INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM ON THE ECOLOGICAL,ECONOMICAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCE OF HYDROLOGICAL AND AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT OF WESTERN MARSHES OF FRANCE

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ASSESSMENT OF THE ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF HYDROLOGICAL MANAGEMENT OF MARSH ECOSYSTEMS.

A WIDE HYDRAULIC PROGRAM HAS BEEN PLANNED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT. IT WILL CONCERN AT THE END FOUR MILLIONS HECTARE, 210.000 OF WHICH REPRESENT THE MARSHES OF THE WEST COAST OF FRANCE. THEY ARE CHARACTERISED BY AN IMPORTANT DIVERSITY OF "SALT" MARSHES, "WET" MARSHES, AND "DRY MARSHES. THE INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMMES RELIES ON A SERIES OF STUDIES (SOCIO-ECONOMIC, INVENTORY AND TYPOLOGY OF THE WESTERN WET LANDS) AND INCLUDES SEVERAL TOPICS:

- FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCHES AIMED TO FILL THE PRESENT LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS;

- RESEARCH ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONTROL OF WATER IN HYDROMORPHIC SOILS, ON THE FUTURE OF SOILS AND THEIR OPTIMAL USE (PRODUCTION OF GRASS, PASTURE LAND, CULTURE), ON THE UTILISATION OF DRAINING CHANNELS AS TOOLS OF PRODUCTION;

- RESEARCH ON THE IMPACT OF VARIOUS HYDRAULIC MANAGEMENTS (STUDIES OF 40 REFERENCE FARMS) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL FARM OF ST. LAURENT DE LA PREE (INRA) AND THE REGIONAL PARK OF POITOU - CHARENTE;

RESEARCH ON THE INTEGRATION OF HYDROMORPHIC SOILS WHICH ARE NOT DRAINED IN A AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM, AND RESEARCH ABOUT AN ALTERNING SYSTEM (WATERING-DRYING).

THIS INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMME, RELYING ON FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH, WILL BRING THE KNOWLEDGE NEEDED FOR ANY OPERATION OF HYDRAULIC MANAGEMENT. IT WILL ALSO ALLOW TO PREDICT ECOLOGICAL, ECONOMICAL AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE VALORISATION OF VARIOUS KINDS OF MARSHES AND OF THE HYDRAULIC MANAGEMENT.

Programm/Programme

PRE-ENVPROT 3C - Sectoral research and development programme (EEC) in the field of environment (environmental protection and climatology) - indirect and concerted actions - Environmental protection -, 1981-1985

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Finanzierungsplan

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Koordinator

MUSEUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE

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