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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.
www.mc-salt.eu
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
www.mc-salt.eu
