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The Department of Val de Marne is creating 5 new Sensitive Natural Areas in 2021

Banks, islands, network of ponds, moors, meadows, forests, reed beds, historic sites, spaces in the making … so many fragile and precious environments that make up the quality of the department. On the scale of the inner suburbs of Paris, Val-de-Marne has the largest share of natural agricultural areas
and foresters (19.3% – source MOS 2012) in contact with urbanization. At the regional level, between 2012 and 2017, 590 ha disappeared on average each year, or 2,950 ha over 5 years. In a context of urban dynamics, sensitive natural spaces are one of the responses to the preservation of nature and its functions.

What is a sensitive natural space?

A sensitive natural area of Val-de-Marne is a protected vulnerable area, conducive to the development of biodiversity, and responding to ecological, landscape and social issues. This space must be preserved by appropriate management or restored to accommodate the public.

The classification of a site as a “sensitive natural space” falls within the competence of the department. optional, this skill may or may not be chosen by the departmental councils. After the creation of the first departmental parks, the Department of Val-deMarne took action on this issue in the 1980s to help preserve natural spaces in the face of intensifying land pressure.

The objective: to protect, manage and make known the diversity of the landscapes as well as the ecological assets of the territory.
The first sensitive natural areas classified in Val-de-Marne are the Lilas park in Vitry-sur-Seine, and the Plage Bleue park in Valenton since 1989. 461 hectares of sensitive natural areas in Valde-Marne, Department of more preserved in the inner suburbs of Paris The Departmental Council of Val-de-Marne unanimously decided, during its meeting of April 12, 2021, to create 5 new sensitive natural spaces, in line with the Master Plan for Sensitive Natural Areas launched in 2008 and strengthened
in 2018.

Val-de-Marne now has 19 sensitive natural areas, made up of agricultural areas, parks, banks, meadows, islands, old wasteland … These areas represent a total area of 461 hectares, including 62 hectares for the new ENS.

List of Sensitive Natural Areas in Val-de-Marne as of April 12, 2021 :
1989: Departmental park of Lilas (Vitry-sur-Seine)
1989: Departmental park of Plage-Bleue (Valenton and Limeil-Brévannes)
1991: Glacis of Fort d’Ivry (Ivry-sur-Seine and Vitry-sur-Seine)
1993: Agricultural area of Mandres-les Roses (Mandres-les Roses)
2011: Banks of Yerres (Villeneuve-Saint-Georges) – ENS municipal
2013: Departmental domain of Marmousets (La Queue-en-Brie)
2013: Departmental park of Morbras (Ormesson-sur-Marne)
2013: Departmental reserve of the Marne Islands (Champigny-sur-Marne)
2013: Departmental natural area of Pierre-Fitte (Villeneuve-le-Roi)
2015: Jacques Duclos municipal park (Valenton)
2016: Hautes-Bruyères Departmental Park (Villejuif)
1989: Departmental park of Champ Saint-Julien (Valenton)
2016: Plaine des Bordes (Chennevières-sur-Marne)
2019: Bois-Saint-Martin (Plessis-Trévise and Villiers-sur-Marne)
2021: Épi d’or sector / Petit bois (Villejuif and L’Haÿ-les-Roses) – South of
Hautes-Bruyères Park
2021: Ivry strike – Vitry
2021: Berges d’Orly
2021: Southern part of the interdepartmental sports park (Choisy and Villeneuve-Saint-Georges)
2021: Plateau departmental park (Champigny-sur-Marne)

VIDEO OF SENSITIVE AREAS OF VAL DE MARNE
A departmental plan of the ENS and a charter of natural spaces of Val-de-Marne

In 2021, the Department adopted with its partners a departmental plan for sensitive natural areas in order to set for the next 10 years, the main orientations in favor of ENS:

Orientation n ° 1: Improve knowledge of the natural areas of Val de-Marne
Orientation n ° 2: Consolidate the integrity of natural spaces in the face of land pressure
Orientation n ° 3: Reconcile the challenges of preserving natural spaces and developing the territory
Orientation n ° 4: Ensure the management and design of spaces to promote the landscape value of sites and biodiversity
Orientation n ° 5: Develop and consolidate more active partnerships around natural spaces and biodiversity
Orientation n ° 6: Contribute to the discovery and protection of sites through reception, awareness and environmental education missions
Orientation n ° 7: Contribute to the maintenance of a quality natural and landscape fabric supporting biodiversity
Orientation n ° 8: Promote biodiversity and ecological functionality in agricultural areas
Orientation n ° 9: Strengthen communication This collective expression has resulted in the formalization of a charter for the natural areas of Val-de-Marne, the signature of which by the Department and by around forty partners to date has been postponed, due to the health crisis,
spring 2021.

The creation of 5 new sensitive natural spaces, unanimously approved on April 12, 2021, reflect the Department’s commitment to the environment.

1. L’Épi d’or / Petit bois (Villejuif and L’Haÿ-les-Roses)
2. La Grève d’Ivry – Vitry
3. Les Berges d’Orly
4. The south of the interdepartmental sports park (Choisy and Villeneuve Saint-Georges)
5. The Plateau Departmental Park (Champigny-sur-Marne)

These 5 sectors bear witness to the diversity of our spaces and their environmental richness. The inclusion of these in the ENS scheme promises to preserve these natural refuges for future generations in Val-deMarnaises and at the same time contribute to a concrete form of fight against the reduction of living biodiversity.

The Department intends to continue its action by classifying other sites, always with the desire to promote the well-being of fellow citizens and to guarantee a certain quality of life in Val-de-Marne.

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