The Natural Regional Park of the Briere

“ Harmony between Nature and Traditions “

BIODIVERSITY REPORT

Kapfer Geraldine Photo: Bonnet P.

The Briere : - is a fragile inhabited zone

- has a remarkable patrimony (cultural and natural)

It has been created the 16th of October 1970

All the protagonists have signed their agreement into the chart, to follow a project (with different orientations and objectives)

Why a regional park?

Description of the park:

The park: 40000 ha (including 19000 ha of wet lands)

The Grande Briere marsh: 7000 ha surrounded by the Brivet marsh

Particularity of the Grande Briere marsh

Illustration: Fleury & Maillard

1/ The biodiversity:

Grove Meadow Reed bed Wooded reed bedMoundPondCanal

A mosaic of landscapes = a patchwork of biotopes = a very rich biodiversity

Illustraton: Faune et flore des marais brierons

Photos: Parc naturel regional de Briere, Faune et flore des marais brierons

Vegetation:

Submerged plants:

Urticularia Water violet

Floating plants:

Broad leaved pondweed

Photo: Faune et flore des marais brierons

Animals

Anseriforms:

Mallard Diving duck Coot Common shelduck

Charadriiforms (Waders): Passeriforms (Singing birds):

Avocet Siler plover

Bar tailed godwitBlue headed wagtail Bluethroat

Common gallinule

Galliforms:

Photos: Faune et flore des marais brierons

Photos: site www.perso.club-internet/houpert/oiseaux.htm

Vegetation

Reed Carex

Animals

Flowering rushPhotos: Faune et flore des marais brierons, site www.parc-naturel-briere.fr

Bearded tit

Water rail Nutria Photos: Faune et flore des marais brierons

Vegetation Animals

Green winged teal Marsh owl

Cotton grassPhotos: Faune et flore des marais brierons

Photos: sites www.parc-naturel-briere.fr,, Larose R.

2/ Traditions:

- Until the middle of the XIX’s century: brieran lived quite independently

Traditional house

- Industrialization came and tradition were mostly abandoned.

Peat extraction

Photos:site www.parc-naturel-briere.fr, Parc naturel regional de Briere

1/ Concrete actions:

- Dredging of stretches of water.

-Construction of eel “passes”.

- Encouraging farmers to chose extensive rearing and reaping.

-Using the products of the marsh.

Photos: Bernard J-Y. & Boulet A.

2/ Ecotourism:

- Environmental classes are organized.

- 250 km of path in circuits have been made.

-Traditional villages, the lock keeper house and an animal park have

been constructed.Photos: site www.parc-naturel-briere.fr