The taxonomy, which utility in a management of national park ? Mercantour national park

2. The taxonomy, which utility in a management of national park ? Mercantour national park Anthony TURPAUD

3. The Mercantour national park

4. The natural and landscape diversity

5. The natural and landscape diversity

6. The natural heritage, which actions ?

7. MNP needs of taxonomy Independant naturalists MNP rangers Official institutes NGO’s taxonomists Data base Data base Management and conservation Communication • 1 species, 1 localisation, 1 date • Patrimonial value • Link to other database • Proposals to make conservatory management for some species • Monitoring of selected taxa • Conservation management for selected taxa • Knowledge availability for local managers • Cartography Appropriation by inhabitants and politicians Useofadata

8. MNP needs of taxonomy Independant naturalists MNP rangers Official institutes NGO’s taxonomists Data base Management and conservation Communication • Monitoring of selected taxa • Conservation management for selected taxa • Knowledge availability for local managers • Cartography Appropriation by inhabitants and politicians Use of data for management and conservation

9. Knowledge avaibility and cartography

10. MNP needs of taxonomy Independant naturalists MNP rangers Official institutes NGO’s taxonomists Data base Management and conservation Communication • Monitoring of selected taxa • Conservation management for selected taxa • Knowledge availability for local managers • Cartography Appropriation by inhabitants and politicians Use of data for management and conservation

11. An example, a study about saproxylic insects • Saproxylic insects are bio-indicating species of the quality of forests • Objectives of the study: • To evaluate the biological value of certain forests of the PNM • To sensitize the rangers on the saproxylic insects and the dynamics of the forest ecosystem

13. Summary of results Approximately 200 species found, of which 49 remarkable saproxylic species : • species in limit of their range of distribution (3) • rare species in France (35) • new species in France (1) • endemic species (6) • species to be described or confirmed (4)

14. Towards the catch in consideration… The causes of vulnerability are: • the disappearance of habitats • the fragmentation (populations dispersing very little) => To develop recommendations for the catch in consideration in daily management, dialog with the forest actors

15. Some conservative measures… • To preserve the settlements of great maturity and naturality as well as the settlement clearings and rich in deadwood. • To take into account saproxylicinsects in the daily management of the forests: • To consider the ecological, economic and commercial value of the trees. • To prefer a diversity of tree species in the forest settlements, maintenance of small islands of senescence • To leave a volume of deadwood, at least 5% of the tree, and min 20 m3/ha. • To support the continuity in the time and the space of very old trees and deadwood.

16. Creating a « serie of ecological interest » of 151 ha, without forest cut until 2025. • To use this space for pedagogy and to make people conscious of forest ecosystem.

17. Use of data for communication MNP needs of taxonomy Independant naturalists MNP rangers Official institutes NGO’s taxonomists Data base Management and conservation Communication • Monitoring of selected taxa • Conservation management for selected taxa • Knowledge availability for local managers • Cartography Appropriation by inhabitants and politicians

20. Thank you very much for your attention !!

21. www.mercantour.eu anthony.turpaud@espaces-naturels.fr benoit.lequette@espaces-naturels.fr

23. Assessmentof the inventories in MNP