International audienceFrom the south of Brittany to the Pyrenean Range, 358 km of state-owned dunes have been managed since the 19th century by the "Eauxet Forêts", a French national office which was created in the 13th century and replaced by the Office National des Forêts (ONF) in 1964. Themain objective was dune afforestation as dune mobility was seen as the greatest hazard. From 1862 foresters’ mission consisted in fixingcoastal dune areas and creating and managing new forest zones behind. First they trapped the sand and covered dunes with vegetation(sometimes with trees when possible). Then they maintained the newly stabilized dune and managed the forest areas with traditional practices.This type of management (sand fixation and dune a...
International audienceThe coastal dunes of the Pas-de-Calais area (dunes of Berck-Merlimont with the...
International audienceThe coastal dunes of the Pas-de-Calais area (dunes of Berck-Merlimont with the...
International audienceThe coastal dunes of the Pas-de-Calais area (dunes of Berck-Merlimont with the...
International audienceThis paper reviews important changes in dune management for nature conservatio...
International audienceThe dunes of Berck- Merlimont, corresponding to the northern limit of the Pica...
Coastal dunes along sandy coasts have often been fixed, or even reprofiled, to protect inland socio-...
Coastal dunes along sandy coasts have often been fixed, or even reprofiled, to protect inland socio-...
International audienceThe Merlimont-Berck dune-field is typical of the Picardy coastal plain, in the...
The coastal dunes of Merlimont and Berck (Pas-de-Calais, France) : an outstanding landscape to prote...
The coastal dunes of Merlimont and Berck (Pas-de-Calais, France) : an outstanding landscape to prote...
International audienceThe Opal Coast stretches from the estuary of the Somme to the Belgian border, ...
International audienceFor centuries, the most important role of the coastal dunes of the Netherlands...
International audienceThe coastal dunes of the Pas-de-Calais area (dunes of Berck-Merlimont with the...
International audienceThe coastal dunes of the Pas-de-Calais area (dunes of Berck-Merlimont with the...
International audienceThe coastal dunes of the Pas-de-Calais area (dunes of Berck-Merlimont with the...
International audienceThe coastal dunes of the Pas-de-Calais area (dunes of Berck-Merlimont with the...
International audienceThe coastal dunes of the Pas-de-Calais area (dunes of Berck-Merlimont with the...
International audienceThe coastal dunes of the Pas-de-Calais area (dunes of Berck-Merlimont with the...
International audienceThis paper reviews important changes in dune management for nature conservatio...
International audienceThe dunes of Berck- Merlimont, corresponding to the northern limit of the Pica...
Coastal dunes along sandy coasts have often been fixed, or even reprofiled, to protect inland socio-...
Coastal dunes along sandy coasts have often been fixed, or even reprofiled, to protect inland socio-...
International audienceThe Merlimont-Berck dune-field is typical of the Picardy coastal plain, in the...
The coastal dunes of Merlimont and Berck (Pas-de-Calais, France) : an outstanding landscape to prote...
The coastal dunes of Merlimont and Berck (Pas-de-Calais, France) : an outstanding landscape to prote...
International audienceThe Opal Coast stretches from the estuary of the Somme to the Belgian border, ...
International audienceFor centuries, the most important role of the coastal dunes of the Netherlands...
International audienceThe coastal dunes of the Pas-de-Calais area (dunes of Berck-Merlimont with the...
International audienceThe coastal dunes of the Pas-de-Calais area (dunes of Berck-Merlimont with the...
International audienceThe coastal dunes of the Pas-de-Calais area (dunes of Berck-Merlimont with the...
International audienceThe coastal dunes of the Pas-de-Calais area (dunes of Berck-Merlimont with the...
International audienceThe coastal dunes of the Pas-de-Calais area (dunes of Berck-Merlimont with the...
International audienceThe coastal dunes of the Pas-de-Calais area (dunes of Berck-Merlimont with the...