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Salt marshes for today and tomorrow

Restitution seminar about Life Sallina project

7 - 9 March 2023
Palais des Congrès Atlantia - La Baule - France

Restitution seminar of LIFE Sallina project for biodiversity. Restoration and conservation in salt marshes of the Pays de la Loire region (Guérande and Mès, Island of Noirmoutier and Breton marsh).

Programm under preparation

Programme en cours d’élaboration, susceptible d’évoluer
journée mondiale des zones humides
Thuesday, March 7, 2023
From 1:00 pm

LIFE SALLINA PROJECT

On the French Atlantic coast, human action, by shaping the salt marshes, has contributed to the maintenance of many habitats of Community interest and protected species. This is the case of the Pays-de-la-Loire region, which has nearly 16,000 ha of salt marshes.

This natural heritage is under pressure: lack of hydraulic management, landing, use of mechanical devices during sensitive periods on the one hand, salt and agricultural abandonment on the other hand, invasive species progression, lake of knowledge by the general public …

The LIFE Sallina project (for Sustainable Actions on Loire Lagoons for Improvement and Assessment) aims between 2018 and 2023 to restore and conserve habitats of Community interest and species of salt marshes in the Pays de la Loire region.

From 7 to 9 March 2023, a restitution seminar is organized, during which you are invited
to share knowledge about coastal lagoons, waterbirds in salt marshes, flora and fauna,
wetland management, land management etc.

Organized by the Conservatoire d’espaces naturels des Pays de la Loire, as a part of the LIFE Sallina project, coordinated by Cap Atlantique in partnership with Syndicat mixte de la Baie de Bourgneuf, Syndicat d’aménagement hydraulique Sud-Loire and Communauté de communes de l’Ile de Noirmoutier.
Financed by the European Union, Agence de l’eau Loire-Bretagne, DREAL des Pays de la Loire and Région des Pays de la Loire and all the associated beneficiaries.

Wednesday, March 8, 2023
From 9:00 am

8:30 / 9:00 am – opening of the meeting

9:00 / 12:00 am – workshop 1
Species and habitats :
Main results and knowledge aquired

  • Nesting islets, Avocets and Terns : experiments feedbacks
    François HEMERY, Bretagne Vivante; Rémi CHALMEL,
    Cap Atlantique
    Flash poster: Dimitar POPOV, Green Balkans NGO, Bulgaria

  • Experimentations and management actions benefiting to Tolypella salina
    Pascal LACROIX, Lacroix Botanik ; Valériane MÉTAYER,
    Cap Atlantique

  • Leste macrostigma : Current situation and management actions on coastal lagoons for the specie
    Emmanuelle MESSAGE, Communauté de communes de l’île de Noirmoutier ; Didier DESMOTS, LPO France; Philippe
    LAMBRET, Tour du Valat

  • Methodology used for conservation state of costal lagoons and its application in Breton marsh
    Fanny LEPAREUR, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle ;
    Sophie MIRAMONT, Syndicat mixte de la Baie de Bourgneuf

Or

9:00 / 12:00 am – workshop 2
Land management and protection tools

  • Protection tools for natural environnements : rural lease with environnemental measures and new legal contract “Obligation Réelle Environnementale”
    Julie BABIN, Fédération des Conservatoires d’espaces naturels

  • Millac marsh : from an unknown marsh to a protected aera thanks to LIFE Sallina projects and the will of elected members
    Julie AYCAGUER, Syndicat mixte de la Baie de Bourgneuf ; Denis SALLIOT, Conseil départemental de Loire-Atlantique

  • National strategy for protected areas (SNAP)
    Thomas OBÉ, DREAL Pays de la Loire

  • Land management in salt marshes
    Emilie GÉNÉRAL, Conservatoire d’espaces naturels Pays de la Loire

Poster session*
Lunch

2:00 / 4:15 pm – workshop 3
Actions, results and difficulties

  • Work on bassins and their banks for habitat rehabilitation. Creation of nesting islets.
    Valériane MÉTAYER, Cap Atlantique ; Olivier FANDARD, Syndicat d’aménagement hydraulique Sud-Loire.

  • Hydraulic management in favor of waterbirds and coastal lagoons.
    Loïc DESRUES, Cap Atlantique ; Emmanuelle MESSAGE, Communauté de communes de l’île de Noirmoutier

  • The active salinas Atanasovsko lake and coastal habitats management
    Diyana KOSTOVSKA, Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation

  • Saltpans and ponds: socio-ecosystems connecting lives
    Juan MARTIN BERMUDES, Salarte, Spain

  • Life for Pomorie Lagoon: Benefits and problems
    Dimitar POPOV, Green Balkans NGO, Bulgaria

Or

2:00 / 4:15 pm – workshop 4
Good practices in salt marshes

  • Guide on how to take account legislation on flora and fauna in Guérande and Mès salt marshes
    Philippe DELLA VALLE, Cap Atlantique
  • Experiments feedbacks from Charente-Maritime on favour of facilitation of procedures on ecological works
    Nathalie OLLIVIER, Direction départementale des territoires et
    de la mer de Charente-Maritime
  • Hunting practices, hunters and biodiversity
    Denis DABO, Fédération départementale des chasseurs de
    Loire-Atlantique ; Pierre MERCIER, Société de chasse de
    Guérande
  • Public involvement in the coastal habitats management
    Nada TOSHEVA, Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation

4:30 / 6:00 pm – Visit of the salt marshes museum
Transport provided

7:30 pm – DINNER

* Contact us if you have any poster to share

Thursday, March 9, 2023
From 8:30 am

Field trips to choose

MARAIS BRETON
MILLAC & NOIRMOUTIER

Full day - 8:30 am to 5pm
Lunch provided

Or

MARAIS DE GUÉRANDE & MÈS

Half day - 8:30 am to 12 am
Lunch provided