The territorial project's goals, as defined by the Park, are organized around three fields of activityThe territorial project's goals, as defined by the Park, are organized around three fields of activity :
- managing and protecting the environment,
- contributing to the economic development of the area,
- contributing to territorial planning and two particular themes,
- mobilizing the population,
- assessing the condition and the evolution of the area.

The latter themes are an integral part of the implementation of the various goals.


 





Conscious of the extent of its natural heritage, the Park has set itself the following main targets : to maintain and recover the biodiversity of this environment, to restore a hedgerow landscape, to preserve the zones of particular interest in terms of ecology, and to encourage the improvement of waste management



Managing an protecting environmemt
Among the initiatives taken, there is the contractual management of the wetlands, the publication of a guide to fishing routes, planting advice for private individuals, management of a nature reserve, support for municipalities and marshland syndicates…
Contributing to economic development

The economic, social and cultural development of the Marais du Cotentin et du Bessin Regional Nature Park implies respect for and valorization of the local cultural heritage and know-how.

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The main guidelines for action are : to strengthen marshland agriculture, to help the economic actors in developing tourism activities, to facilitate the development of goods or services using local resources, to support environmental performance of businesses, to restore and enhance the thatched and mud house heritage.


 


Thus the Park has published tourist documentation and has established a tourist center at Ponts d'Ouve.

Site development, the establishment of bicycle circuits, joining the European charter of sustainable tourism, the Park trademark, support for project sponsors, the study program "restoration of the mud building heritage" are seminal actions.

 

Managing and protecting the environment

To preserve the wealth of its natural environments and the high quality of its landscapes, the Park has done everything in its power to make sustainable territorial planning possible.
Here are a few examples of the initiatives taken:

 

 technical assistance in drafting landscape charters, enforcement of the law on publicity, support for the renovation of private vacant structures…
 
       

Mobilizing the population

The protection of the environment, the improvement of the quality of life and sustainable development cannot be envisaged without informing and educating

 

schoolchildren, without the participation of the Park's population and users. They also imply extensive involvement on the part of elected officials.

 
       

Assesing the condition and evolution of area

Taking into account the nature of the challenges the Park must face and the goals it has set for itself, it cannot do without a research tool and an instrument for the evaluation of its policies.Two subjects are of concern here: human activities and environmental heritage.

 

environmental heritage. Inventories and monitoring make it possible to construct a database using a geographic information system (GIS).
 
       



the origins and the establishment of the Park



 

The Park,
 in a few figures:

144 towns and villages
145 000 acres
64 400 inhabitants
Founded: May 14th, 1991

Charter renewed: March 13th, 1998 for a period of 10 years


 



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