Dataset Direct Download Service (WFS): Natural Areas of Environmental Interest Faunistic and Floristic Type 2 for the department of Orne

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Dataset information

Country of origin
Updated
2021.10.06 00:00
Created
Available languages
French
Keywords
WFS 1.1.0
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Dataset description

This dataset contains the Natural Areas of Wildlife and Floristic Ecological Interest (ZNIEFF) type 2 for the department of Orne. The ZNIEFF inventory was launched at the initiative of the Ministry responsible for the Environment in 1982, with the support of the National Museum of Natural History of Paris (MNHN). The ZNIEFF inventory is a national scientific inventory of rare or threatened elements. The ZNIEFF inventories are created and brought to the attention of the contracting authorities in accordance with Articles L. 310-1 and L. 411-5 of the Environmental Code. Type 2 ZNIEFFs concern natural, rich and unmodified sets with significant biological potentials. They may include several point type 1 zones and intermediate media of lower value but having a functional role and ecological and landscape coherence. ZNIEFFs are elements established on the basis of criteria that relate the presence, within a defined perimeter, of critical species and/or habitats. They therefore inform the contracting authority in the exercise of taking account of environmental issues (Articles L. 121-1, L. 123-1 and R. 123-2 of the Code de l’Urbanisme). The case-law has highlighted the need to provide for the necessary protection of these areas in urban planning documents, as well as their inclusion in analyses of the impacts of development projects. In addition, ZNIEFF inventories often point to the presence of protected species pursuant to Articles L.411-1 to L. 411-6 of the Code de l’Environnement, which provide, in particular, for the prohibition of the destruction of individuals and the prohibition of the destruction or alteration of habitats specific to those protected animal or plant species. Therefore, due attention should be paid in the event of a known or suspected presence (which therefore remains to be confirmed through field studies) of species or habitats of protected species. The principle of a periodic update was recorded and officially launched by the Ministry in 1995, which makes it possible to know the evolution of the environment. The update program changes the inventory methodology, the ZNIEFFs are now defined through a list of critical species and a list of critical habitats based on regional criteria. The descriptions are more precise (different taxa taken into account rather than just botany or ornithology) and the definition of the perimeter is argued. Proposals are validated at two levels: the Regional Scientific Council of Natural Heritage (CSRPN) and the National Museum of Natural History of Paris (MNHN).
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