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Loire Case Study 1 Loire Basin countries France Summary of basin characteristics Socio-economic importance The Loire basin has more than 11.5 million inhabi- he Loire has frequently been characterized as tants but is markedly rural in character, with more ‘the last wild river in western Europe’ owing than one-third of communities having fewer than 400 Tto the relative absence of large dams and the inhabitants. consequent semi-natural condition of the river, The basin is extremely important for farming, notably in its upper reaches. The main channel is supporting two-thirds of livestock raising and half of more than 1,000km in length and the total hydro- all cereal production in France. Some 350,000ha of graphic network extends to more that 135,000km. farmland in the basin are irrigated. The Loire itself is The basin covers a total area of 155,000km2 or 22 per used for navigation, generation of hydro and nuclear cent of French territory. power from 38 dams and four power stations, and Managing Rivers Wisely 2 Loire recreation. The estuary and its shoreline are impor- especially promoting alternative thinking about tant for fishing, shellfish farming and tourism, and flood management and irrigation. In addition, WWF there is a major commercial port at Nantes, which has has played a lead role in catalysing a major restora- caused severe damage to the Loire estuary’s ecology. tion programme for the Loire, including the commu- nications component of the US$9 million ‘Loire Biodiversity values Nature’ project, which was funded under the EU’s The Loire supports a number of rare and protected ‘LIFE’ programme and ran from 1992 to 1999. This species of both plants and animals, and provides enabled the purchase of land to demonstrate better important breeding, feeding and resting habitats for approaches to floodplain management in the Loire many migratory birds. Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar basin, in particular through implementing more still migrate to the upper reaches of the Allier River, environmentally sustainable agricultural practices. some 900km from the Loire estuary. A second Loire Nature project was initiated in 2002 (this time without LIFE funding), and WWF Priority issues for river basin once again has lead responsibility for communica- management tions. The project covers the whole Loire basin and envisages securing the ownership and sustainable During the 1980s, the French authorities decided to management of some 4,500ha of land, with a total increase regulation of the Loire through construction budget of some US$18 million, based mainly on con- of four large dams, primarily for storage of water for tributions from government and public bodies, par- irrigation and flood control. One of the most envi- ticularly the Établissement Publique Loire (EPL), a ronmentally damaging dams would have been con- public institution that formerly promoted large dams. structed at Serre de la Fare on the upper Loire River For further details of WWF’s activities, see the and would have inundated 20km of pristine gorges ‘Chronology’ section, below. that have since been protected as a ‘Natura 2000’ site under European Union environmental legislation. Conservation method demonstrated ■ Role of WWF and its partners Campaigning – demonstrations, sit-ins, five-year occupation of the proposed site of the Serre de la WWF was a founder of the ‘Loire Vivante’ (‘Living Fare dam, petitions, letter-writing campaigns. Loire’) Committee which brought together a range of ■ Public awareness raising – national advertising non-governmental organizations dedicated to main- campaigns, work with local stakeholder groups, taining the Loire’s status as a ‘wild river’. Working work on alternatives, support for progressive primarily through Loire Vivante, WWF helped trans- political parties during election periods. form government policy on the Loire from one of ■ Research – for example, analysis of why the support for dam building and a ‘regulation by engi- 1980 flood was so damaging; development of neering’ approach, to one embracing ecologically more efficient flood forecasting and public sustainable management of the river and the wise use information systems; gathering data to support a of its banks and floodplains. In January 1994, the construction ban in floodplains and other French government launched the ‘Plan Loire improvements to local and national regulations Grandeur Nature’. This involved abandoning three on flood risk management. large dam projects, putting forward alternative means of flood management, and decommissioning two ■ Use of flagship species – the migratory Atlantic dams to restore migration pathways for Atlantic salmon was selected as the emblem of efforts to salmon. conserve the Loire. Before river regulation, pol- WWF’s role has involved a strong element of lution and overfishing, approximately 100,000 leadership and facilitation (e.g. bringing together of salmon migrated annually to their spawning NGOs at a basin level, provision of campaign com- grounds in the headwaters of the Loire and its munications expertise), but the organization has also tributaries. In 1996, only 67 salmon were been responsible for implementing key activities, counted on the upper Allier River, the sole tribu- Loire 3 The first of three new removable sills installed on the Loire to restore the river’s floodplain. WWF / SOS Loire Vivante tary of the Loire basin where salmon continue to itself and three on major tributaries (the Allier and spawn. WWF has campaigned for the removal of Cher Rivers). existing dams to at least partially restore the ● The Loire Vivante (Living Loire) network is species’ historical numbers and range. established by WWF and other NGO partners to fight the dam proposals. ■ Field projects – Loire Nature involved the pur- chase and demonstration of sustainable manage- 1988 ment of significant floodplain areas and other ● SOS Loire Vivante committee is created to oppose wetland habitats throughout the basin. the Serre de la Fare dam scheme on the upper Loire. Resources devoted ● First meeting between a Loire Vivante delegation and the French Environment Minister. Approximately US$2.5 million have been invested ● First major public demonstration organized by by WWF and Loire Vivante. The first Loire Nature Loire Vivante. programme cost EUR7 million, with major funding 1989 from the EU LIFE instrument, while another EUR15 ● Government approves construction of the Serre million will be invested in the second Loire Nature de la Fare dam on the upper Loire. programme (not LIFE-funded). ● Following public demonstrations, the beginning of a peaceful but continuous occupation of the Chronology Serre de la Fare dam site, and the filing of a law- suit by Loire Vivante, the government postpones 1986 the project and requests Loire Vivante to advise on ● The French government, the Loire-Brittany Water developing alternative proposals, with funding Agency and the EPALA (public office/committee provided by the Ministry of Environment. for the management of the Loire and its tributar- ● Members of Loire Vivante travel along the Loire, ies) agree a flood prevention scheme and water from its source to the estuary, to raise public storage programme involving the construction of awareness of water pollution and over-abstrac- four large dams – one on the upper Loire River tion. Water samples taken at each stop are com- Managing Rivers Wisely 4 Loire pared with clean water at the river’s source, show- ● A parliamentary commission partially revives ing the cumulative impacts of downstream pollu- some of the dam proposals in the name of flood tion and eutrophication. The first major advertis- control, but also advocates better maintenance of ing campaign for the Loire is launched: ‘Save me the riverbed and banks, a total stop to gravel before it’s too late!’. extraction, a programme to reduce eutrophication, and a better balance between environmental pro- 1990 tection and economic development of the port of ● Loire Vivante meets the French Prime Minister. The government instructs EPALA to make signif- Nantes. ● icant changes in its approach to managing the Signing of the EU LIFE Loire Nature contract by river, including reconsideration and/or modifica- the Ministry of Environment, the environmental tion of three of the four proposed dams. NGO Espaces Naturels de France, and WWF. ● Loire Vivante shows how the migration of 1993 Atlantic salmon is blocked at 25 places along the ● Petition campaign calling for the demolition of Loire, from its mouth to the upstream confluence the Poutès-Monistrol Dam on the upper Allier of the Allier River. River because it impedes salmon migration. ● Second major advertising campaign launched: ‘A 1994 free Loire, a source of life’. ● The government launches a ten-year, US$110 ● SOS Loire Vivante launches an appeal – ‘Let’s buy million initiative ‘Plan Loire Grandeur Nature’, back the upper Loire valley’ – in order to secure implementing many of the priorities of Loire strategic plots of land to oppose dam construction Vivante. This confirms cancellation of the dam on and begin working on sustainable development the upper Loire, implementation of alternative options. measures for flood management in the town of ● The Ministry of Environment publishes results of Brives-Charensac at a cost of US$60 million, and a poll of upper Loire citizens showing that the a range of other measures including restoration of alternatives put forward by Loire Vivante are floodplain areas. favoured by a clear majority. ● Demonstrators against the dam on the upper Loire 1991 end their protest after five years of continuous ● SOS Loire Vivante begins to clear and mark out 14 occupation of the proposed construction site. paths in the upper Loire Valley to promote eco- ● Commencement of non-dam alternatives to flood tourism. control in the upper Loire, including removal of ● The Prime Minister and Environment Minister artificial obstructions from the riverbed, deepen- announce that two of the dams are cancelled, and ing of the riverbed, and retrofitting of a highway one subject to substantial revision. The govern- bridge.
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