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Le Parc naturel marin du Bassin d’Arcachon

Le plan de gestion 2017-2032 du Parc naturel marin du Bassin d’Arcachon vision is for the “Restauration des herbiers Ă  des surfaces et fonctions Ă©quivalentes Ă  celles du dĂ©but des annĂ©es 2000″ (restoration of the meadows to the surface area and function equivalent of the early 2000s).

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Étang de Berre

Projet ReHAB has a restoration target of 1,500ha (of mixed seagrass meadows; Cymodocea nodosa, Zostera marina and Zostera noltii) to be restored within the lagoon. Prior to the 1960s the Étang de Berre was home to over 6000ha of seagrass, but by 2009 just 1.2ha remained. Today the pressures on the lagoon are now significantly reduced, paving the way for seagrass recovery.

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Baie de Calvi

The Bay of Calvi (North-Western Corsica) has suffered significant degradation of its Posidonia oceanica meadows due to boat anchoring. The implementation of a new prefectural decree in 2019 banning anchoring enabled the launch of the pilot-scale projects REPAIR (started in 2021) and REPAIR 2.0 (started in 2024) to develop suitable operational restoration methods before scaling up.

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