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MEDAM: Mediterranean French Coast: Inventory of the constructions reclaimed from the sea
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Evolution of reclaimed areas on the French coasts of Mediterranean Sea
marine habitat loss, human impact, coastal waters
ECOMERS, University Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
Alexandre Meinesz and Lorraine Bottin

Crige-paca : Provision of data from the Institut Géographique National (IGN) of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region (Protocole d’accord n° 8410).
Contact : Christine Archias (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )

Cigeo: Corse Information Géographique – Observatoire de l’Environnement de la Corse.
Provision of data from IGN for the Region Corse (Protocole d’accord n° 8632).
Contact : Jacques Nicolau (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )

DREAL Languedoc-Roussillon : Provision within the framework of an agreement of historic data and photographs for the whole of the Languedoc-Roussillon Region.
Contact : Cyril Vanroye (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ) and Gilles Clercq-Roques (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )

Agence de l’eau Méditerranée Corse (https://www.eaurmc.fr) 7520€.

DREAL Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur : Direction Régionale de l’Environnement, de l’Aménagement et du Logement (http://www.paca.developpement-durable.gouv.fr) 7520€.

Région Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, service 'Mer' et service 'Analyse spatiale' (http://www.cr-paca.fr) 7520€.

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January 1st 2018 – December 31st 2019

Habitat destruction is at the very summit of the hierarchy of damages to the biodiversity. Marine coastal ecosystems are particularly threatened by human constructions. These ecosystems are essential for biological productivity and form nursery sites for many fish species. The MEDAM project aims at inventoring all reclamations from the sea (harbours, landfills, dykes, breakwaters, groynes, etc.), to assess their overall impact along the French coast.

All constructions are inserted in a GIS database and regularly updated, and compared to the natural coastline (historical survey prior to any reclamation).

The MEDAM 2018-2019 project consists of updating and improving the existing website www.medam.org, which gathers the data related to the artificialisation of the coast (maps and data tables).

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