FEDER FCT DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGEMENT PLANS FOR 6 COTEAUX DE SEINE-MARITIME 2020-2021 CEN NORMANDY
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CONSERVATOIRE D ESPACES NATURELS DE NORMANDIE
The Normandy Seine Natural Spaces Conservatory (CenNS) is a 1901 law association which contributes to the preservation of the natural, landscape and geological heritage in the Upper Normandy territory by developing knowledge, protection, management and development actions for natural spaces and by supporting public environmental policies. It currently manages 85 natural spaces, representing approximately 1,331 ha including 713 ha of limestone hillsides, 293 ha of wetlands and 229 ha alluvial terraces. On each of the sites it manages, the CenNS bases its policy on the creation of an ecological management plan, based on an ecological and socio-economic diagnosis, the evaluation of the issues and the definition of long-term objectives broken down into medium-term objectives and operations. The production of these management plans is a usual practice of the Conservatory of Natural Spaces. It has become mandatory since September 11, 2014, the date of signature by the regional prefect and the president of the regional council of the decree approving the CenNS. The approval decision is taken on the basis of the presentation of an action plan including the obligation to produce a scientifically validated management plan for each site for which the conservatory is responsible (decree no. 2011-1251 of October 7 2011).Currently, of the 85 sites managed by the CenNS (excluding the 12 “bat roosts” sites which do not require a management document): - 26 sites have a management document in the department of Seine-Maritime (on 33 sites excluding sites at Chiroptères); - 35 sites have a management document in the department of Eure (on 40 sites excluding Chiroptera sites).Among the 6 sites concerned by this request, 4 have already been managed by the CenNS for several years: Belbeuf, under management, using funding from Natura 2000 contracts in particular; Croixdalle and Mesnil-Lieubray by farmers, via MAEs; and Mesnières-en-Bray through the organization of volunteer workcamps. However, due to lack of funding, these sites do not benefit from updated management documents allowing the evaluation of the management carried out and the efficient planning of actions to preserve these limestone hillsides. The other 2 sites (Neuf-Marché and Villy-sur-Yères) are sites newly approved by the municipalities concerned with the Conservatory. For these 2 sites, these are the first management documents.
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