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Marais et tourbières des montagnes du Bugey
- Country:France
- Site number:2542
- Area:1,049.9 ha
- Designation date:22-03-2024
- Coordinates:46°02'N 05°36'E
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Overview
The marshes and peatlands of the Bugey mountains consist of a total of 41 wetlands, with the crests of the southern Jura range running between them from north to south. The Site includes a wide range of natural environments including woodlands, peat bogs, marshes, dry grasslands, glacial lakes and ponds. This mosaic of environments supports a variety of habitats in which a number of globally, nationally and regionally threatened plants and animals are found. Thirty-five regionally or nationally threatened plant species are to be found in the Site, notably including species such as the fen orchid (Liparis loeselii) and the Siberian iris (Iris sibirica). Among the birds that use the Site, 19 species are listed in the IUCN Red List and are nationally threatened. Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago), black storks (Ciconia nigra) and white storks (Ciconia ciconia) use the Site for migratory stopovers, while several species of passerine birds use these wetlands for nesting. A large population of the endangered white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes) is maintained in a stream located in the heart of one of the wetlands. The marshes and peat bogs of the Bugey mountains provide particularly important ecosystem services in terms of water resources, carbon storage as well as opportunities for recreational activities. Drainage operations, increasing tourism and climate change have impacted the wetlands. However, numerous environmental restoration operations have already been carried out, helping to restore certain ecological functions, and future actions are planned.
Administrative region:
Auvergne Rhône-Alpes
- National legal designation:
- Arrêté de Protection de Biotope - Etang des loups (FR3800190)
- Site classé au patrimoine national - Lac Genin
- Site classé au patrimoine national - Tourbière de Malebronde
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Etangs Marrons, les Tissonières (N°820030733)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Lac Genin (N°820030642)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Lac d’Ambléon (N°820031119)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais Rambert (N°820030703)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais de Dovray (N°820030809)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais de Grange Berthet (N°820030706)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais de Mandelin (N°820031120)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais de Platet Guillon (N°820030732)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais de Sainte-Blaizine (N°820030798)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais de Vaux (N°820030796)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais de la Grande Lechère (N°820030731)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais de la Praille (N°820030801)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais de la Roche (N°820030727)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais des gruyères (N°820030729)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais du Bret (N°820030728)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais du Grand Pré (N°820030638)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais du Posiat à Marchamp (N°820031135)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais en Jarine (N°820030808)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Pré Riondet et marais de sous-portes (N°820031118)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Tourbière de Cerin (N° 820031125)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Tourbière de Colliard (N°820030698)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Tourbière de Rougemont (N°820030704)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Tourbière de la Béroude (N°820030699)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Tourbière de la Crête Pelée (N°820030701)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Tourbière de la Rochette (N°820030800)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Tourbière des Loups (N°820030702)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Tourbière du Golet aux loups (N°820030700)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - ZNIEFF de type 1 Marais et étangs de Genevray (N°820030797)
- ZNIEFF de type 1 - Marais de la Scie (N°820030730)
- ZNIEFF de type 2 - Bas Bugey (N°820030677)
- ZNIEFF de type 2 - Massifs du Haut-Bugey (N°820003709)
- ZNIEFF de type 2 - Réseau de zones humides du plateau de Brénod (N°820003758)
- Regional (international) legal designations:
- EU Natura 2000
- Last publication date:22-03-2024
Downloads
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)
Additional reports and documents
- Taxonomic lists of plant and animal species occurring in the site
- Site management plan