Case study:INTERREG MED WETNET - Membership card of the Verdier Marshes-Rhone Delta Wetland Contract

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Location: 43° 30' 8.69" N, 4° 45' 46.82" E

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Status	Complete
Project web site	http://wetnet.interreg-med.eu
Themes	Environmental flows and water resources, Social benefits
Country	France
Main contact forename	Lisa
Main contact surname	Ernoul
Main contact user ID
Contact organisation	TOUR DU VALAT
Contact organisation web site	http://tourduvalat.org/en/
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This is a parent project encompassing the following projects	No

Interreg Med Wetnet

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The wetland contract process was beneficial to the Verdier marshes. With over ten years of community based management, the site has faced some important questions concerning water management and participation. The collaborative effort to create a shared vision that was validated by the members allowed us to address these questions. The fact that the shared vision includes aspects of natural water management, now allows us to adapt the water pumping for the site which impacts various activities including hunting, pasture management and bird watching. The shared vision sets the framework for all of the activities proposed in the action plan and thus sets the basis for the management plan. Given that the members of the Association are volunteers, a formal contract could not be signed, but to resolve this problem, each of the members signed the membership card with the shared vision and the action plan was validated by the board of the Verdier marshes which includes members of the Association and the Tour du Valat. The vision for the site was: A mosaic of wetlands that is representative of the natural environments typical of the Camargue and respectful of the natural water cycles. The site supports community engaged events that stimulate social links and well-being. The site, managed by a village association in a collective spirit and is freely accessible to all. The main activities included in the action plan were: • Maintain infrastructures so that they remain functional and appealing to the public (shed, tables, dry toilets, etc.). • Develop new artistic activities (drawing classes) • Continue control of invasive species; • Maintain the South dike • Respect the natural hydrological functioning of the South basin (rain fed) to favor the installation of a vegetation characteristic of temporary low-salt marshes and vegetation of salt meadows; • Edit a site and event program attached to a newsletter. • Add signage and interpretation on birds in the observatory; • Organize meetings with site users and children to discuss and promote local know-how; • Find referents and perpetuate monitoring in places (water levels, breeding birds, hunting boards, botany); • Ensure compliance with hunting regulations (ensure guarding) • Schedule a quarterly activities that take place over a weekend to mobilize people in professional activity and allow them to participate in construction sites; • Empower a referent for each task for the organization of workdays. He/she will have to inform all the members about the progress of the building sites; • Maintain the monthly meetings of the association.

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Catchment and subcatchment Select a catchment/subcatchment Edit the catchment and subcatchment details (affects all case studies in this subcatchment) Catchment River basin district Rhône - Méditerranée River basin Rhône-Mediterranean Subcatchment River name Verdier marshes Area category Less than 10 km² Area (km2) Maximum altitude category Maximum altitude (m) Dominant geology Ecoregion Dominant land cover Coastal wetlands and lagoons Waterbody ID Other case studies in this subcatchment: MediCyn, Restoration of the Cassaire wetland (Rhôle delta), The Verdier marshes Site Edit site Name Verdier Marshes WFD water body codes WFD (national) typology WFD water body name Pre-project morphology Reference morphology Desired post project morphology Heavily modified water body No National/international site designation International - RAMSAR site Local/regional site designations Ramsar, Important Bird Area, Unesco Man and Biosphere reserve, Site of Community Importance, Special Protection Area, Regional Natural Park Protected species present Yes Invasive species present No Species of interest Dominant hydrology Dominant substrate River corridor land use Average bankfull channel width category Average bankfull channel width (m) Average bankfull channel depth category Average bankfull channel depth (m) Mean discharge category Mean annual discharge (m3/s) Average channel gradient category Average channel gradient Average unit stream power (W/m2) Project background Edit project background Reach length directly affected (m) Project started 2016/11/01 Works started Works completed Project completed 2019/10/31 Total cost category Total cost (k€) Benefit to cost ratio Funding sources Project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund Cost for project phases Phase cost category cost exact (k€) Lead organisation Contact forename Contact surname Investigation and design Stakeholder engagement and communication Works and works supervision Post-project management and maintenance Monitoring Reasons for river restoration Edit reasons for restoration Mitigation of a pressure Hydromorphology Biology Physico-chemical Other reasons for the project Landscape enhancement Measures Edit Measures Structural measures Bank/bed modifications Floodplain / River corridor Maintain the South dike; Respect the natural hydrological functioning of the South basin (rain fed) to favor the installation of a vegetation characteristic of temporary low-salt marshes and vegetation of salt meadows Planform / Channel pattern Other Add signage and interpretation on birds in the observatory Non-structural measures Management interventions Ensure compliance with hunting regulations (ensure guarding) Social measures (incl. engagement) Develop new artistic activities (drawing classes); Organize meetings with site users and children to discuss and promote local know-how; Maintain the monthly meetings of the association Other Continue control of invasive species; communication activities; monitoring activities Monitoring Hydromorphological quality elements Edit Hydromorphological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Biological quality elements Edit biological quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Physico-chemical quality elements Edit Physico-chemical quality elements Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic Edit Other responses Element When monitored Type of monitoring Control site used Result Before measures After measures Qualitative Quantitative Monitoring documents Upload monitoring documents Additional documents and videos Upload additional documents Additional links and references Edit links and references Link Description Supplementary Information Edit Supplementary Information