iii
-
Introduction—:—
.
,
…
Th ein V:—e
of
of Ecological, Faunistic and
Fl0ristic '
Interest) was
of the _mlnîStry
of the enY'r0nmentr
design and coordinatéd at a national level by the Fauna and Flora Secretariat. of the
Paris Muséum National d‘Histoire Naturelle (MNHN). Its. main objective was to create an
areas of high ecologiçal interest_for
the national territory in order to
proVidè a—decision todl for all the autho‘riti‘e‘s”and"managing organisati0ns.
_
This inventory carried out by scientistsaccording
to a national methodology setup
in mainland France ‘(andlater appli€dt0 Overseas départements), validated by the MNHN
and its scientific and administrative partners, was completedgradually between 1988 and I;
1995."In tôtal, 13 400 ZNIEFF have thus been “identified, described and digitized over the
whole national territory.
'
A ZNIEFF means a
of national territory for which the scientific experts have
identified remarkable elements of the natural heritage”. Two main types of ZNIEFF have
been identified: those of typèI that contain at least one specie or habitat of remarkable
interest or that is rare, and‘th05ëof type II which because of the richness of the natural
heritage that they h0ld stand outfrom‘therest of the territory.
_
The ProvènceAlpes Côte d‘Azur (PACA) region was the first to present, in 1988 a
real network of Land ZNIEFF and Marine ZNIEFF; This first generation of Marine ZNIEFF
designated 94 sitesin the PACA…region. For each of these sites,-the geographical ;
boundaries were delineated and a'record Was madedescribing the main characteristics of
?
the Zone: habitat, species, morphologiedescription,human activities and development
measures
(Anonymous, 1988). In 1991 theinventory of the ZNIEFF zones for Corsica
was'published using the same model,
'
,
*
*
'
{
The
production
theSe‘fi-rst inventories
of“ Marine
.
ZNIEFF
was
under
the
of the-«Regions (PACA Region, Corsica Region). The Ministry of the
Envir0nment t‘heh
reqdested*a general inventory of the Marine ZNIEFF which was
from 1990 bythe NaturalHe'ritageSerVice and the laboratory of Marine
_
InVerœbrates Biology and*Malaéologyof the Paris MuséumzNational d‘Histoire Naturelle ?
(Dauvin, 2000). It was subsequently l extended to .overseas départements in 1995
.
,
(Guillaume & Doumenc, 2000).
-
'
From 1992, following the success of the first inventory as a source of information in
decision making, it was necessary to update, improve the consistency, and widen the ‘
scope of this document. To achieve this update, discussions were engaged either at a
regional level (CSRPN; Conseil scientifique régional du patrimoine naturel) or at a
national level (Department of Natural Heritage at the MNHN). In order to codified and
transpose the methods used for land to the sea, a certain amount of documents have
been produced regarding specifically the marine environment. Of all these documents,
the typology
of the Marine ZNIEFF (Dauvin et al., 1994) is definitely a major publication.
In this document a precise typology-of habitats of the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic
and a list of key species of these habitats, is proposed.
-
The main complaint expressed concerning the first generation of ZNIEFF was the
-
theoretical aspect _of_
the inventory. _Indeed the inventory was determined, after the
analySis of the emstmg bibliography related'to the various zones or the knowledge,
'
18
-
Introduction—:—
.
,
…
Th ein V:—e
of
of Ecological, Faunistic and
Fl0ristic '
Interest) was
of the _mlnîStry
of the enY'r0nmentr
design and coordinatéd at a national level by the Fauna and Flora Secretariat. of the
Paris Muséum National d‘Histoire Naturelle (MNHN). Its. main objective was to create an
areas of high ecologiçal interest_for
the national territory in order to
proVidè a—decision todl for all the autho‘riti‘e‘s”and"managing organisati0ns.
_
This inventory carried out by scientistsaccording
to a national methodology setup
in mainland France ‘(andlater appli€dt0 Overseas départements), validated by the MNHN
and its scientific and administrative partners, was completedgradually between 1988 and I;
1995."In tôtal, 13 400 ZNIEFF have thus been “identified, described and digitized over the
whole national territory.
'
A ZNIEFF means a
of national territory for which the scientific experts have
identified remarkable elements of the natural heritage”. Two main types of ZNIEFF have
been identified: those of typèI that contain at least one specie or habitat of remarkable
interest or that is rare, and‘th05ëof type II which because of the richness of the natural
heritage that they h0ld stand outfrom‘therest of the territory.
_
The ProvènceAlpes Côte d‘Azur (PACA) region was the first to present, in 1988 a
real network of Land ZNIEFF and Marine ZNIEFF; This first generation of Marine ZNIEFF
designated 94 sitesin the PACA…region. For each of these sites,-the geographical ;
boundaries were delineated and a'record Was madedescribing the main characteristics of
?
the Zone: habitat, species, morphologiedescription,human activities and development
measures
(Anonymous, 1988). In 1991 theinventory of the ZNIEFF zones for Corsica
was'published using the same model,
'
,
*
*
'
{
The
production
theSe‘fi-rst inventories
of“ Marine
.
ZNIEFF
was
under
the
of the-«Regions (PACA Region, Corsica Region). The Ministry of the
Envir0nment t‘heh
reqdested*a general inventory of the Marine ZNIEFF which was
from 1990 bythe NaturalHe'ritageSerVice and the laboratory of Marine
_
InVerœbrates Biology and*Malaéologyof the Paris MuséumzNational d‘Histoire Naturelle ?
(Dauvin, 2000). It was subsequently l extended to .overseas départements in 1995
.
,
(Guillaume & Doumenc, 2000).
-
'
From 1992, following the success of the first inventory as a source of information in
decision making, it was necessary to update, improve the consistency, and widen the ‘
scope of this document. To achieve this update, discussions were engaged either at a
regional level (CSRPN; Conseil scientifique régional du patrimoine naturel) or at a
national level (Department of Natural Heritage at the MNHN). In order to codified and
transpose the methods used for land to the sea, a certain amount of documents have
been produced regarding specifically the marine environment. Of all these documents,
the typology
of the Marine ZNIEFF (Dauvin et al., 1994) is definitely a major publication.
In this document a precise typology-of habitats of the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic
and a list of key species of these habitats, is proposed.
-
The main complaint expressed concerning the first generation of ZNIEFF was the
-
theoretical aspect _of_
the inventory. _Indeed the inventory was determined, after the
analySis of the emstmg bibliography related'to the various zones or the knowledge,
'
18