EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 The taxonomy, which utility in a management of national park ? Mercantour national park Anthony TURPAUD

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 The Mercantour national park

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 The natural and landscape diversity

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 The natural and landscape diversity

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 The natural heritage, which actions ? InventoriesMonitoringConservation management Ecosystems and habitats CartographySmall squares, surfaces… Field opening… Species Species numberPopulations size, reproduction Reintroduction (Gypaetus barbatus) Intraspecific level Genetic diversity within species Stability ?Genetic consolidation (Capra ibex)

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 Use of a data MNP needs of taxonomy Official institutesNGO’s taxonomists Independant naturalists Data base Knowledge availability for local managers Cartography Monitoring of selected taxa Conservation management for selected taxa Management and conservation Appropriation by inhabitants and politicians MNP rangers Communication  1 species, 1 localisation, 1 date  Patrimonial value  Link to other database  Proposals to make conservatory management for some species Data base

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 Use of data for management and conservation MNP needs of taxonomy Official institutesNGO’s taxonomists Independant naturalists Data base Knowledge availability for local managers Cartography Monitoring of selected taxa Conservation management for selected taxa Management and conservation Appropriation by inhabitants and politicians MNP rangers Communication

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 Knowledge avaibility and cartography

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 MNP needs of taxonomy Official institutesNGO’s taxonomists Independant naturalists Data base Knowledge availability for local managers Cartography Monitoring of selected taxa Conservation management for selected taxa Management and conservation Appropriation by inhabitants and politicians MNP rangers Communication Use of data for management and conservation

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 An example, a study about saproxylic insects Saproxylic insects are bio-indicating species of the quality of forests Objectives of the study: TTo evaluate the biological value of certain forests of the PNM TTo sensitize the rangers on the saproxylic insects and the dynamics of the forest ecosystem

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 Approximately 200 species found, of which 49 remarkable saproxylic species :  species in limit of their range of distribution (3)  rare species in France (35)  new species in France (1)  endemic species (6)  species to be described or confirmed (4) Summary of results

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 Towards the catch in consideration… The causes of vulnerability are: the disappearance of habitats the fragmentation (populations dispersing very little) => To develop recommendations for the catch in consideration in daily management, dialog with the forest actors

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008  To preserve the settlements of great maturity and naturality as well as the settlement clearings and rich in deadwood.  To take into account saproxylic insects in the daily management of the forests :  To consider the ecological, economic and commercial value of the trees.  To prefer a diversity of tree species in the forest settlements, maintenance of small islands of senescence  To leave a volume of deadwood, at least 5% of the tree, and min 20 m3/ha.  To support the continuity in the time and the space of very old trees and deadwood. Some conservative measures…

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008  Creating a « serie of ecological interest » of 151 ha, without forest cut until  To use this space for pedagogy and to make people conscious of forest ecosystem.

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 MNP needs of taxonomy Official institutesNGO’s taxonomists Independant naturalists Data base Knowledge availability for local managers Cartography Monitoring of selected taxa Conservation management for selected taxa Management and conservation Appropriation by inhabitants and politicians MNP rangers Communication Use of data for communication

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 TaxaSpecies number in PNM Species number in France Estimated species in Mercantour Aim to 5 years Aim to 10 years Bacterium.0??First existed list +50% Protists (Algae, protozoans …) 0??First existed list +50% Vertebrate animals Invertebrate animals (Insects..) à to to 4000 Other invertebrate animals (Mollusks and continental crustaceans) à Mushroom? First existed list 300 to to 1000 Vascular plants Lower plants???First list? TOTAL (out bactérium and protists) +/-3200+/ / to /-5200 to /-6400 to 8500

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 Thank you very much for your attention !!

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008

EDIT General Meeting Carvoeiro, January 2008 Assessment of the inventories in MNP TaxaSpecies number in PNM Species number in France Estimated species in Mercantour Bacterium.0?? Protists (Algae, protozoans …)0?? Vertebrate animals Invertebrate animals (Insects..) à 8000 Other invertebrate animals (Mollusks and continental crustaceans) à 900 Mushroom? Vascular plants Lower plants??? TOTAL (out bactérium and protists) +/-3200+/ / to 20000