{"id":34192,"date":"2021-07-28T15:36:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T13:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/?p=34192"},"modified":"2021-07-28T15:36:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T13:36:41","slug":"wetland-mapping-in-metropolitan-france-an-ambitious-and-multidisciplinary-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/en\/projects\/wetland-mapping-in-metropolitan-france-an-ambitious-and-multidisciplinary-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Wetland mapping in metropolitan France – An ambitious and multidisciplinary project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Healthy wetlands are ecosystems of great ecological and economic value to human societies. They are rich in biodiversity, help us to adapt to and mitigate extreme climate events, ensure our well-being and can contribute to the achievement of many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n

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Les marais \u00e0 la Tour du Valat \u00a9J. Jalbert<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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However, these ecosystems are at high risk of degradation and loss due to climatic and other anthropogenic impacts, resulting in changes in their habitat types and ecosystem functions.<\/p>\n

Given the potential extent of these threats, the situation requires effective wetland protection plans based on habitat mapping. Successful development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of public policies for wetland conservation and restoration in France requires reliable and homogeneous knowledge of these ecosystems, their types, their location and their surface areas on a national scale…a need that has been underlined by the parliamentary report “Terres<\/span> d’eau<\/span>, <\/span>Terres<\/span>d’avenir<\/span><\/a>” and the latest National Action Plan for Wetlands.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the provision of a national mapping of wetlands and an assessment of their functions and values represents a useful tool for establishing baselines for monitoring and identifying changes in these ecosystems, their degradation, and the responses needed for their restoration.<\/p>\n

In this regard, the\u00a0Directorate for Water and Biodiversity (DEB) of the Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition is working to improve knowledge of wetlands at the national level and produce a map of these environments. In this work, the Department is accompanied by a scientific team composed of the University of Rennes 2, the UMS PatriNat (OFB-MNHN), the Agro Institute, INRAE and the Tour du Valat. The results of this will support the driving of public policies for the preservation, management and restoration of wetlands.<\/p>\n

The project will be implemented in ten catchment areas, in various ecological contexts, with a total surface area representing approximately 10% of the territory of Metropolitan France. The project has three components:<\/p>\n

\u25cf Pre-locating wetlands on a national scale.<\/div>\n
\u25cf Mapping natural, semi-natural and human-made wetland habitats in ten experimental catchment areas.<\/div>\n
\u25cf Produce functional indicators from satellite images.<\/div>\n
\u25cf This is an abrupt final for the article. Try to write a concluding sentence.<\/div>\n

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For more information, please consult:<\/p>\n

– The project brief: https:\/\/www.ecologie.gouv.fr\/sites\/default\/files\/ECO_Flyer%20milieux%20humides_Web_page.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n
– The article published on the website of the Ministry of Ecological Transition https:\/\/www.ecologie.gouv.fr\/cartographie-nationale-des-milieux-h<\/span>umides-phase-rd-2021-2022#xtor=RSS-22<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Healthy wetlands are ecosystems of great ecological and economic value to human societies. They are rich in biodiversity, help us to adapt to and mitigate extreme climate events, ensure our well-being and can contribute to the achievement of many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).     However, these ecosystems are at high risk of degradation and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":332,"featured_media":31895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[779,776],"class_list":["post-34192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects","tag-ecosystems","tag-wetlands","country-france-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/332"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34192"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34198,"href":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34192\/revisions\/34198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tourduvalat.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}