Diminution of the negative impact of sprt actvities on raptors (Diminiuation de l’impact negative des activités sportives de montagne sur les rapaces rupuestres)

Best Practice

Topics

• New forms of decision-making
• Governance capacity, Protected areas, Mobility, Policies and instruments

Short description

Mitigation of negative impacts of recreational activities on the local ecosystem (especially raptors' habitates) by participatively developing strategies to diminuate the impacts; development of a user charta

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Project executive

Centre Ornithologique Rhône-Alpes (CORA), Section CORA Isère

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Participants

bird protectionists organisation(CORA), recreation associations and communal authorities

Objectives

reducing the impact of sporting activities on local ecosystem and bird habitats by develeoping and implementing commonly accepted use and protection rules

Activities

Mediation; working groups; conjoint observation of local habitats, especially for birds; working out of study (problem definition and possible measures)

Process

participatively developing strategies to mitigate the impact of recreational activities on the local ecosystem involving CORA, sport and recreational associations and local authorities; working out of scientific study (problem definition and possible measures); information and sensibilisation regarding the local ecosystem with special focus on raptors

Results

Different user chartas which provide rules for using and protecting the affected areas; collaboratively worked out use and protection rules; report on raptors and sport acitivities in the area (problem definition, situation analysis, recommendations)

Evaluation

No information available

Difficulties

No information available

Financial backer

No information available

Source of information

Competition

Participant at the 2005 Future in the Alps competition

Homepage

http://www.cora-asso.com/accueil.html

Publication

1) Barret, Philippe, Beuret, Jean-Eudes, Billette de Villemeur, Cécile, Douillet, Robert, Guihéneuf, Pierre-Yves, Dziedzicki, Jean-Marc & Salzer, Jacques (2003): Guide pratique du dialogue territorial. Concertation et médiation pour l'environnement et le développement local. Collection Pratiques. Paris: Fondation de France.p. 85. 2) Coffre H., Börner F., 1999: les rapaces rupestres et les activités sportives de montagne - vol libre et escalade - Constats et proposition d'actions. CORA Isère. Grenoble Alpes Métropole. Rapport 24 pp. + annexes.

Project executive as above

Contact person as above

Comments

Impact on nature and environment

Impact of sporting activities on local ecosystem reduced

Economic value added

indirect by establishing basis for sustainable sporting activities which protects the high recreational value of the area

Socio-cultural value added

commonly acctepted and therefore better realisable use and protection rules; increased social capital through negotiating activities

Innovative content

developing participatively strategies to mitigate the impact of recreational activities on the local ecosystem; development of a commonly acctepted and therefore better realisable user charta

Good governance

By transparently involving interested sporting associations and local authorities into the negotiating process

PR impact

Through CORA activities (e.g. internet http://www.cora-asso.com/accueil.html, information, education etc)

Multiplier effect / networking

Through CORA activities (e.g. internet http://www.cora-asso.com/accueil.html, information, education etc)

Transferability

general principles and methods well transferable