FEDER INV CALCICOLE FRAME RESTORATION COUNTRY OF BRAY (PHASE II) CEN NORMANDY
Kohesio
CONSERVATOIRE D ESPACES NATURELS DE NORMANDIE
The project concerns agricultural plots located in the south of the Pays de Bray, in the communes of Argueil and Mesnil-Lieubray (76). The total area concerned by the project is 29.60 hectares. Currently, these plots are either managed by extensive sheep grazing carried out by a farmer, or abandoned. Several problems have been identified on these different plots: - The overgrowth of open areas by the colonization of woody trees. This natural closure of calcareous lawns leads to a disappearance of the processions of species typical of these environments. It also contributes to the fragmentation of lawns and their geographical isolation. Indeed, the fragmentation of habitats leads to the creation of numerous small sites that are poorly or not at all connected to each other, making them very fragile in the face of environmental variations. - The installation or repair of the elements necessary for grazing. Indeed, certain plots affected by the project are subject to defective fences. Other plots, which were formerly the subject of itinerant grazing, have no pastoral infrastructure. The direct consequence of poor development or total absence of development is either the abandonment of plots, or their management in non-optimal conditions (recurring animal escapes) which could also lead in the medium term to their abandonment.
Greener, carbon-free Europe / Environment protection and resource efficiency / Protection and enhancement of biodiversity, nature protection and green infrastructure