FLANDRE Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 - Strenghtening the Natura 2000 network by cross-border cooperation
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Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 FLANDRE Flemish and North French Dunes Restoration Bénédicte Lemaire Département du Nord Strenghtening the Natura 2000 network by cross-border cooperation Jean-Louis Herrier Agentschap Natuur & Bos FRANCE BELGIUM
NATURA 2000 BELGIUM SAC BE2500001 Duingebieden inclusief IJzermonding en Zwin: 2.200 ha in project area SPA BE2500121 Westkust NATURA 2000 FRANCE ZSC FR3100474 Dunes de la Plaine maritime flamande: 885 ha ZSC FR3100475 Dunes flandriennes décalcifiées de Ghyvelde: 195 ha France: 885 + 195 = 1080 ha Belgium: 2.200 ha Total: 3.280 ha
Duinen van de Vlaamse Westkust + Dunes de Flandre France-Belgium state border artificially divides the Flemish coastal dunes since Peace of Nijmegen (1678) and Peace of Utrecht (1713) : Sites have common origin, physical environment, history of human activities and the same types of habitats Confronted with the same threats: Artificial interferences to natural aeolian and tidal dynamics Invasive alien species Encroachment with scrub and nitrophilious grasses Recreational pressure The same types of habitats and the same species on both sides of the border need common conservation objectives and management to reach a favourable state of conservation coordinated approach & management of cross-border sites = necessity ° LIFE+ Nature project FLANDRE
Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 FLANDRE Flemish and North French Dunes Restoration Total budget: € 4.066.454 50% Co-financing EU : € 2.033.226 Coordinating beneficiary: Agency Nature and Forests, ANB: € 971.244 Flemish government agency competent for conservation policy & management of regional forests and nature reserves Associated beneficiaries: Département du Nord € 696.334 Local authority that intervenes in various fields. Manager of the coastal dunes belonging to the Conservatoire du LIttoral Conservatoire du Littoral € 365.650 French public institution created in 1975 for the preservation of coastal areas Duration of the project : 5 years + prolongation 1 ½ year 02/09/2013 - 01/03/2020
Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 FLANDRE Flemish and North French Dunes Restoration Dunes de Flandre/Duinen Vlaamse Westkust: main morphological features 2 parallel dune belts: ‘Young’ dunes & ‘Old’ dunes (3,5 km inland) ‘Young’ lime-rich dunes: megaparabolic dunes ‘Old’ decalcified dunes: slightly undulating with large humid slacks ‘pannen’ landscape ‘
EU habitat directive target habitats 2110 Embryonic dunes 2120 ‘White’ dunes 2130* ‘Grey’ dunes 2150* Atlantic‘decalcified’ fixed dunes 2170 dunes Salix repens 2190 Humid dune slack
EU habitat directive target habitats 2160 dunes Hippophaë rhamnoides 2180 Wooded dunes (…) Important for birds Main threat for scrubs and wooded dunes: I.A.S.: Mahonia, Rosa rugosa, Prunus serotina …
EU habitat directive target species 1903 Liparis loeseli 1614 Apium repens 1014 Vertigo angustior 1016 Vertigo moulinsiana 1202 Epidalea calamita 1166 Triturus cristatus
Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 FLANDRE Flemish and North French Dunes Restoration Different types of actions : • A. Preparatory actions, elaboration of management plans and/or of action plans • B. Purchase of land • C. Concrete conservation actions • D. Monitoring of the impact of the project actions • E. Public awareness and dissemination of results • F. Overall project operation and monitoring of the project progress
A. Preparatory studies and management plans A.1&2. Masterplan & legal basis for the protection and management as a transnational nature park of the cross border dune belt between Dunkerque and Westende: ambition to be exemplary for similar cross border Natura 2000 areas Masterplan (contractor Wvi & INBO) recommendations spatial planning policy & nature management e.g. restoration of ecological connectivity and natural dynamics
A. Preparatory studies and management plans A.1&2. Masterplan e.g. restoration of ‘lost’ natural habitats, development of new natural habitats
A. Preparatory studies and management plans legal basis (contractor: LDR Lawyers + University of Ghent + Université de Bretagne Orientale) perennial cooperation protection & management transnational nature park Study started from inventory of existing cross border nature parks in France and Belgium, e.g. GECT ‘Parc Européen Alpi Marittime Mercantour’ (FR-IT), BENELUX ‘Grenspark Kalmthoutse Heide – De Zoom’ and interviews of stakeholders Après analyse: Formes possibles/recommandées de coopération • Accord international bilatéral • Groupement Local de Coopération Transfrontalière entre authorités locales et régionales • Groupement Européen pour la Coopération Territoriale, possible en théorie mais il y déjà un GECT opérationel qui englobe tout le territoire du projet: West-Vlaanderen/Flandre-Dunkerque-Côte d’Opale
A. Preparatory studies and management plans Legal basis Chosen instrument: memorandum of understanding > Agreement: parties can choose what will or will not be included in the memorandum > Not binding: no enforceable obligations are included > Flexible instrument: memorandum is subject to change based on the wishes and needs of the parties > Basic document: in the future parties can evolve towards cooperation with concrete enforceable obligations ⇒ Editing draft of memorandum of understanding ⇒ Feedback from 3 LIFE+ FLANDRE partners ⇒ Final report (fall 2018)
A. Preparatory studies and management plans A.3. Management plan for several dune domains that were recently acquired by the Flemish region 319 ha on territories of Koksijde, Nieuwpoort, Westende ANB-domains: new management plan LIFE+ FLANDRE ANB-domains: existing management plans Urban area
A. Preparatory studies and management plans A.3. Management plan for several dune domains that were recently acquired by the Flemish region: 319 ha • Prescribed management measures: Restoration of ‘2130* grey dunes’ and ‘2190 humid dune slack’ by removal of scrub and artificial tree plantations Eradication of I.A.S. Controlling public access >< recreational pressure • Advisory working group (including representatives of municipalities and NGO’s) 3 meetings • Public inquiry 28-04-2018 to 29-05-2019 - Indoor information moments in weekends/evening in 3 municipalities - Guided visits to the concerned sites in weekends ⇒ Final report will be submitted for approval to Flemish minister of environment during the autumn of 2018
B. Purchase of land: 88,3 ha of dunes have to be acquired B.1. Acquisition of 30 ha of dunes by the Agency for Nature and Forests (Be) Ownership of coastal dunes both in French and Belgian Flanders: privatised during French revolution and Napoleon (1793-1815) => numerous allotments during 20th Century ⇒ extremely fragmented ownership structure In Belgian Flanders at start of the project: 467 ha/2.200 ha private property
B. Purchase of land: 88,3 ha of dunes have to be acquired B.1. Acquisition of 30 ha of dunes by the Agency for Nature and Forests (Be) Progress: 57 ha 69 a 18 ca acquired by 63 acts between 02-09-2013 and 06-06-2018
B. Purchase of land: 88,3 ha of dunes have to be acquired B.2. Acquisition of 58,3 ha of dunes by the Conservatoire du Littoral (Fr) Progress: 28 ha 44 a 21 ca acquired by 12 acts between 02-09-2013 and 06-06-2018 France: systematic purchase of coastal dunes of Flanders by Conservatoire du Littoral started in 1980 ⇒ At start of the project: only 100 ha/1.080 ha still privately property
C. Concrete conservation actions: action C.1 BELGIUM restoration of 1,4 ha ‘2190 humid dune slack’ and 0,6 ha ‘2130* grey dunes’ by removal of nutrient enriched upper soil level of former arable field on leveled dunes + 3 pools in Oostvoorduinen-Oost at Koksijde autumn & winter 2015 - 2016 Apium repens appeared in 2017
Concrete restauration actions forseen in the LIFE+ FLANDRE projet LIFE+ Dune RNN Dune Dune du Actions FLANDRE Dewulf Marchand Perroquet (ha) Manual and mechanical 65,1 21,5 9,3 34,3 clearing of scrubs (ha) Establishment of grazing 30 23,5 - 6,5 units (ha) Restoration and Haflinger poney management of tall herbs 3,6 0,8 1 1,8 fringes (ha) Digging of ponds 10 mares 5 mares - 5 mares Triturus cristatus Issoria lathonia Oenanthe oenanthe Viola curtisii Crédit photos : CD 59
Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 FLANDRE Flemish and North French Dunes Restoration Action C.2. – Clearing of scrub to restore habitats that are associated with the open dune landscape 1st phase of work by SEVE – SOTRAVEER (TERENVI) compagny from 4th january till 9th march 2017 in dune Dewulf : Mechanical and manual clearing of 11.2 ha to restore the “white dune", “grey dune" and "humid dune slack" which are natural habitats associated with the open dune landscapes of the Dewulf dune: - mechanical clearing of 8.4 ha (5.9 ha + 2.5 ha of complementary area) - manual clearing of 2.8 ha
Travaux TERENVI - Dune Dewulf zone IA1-27 – january to march 2017 Exportation dune Dewulf : 39 semi-trailer of 55 m3 (2145 m3)
Dune Dewulf zone IA1-27 – january to march 2017
Dune Dewulf 23rd August 2016 10th May 2017
Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 FLANDRE Flemish and North French Dunes Restoration Action C.2. – Clearing of scrub to restore habitats that are associated with the open dune landscape The 2nd phase of TERENVI works from 7th November 2017 to 23rd March 2018: Mechanical and manual clearing of 25.7 ha to restore the “white dune", “grey dune" and "humid dune slack" wich are natural habitats associated with the following open dune landscapes: 11.1 ha for the Dewulf dune, 9.2 ha for the Perroquet dune, 5.4 ha for the Marchand dune That is to say, a total on the 30/05/2018 of 49.5 ha cleared out of the 65.1 ha forseen in the projects. It should be noted that 12.4 ha (locality of the Calvary of the dune du Perroquet) are conditioned to the land acquisition of these parcels by the Conservatoire du Littoral..
Action C3 : Establishment of grazing units (30 ha en Dune du Perroquet et Dune Dewulf) From January to March 2018, IDVERDE compagny realized the new grazing fenses for the managment of newly cleared areas: 23.2 ha in the Dewulf dune, 6.6 ha in the Perroquet Dune
Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 FLANDRE Flemish and North French Dunes Restoration Action C.5. – Digging of 10 ponds
Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 FLANDRE Flemish and North French Dunes Restoration Action C.5. – Digging of 10 ponds A total of 11 newly excavated ponds 5 in February 2017 in Dune Dewulf, 5 in February 2018 in the dune of Parrot and 1 additional pond in dune Dewulf. Areas of 30 and 100 m2 with a depth of between 1 and 2 m Epidalea calamita Mare n°3 dune Dewulf Epidalea calamita Mare n°4 dune Dewulf (21/07/2017) (22/09/2017) The new ponds have already been used as breeding grounds by Epidalea calamita. 2 females of Triturus cristatus were observed in Pool 1 and Pool 2 Bufo bufo, Pelophylax sp., Ichthyosaura alpestris and Lissotriton vulgaris, (larvae), Libellula depressa (eggs and larvae) and Sympetrum fonscolombii Sympetrum fonscolombii (21/07/17) (exuviae, neonate) also reproduced. Mare n°3 dune Dewulf
Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 FLANDRE Flemish and North French Dunes Restoration Action C.7 & C.8 – Management of dune terrains purchased in frame of actions B.1 & B.2 I.A.S. control mowing Hydrological monitoring in preparation of management planning Grazing by large herbivores
Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 FLANDRE Flemish and North French Dunes Restoration D. Monitoring of the impact of the actions of the project: final reports in 2019 D.1&2. Evaluation of the social-economic impact on the local economy and population and on the restoration of the ecosystem services (Belgium & France) contractors: Vito + University of Antwerp + INBO D.3. Permanent Inventory of the Nature reserves along the Coast, PINC: ANB Contractor: INBO D.4. Photographic monitoring of the areas freed from scrub contractor GEOXYZ D.5. Botanical monitoring of the areas freed from scrub (actie C.2) and submitted to grazing by large herbivores Contractor: Conservatoire Botanique National de Bailleul D.6. Evaluation of the impact of the actions C.2 and C.4 on the populations of Vertigo angustior (France) Contractor: Biotope D.7. Monitoring of the impact of the actions C.2 en C.5 on the populations of Triturus cristatus Contractor: Biotope
Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 FLANDRE Flemish and North French Dunes Restoration E. Raising awareness of the public and dissemination of results E. 1 & 2. Information leaflet and traveling exhibition about the cross border coastal dune belts and the objectives of the project (France and Belgium) 27-02-2015 to 30-06-2017: 52.000 visitors
Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 FLANDRE Flemish and North French Dunes Restoration E.7. Educational program of proximity to the local communities and especially schools
Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 FLANDRE Flemish and North French Dunes Restoration E.7. Educational program of proximity in Belgium guided visits to the Oostvoorduinen in the summers 2016 - 2017 - 2018
Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 FLANDRE Flemish and North French Dunes Restoration F. Project management F.4. Advisory Committee: 44 members 27 French + 17 Belgian Scientific experts (biology, hydrology, geomorphology …) Representatives of local authorities (municipalities) local NGO’s Representatives of public services competent for coastal protection, cultural heritage, conservation etc. After project has ended in 2020: temporary advisory committee of the project should become permanent advisory structure for the cross border protected nature area
Life+12/NAT/BE/000631 FLANDRE Flemish and North French Dunes Restoration F. Project management: the LIFE+ FLANDRE team thanks you for your attention ! Visit of E.C. on 22 august 2018
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