Environment

#TECL2506916AOrder of 27 March 2026 amending the designation of the Natura 2000 site 'Wetlands behind the dunes of the Pays de Born' (Special Area of Conservation)

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This French ministerial order updates the official name, boundary maps, and list of protected natural habitats and species for the Natura 2000 Special Area of Conservation FR7200714. The site is renamed 'Zones humides de l'arrière dune des pays de Born et de Buch' and now covers parts of both Landes and Gironde departments, including 15 listed communes such as Biscarosse, Mimizan, and la Teste-de-Buch. The annex adds numerous new habitat types (including several priority habitats marked with *) and protected species of insects, bats, otter, European mink, plants, fish, and reptiles. Old maps and species lists from the 2016 order are repealed and replaced. The updated documents are available for public consultation at prefectures, town halls, and the INPN website.

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Key Changes

  • Official site name changed to 'Zones humides de l'arrière dune des pays de Born et de Buch'
  • Boundary maps updated: 17 new 1/25,000 maps and one 1/200,000 assembly map replace 2016 versions
  • Site now covers communes in both Landes and Gironde departments (15 communes listed)

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Obligations

What this law requires

high

Replace all previous boundary maps from the 28 January 2016 order with the 17 new maps at 1/25,000 scale and the assembly map at 1/200,000 scale for SAC FR7200714

French prefectures of Landes and Gironde departments, relevant communes, regional environmental authorities
operational
high

Replace the species and habitat list from the 28 January 2016 order with the updated list specified in the annex to this order

French prefectures of Landes and Gironde departments, relevant communes, regional environmental authorities
operational
medium

Make updated boundary maps, habitat types list, and species list available for public consultation at prefectures of Landes and Gironde, town halls of all 15 affected communes, and the regional environmental authority (DREAL) office

Prefectures of Landes and Gironde, municipal governments of the 15 designated communes, DREAL Nouvelle-Aquitaine
disclosure
medium

Ensure updated site documentation is publicly accessible and downloadable on the National Inventory of Natural Heritage website (INPN) hosted by the National Museum of Natural History

French Ministry of Ecological Transition, Biodiversity and International Climate and Nature Negotiations; INPN administrators
disclosure
high

Recognize and implement protection for 9 priority habitats marked with asterisks (*), including active raised bogs, chalk marshes, alluvial forests, humid Atlantic heaths, and calcareous fens

All public and private entities with authority over land use in the SAC within the 15 designated communes
operational

Affected Parties

Landowners and farmers in the affected communesLocal authorities in Landes and Gironde departments+3 more…

Tags

Natura 2000,wetlands,habitat protection