The Loire-Anjou-Touraine regional nature Park Last update : September, 2010.
What is a regional nature Park? a fragile rural area a remarkable heritage organised around a project GOAL : ensure its permanent protection in respect for ecological, economical and social development. Classified by law by the Ministry of Environment Duration : 12 years - renewable Managed by an independent body including all the local authorities, which have approved the Charter of the Park.
The regional nature Parks, a national network 46 P.N.R. (Last born in 2009 : Pyrénées Ariégeoises) 23 regions concerned (= 13 % of the metropolitan territory) 3830 municipalities 7.000.000 ha 3.000.000 inhabitants
Today 46 regional nature Parks in France Location
Angers Angers Loire-Anjou-Touraine nature Park General location Beaufort-en-Vallée Tours Longué-Jumelles Tours Gennes Allonnes Bourgueil Saumur Azay-le-Rideau Doué-la-Fontaine Chinon Montreuil-Bellay L'Ile Bouchard Légende Contour du PNR Loire Anjou Touraine Cours d'eau principaux Vignes et vergers Forêt N Richelieu Réseau routier Départementale Nationale 0 5 kilomètres 10 Autoroute Source : BDCARTHO, IGN. Réalisation : PNR Loire Anjou Touraine, CASTOR, Olivier PERRIN, Septembre 2002.
Missions of PNR LOIRE- ANJOU- TOURAINE Protect the natural, built, cultural, heritage Implement economic and social development, in respect of the environment Welcome, inform and increase public awareness
Organisation of the Park Union Committee 178 members Advisory board BUREAU 26 members Scientific and Technical Committee Administrative Department Environment, energy and economic Department Biodiversity and landscapes Department Heritage and leisure Department
Actions of the Park
La Maison du Parc: Park house
Maison du Parc A site built among an environmental approach: Insulation with hemp wool Wood frame Recyclable materials Command of the energy and energy savings (wood boiler, photovoltaic signs, no air-conditioning)
Maison du Parc Concept: amusing and educational activities to inform the visitors about the Natural Park and its heritage free permanent exhibition about the role of humans on the creation of local landscapes temporary exhibitions guided tours tourist information centre
For a living territory Discovery Guide of the Park 150 «nature» excursions 22 associations and partners organizations 60 themes 20 000 copies All tourist and useful information about the Park An outline in images of fauna and flora treasures of the territory
For a living territory Elements to discover the territory Restoration of docks and quays Panoramic tables to discover the landscapes Creation and setting of panels around specific Loire Valley landscapes
For a living territory 11 interpretation path To have excursions differently learning about nature.
For a living territory Interpretation path about different ecological sites Authion, the valley s living memory The double life of the hillside The forest says something about Man The tree, from the roots to the top The vineyard The copse wood (= taillis) From tree to wood The Grande Ile path (Loire Valley) Véron, a region just above the water Tufa : a soft heart of stone Once upon a time there was a willow bed (=osier)
For a meeting place Nature and heritage accommodations The owners oh these beautiful accommodations, located in the heart of a preserved nature, are concerned about nature and heritage. They propose to discover the region thanks to a trail, a discovery booklet and a treasure chest full of games, binoculars and books for children and adults. In 2010, 53 Nature and heritage accommodations in the Park, B&B or country gîte.
For a living territory The «Loire-Anjou-Touraine regional nature Park» trademark One of the missions of the regional nature Park is to protect and valorise the know-how of men. That s why Parks have a trademark which valorise initiatives of firms joining production and protection of environment.
Restoration of local heritage For a living territory «Heritage and social integration» program Collaboration with professional insertion associations 27 sites realized between 1998 and 2004 : little bridges, washhouses, houses of vineyard, bread kilns Valorisation of this edifices with a cultural and tourist program : shows, walking path Before After
For a meeting place Loire Valley, inscribed to UNESCO World Heritage Creating a file in 1997 Participating to preparing meetings of UNESCO Word Heritage inscription Welcoming experts of ICOMOS to evaluate the Loire Valley candidature Realisation of a detailed press file. Many contacts with medias
Participation of the regional Park to the Loire Valley inscription to UNESCO World Heritage An objective : the inscription of Loire Valley for its «cultural landscapes» to UNESCO World Heritage An argument : environment = raw material of tourism A stake : to conserve and valorise this asset
The perimeter of Loire Valley, inscribed to UNESCO World Heritage
The perimeter inscribed to UNESCO World Heritage in the Loire-Anjou-Touraine Park
Reconcile economic development and environmental protection Organize a Competition "Eco-Trophée" to value the initiatives of companies, farms or communities. Suggest to the companies of the business parks uniting in an initiative of sustainable development
Contribute to the education of the citizens of tomorrow Progressive educational initiatives of the nursery school at the secondary school: - a school, a village, a landscape, - stony stories, - animals and their circles, - meetings to be sampled, - texts of water. Time of restoration and exchange between schools Education in current subjects as the energy or the ecoconstruction Technical help to the teachers and the speakers - contribute territory and citizenship - educational Tools, documentation, training courses In 2010 : 420 days - 195 classify - 5 000 pupils
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