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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

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

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

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