire», safeguarded for nature conservation purposes. With currently, 87% of the coastal lagoons as Public Domain, public law and the environmental code have to evolve to tackle the challenges for the conservation and management of coastal lagoons and their connectivity with the other ecosystems on land and in the sea. Nowadays, private ownership still persists in 13 lagoons representing 3.3% of total surface. The Coastal lagoons in Roussillon (Etangs du Canet and Salses-Leucate), the Hérault department, in the Camargue and in Corsica currently show variable and sometimes fragmented ownership. Fragmented ownership is a clear difficulty for the integrated management of coastal lagoons. With currently, 87% of the coastal lagoons as Public Domain, public law and the environmental code have to evolve to tackle the challenges for the conservation and management of coastal lagoons and their connectivity with the other ecosystems on land and in the sea. |
| En ligne : | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964569121000648 |



