Natural areas in Guadeloupe have declined significantly due to agriculture and urbanisation. Forests are the natural environments most affected. Large biodiversity reservoirs are now highly fragmented and isolated. The main divide concerns inland reservoirs and coastal environments. The main challenge is therefore to maintain, restore, or recreate ecological continuity between these reservoirs.
In the municipality of Saint-Claude, a priority axis has been identified where ecological functions are degraded and in fair to poor condition. The project therefore aims to restore the ecological functions of the forest sub-network on the municipality’s main priority axis between two major reservoirs in Guadeloupe, the heart of the Guadeloupe National Park and the coastal environment.
An assessment was carried out on the plots located on this axis as part of the Saint-Claude Municipal Biodiversity Atlas (ABC). This led to the selection of three plots (one public and two private) located in the heart of the municipality, in a highly anthropised environment, on which the local authority wishes to undertake restoration work.
To achieve this, the project will:
- create/restore areas conducive to biodiversity and its movement;
- increase the surface area and quality of natural areas across the territory;
- protect new natural areas through, for example, the integration of the project into land use planning policy;
- take action on the green and black network.
Duration: 30 months
