1. The Natural Regional Park of the Briere Harmony between Nature and Traditions BIODIVERSITY REPORT Kapfer Geraldine Photo : Bonnet P.

2. The Briere : - is a fragile inhabited zone - has a remarkable patrimony (cultural and natural) It has been created the 16 th 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?

3. Description of the park: The park: 40000 ha (including 19000 ha of wet lands) The Grande Briere marsh: 7000 hasurrounded by the Brivet marsh Particularity of the Grande Briere marsh Illustration: Fleury & Maillard

4. 1/ The biodiversity: GroveMeadowReed bedWooded reed bedMoundPondCanal A mosaic of landscapes = a patchwork of biotopes = a very rich biodiversity Illustraton: Faune et flore des marais brierons

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

6. Vegetation: Submerged plants: Urticularia Water violet Floating plants: Broad leaved pondweed Photo: Faune et flore des marais brierons

7. Animals Anseriforms: Mallard Diving duck Coot Common shelduck Charadriiforms (Waders): Passeriforms (Singing birds): Avocet Siler plover Bar tailed godwit Blue headed wagtail Bluethroat Common gallinule Galliforms: Photos: Faune et flore des marais brierons Photos: site www.perso.club-internet/houpert/oiseaux.htm

8. Vegetation Reed Carex Animals Flowering rush Photos: Faune et flore des marais brierons, site www.parc-naturel-briere.fr Bearded tit Water rail Nutria Photos: Faune et flore des marais brierons

9. VegetationAnimals Green winged teal Marsh owl Cotton grass Photos: Faune et flore des marais brierons Photos: sites www.parc-naturel-briere.fr,, Larose R.www.parc-naturel-briere.fr

10. 2/ Traditions: - Until the middle of the XIXs 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

11. 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.

12. 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