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LIFE10 NAT/IT/256

MC-SALT

Project presentation and

progress in Po Delta, Italy

Third Workshop of the Project Camargue, France

www.mc-salt.eu France, Camargue, 19 May 2014 Graziano Caramori

OVERVIEW

What is the MC-SALT project?

The project origins from the results of

LIFE00NAT/IT/7215 in Comacchio

saltwork, Italy, which clustered together

Natura 2000 sites’ managers who are

currently facing similar conservation

issues.

All the sites host saltworks

OVERVIEW

WHO ARE THE PARTNERS ?

OVERVIEW

With the contribution of the

LIFE financial instrument

of the European Union

NATURA 2000 Network

WHY ?

What is the

Natura 2000 Network?

Natura 2000 is the biggest

protected areas network of

the world

NATURA 2000 Network

The USA

protected

areas network

is only a third

of Natura 2000

LIFE Mc-salt

Besides specific concrete actions in each

site the project will produce two common

results:

1) Management model of saltworks;

2) Guideline for Herring gull (Larus

michahellis) disturbance mitigation.

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CERVIA SALTWORK

Po river hydrographic

basin Po river Delta

Park

Cervia saltwork

CERVIA saltwork

Is a small, about 1000 hectares, saltwork

with non-industrial salt production.

Is a Natura 2000 site, Ramsar site,

Regional Park, State Forestry reserve.

CERVIA saltwork

Environmental problems:

Scarce water circulation (necessary for

habitat, specie and salt production);

Threats for birds due to powerline

(collision), lack of nesting site, disturbance

from Herring gull (Larus michahellis).

CERVIA saltwork

Concrete action

implemented

- Hydraulic restoration

- Burial of power line

- Construction of nesting

islets

- Experimental protection

from Herring gull Larus

michaellis

Hydraulic restoration

Hydraulic restoration

Hydraulic restoration

Before the works

The new landscape

The new landscape

Nesting sites

Nesting sites

Nesting sites

Nesting sites

Experimental protection from

Author: Júlio Reis

Larus michaellis

90 cm

Nesting sites

What now?

Monitoring the results

Monitoring the results

MERCI BEAUCOUP

POUR VOTRE ATTÉNTION

THANK YOU

FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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