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    The IQE: an Ecological Quality Index for site management

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    There are currently no standardized assessment tools to define the ecological quality of industrial sites and landfills sites. The Natural Heritage Service of the National Museum of Natural History has developed an Ecological Quality Index (Indicateur de Qualité Écologique, IQE). This is based on a six-day inventory at the scale of species and ecosystems i) on the diversity of natural habitats and birds, ii) on wildlife and natural heritage value of a site and iii) an index of ecological functionality. Inventories conducted on 29 sites over a four-year period, were compared with published literature and expert knowledge. This approach allowed the modification or validation of each parameter, including the scoring system of these two indices. A shorter version of this index, based on a one-day inventory, the Ecological Potentiality Index (Indicateur de Potentialité Écologique, IPE) has also been developed, using a similar structureIl n'existe pas à l'heure actuelle d'outil d'évaluation standardisé de la qualité écologique de sites lourdement aménagés ou destinés à l'être. Un indicateur composite, l'Indicateur de Qualité Écologique (IQE), a été élaboré et renseigne sur trois aspects-clés de la biodiversité, à l'échelle des espèces et des écosystèmes: i) la diversité, mesurée pour les habitats naturels et l'avifaune, ii) la patrimonialité, fondée sur les listes de statuts des taxons et des habitats présents, et iii) la fonctionnalité écologique du site. Pour chaque variable élémentaire, des seuils empiriques ont été établis en fonction de la littérature et des valeurs observées sur le terrain. L'ajustement des paramètres identifiés ainsi que du système de notation s'est fait non seulement sur la base des résultats des inventaires menés sur 29 sites durant quatre années, mais également en se référant aux données bibliographiques disponibles. La mise en œuvre de cet indicateur sur un site nécessite 6 jours de relevés de données sur le terrain. Une version allégée de cet indicateur, basée sur un seul jour d'inventaire, l'Indicateur de Potentialité Écologique (IPE) a été construite sur la même architecture

    A BIODIVERSITY PROGRAM FOR GOLF COURSES - A national study program to improve the knowledge about biodiversity, its conservation, fostering its establishement on French golf courses

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    In France, the total surface occupied by golf courses is of 30 000 ha. On most of golf courses, playing areas represent about 1/2 of the total surface. The remaining areas are usually natural ones such as meadows, ponds, hedges, etc. Golf courses can thus host a wide range of unrecognized and therefore underestimated biodiversity. Since 2016, the French Golf Federation (ffgolf) and the National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) have entered a partnership. One of the objectives of such a collaboration is to design a methodological support to develop a database and a tool to assess and monitor biodiversity at golf course scale: The Biodiversity Program on French golf courses was born. The objectives of this program are to assess the ecological issues on golf courses at a national scale, to improve the knowledge, the management and the conservation of biodiversity on golf courses. 1) Develop and share knowledge relating to nature and increase awareness about the natural heritage in order to foster its value. 2) Promote the conservation of biodiversity on golfing areas, improving its integration and developing hosting areas. 3) Raise awareness for ecological issues. 4) Build constructive partnerships at a local scale with biodiversity stakeholders. Through 3 progressive levels, the Program, a voluntary approach, helps golf courses to take into account biodiversity. The Program coordinates the implementation of naturalist studies, with the support of local naturalist bodies. All naturalist standardized data are integrated into the French natural heritage data platform (INPN: https://inpn.mnhn.fr). Ecological issues are identified and put in perspective with golf courses' management teams who are encouraged to improve their practices applying the recommendations. The Program has already been tested with success on 4 different golf courses. 2017 has been the ‘pilot’ year of the Biodiversity Program for Golf courses. 2018 is the official kick-off year of the Program and we present the first results. We are already considering to develop a similar Program for French Overseas Territories with a deployment to foreign countries and many other sports federations.peerReviewe

    L’IQE : un indicateur de biodiversité multi-usages pour les sites aménagés ou à aménager

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    The IQE : an Ecological Quality Index for site management.— There are currently no standardized assessment tools to define the ecological quality of industrial sites and landfills sites. The Natural Heritage Service of the National Museum of Natural History has developed an Ecological Quality Index (Indicateur de Qualité Écologique, IQE). This is based on a six-day inventory at the scale of species and ecosystems I) on the diversity of natural habitats and birds, II) on wildlife and natural heritage value of a site and III) an index of ecological functionality. Inventories conducted on 29 sites over a four-year period, were compared with published literature and expert knowledge. This approach allowed the modification or validation of each parameter, including the scoring system of these two indices. A shorter version of this index, based on a one-day inventory, the Ecological Potentiality Index (Indicateur de Potentialité Écologique, IPE) has also been developed, using a similar structure.Il n’existe pas à l’heure actuelle d’outil d’évaluation standardisé de la qualité écologique de sites lourdement aménagés ou destinés à l’être. Un indicateur composite, l’Indicateur de Qualité Écologique (IQE), a été élaboré et renseigne sur trois aspects-clés de la biodiversité, à l’échelle des espèces et des écosystèmes : I) la diversité, mesurée pour les habitats naturels et l’avifaune, II) la patrimonialité, fondée sur les listes de statuts des taxons et des habitats présents, et III) la fonctionnalité écologique du site. Pour chaque variable élémentaire, des seuils empiriques ont été établis en fonction de la littérature et des valeurs observées sur le terrain. L’ajustement des paramètres identifiés ainsi que du système de notation s’est fait non seulement sur la base des résultats des inventaires menés sur 29 sites durant quatre années, mais également en se référant aux données bibliographiques disponibles. La mise en oeuvre de cet indicateur sur un site nécessite 6 jours de relevés de données sur le terrain. Une version allégée de cet indicateur, basée sur un seul jour d’inventaire, l’Indicateur de Potentialité Écologique (IPE) a été construite sur la même architecture.Delzons Olivier, Gourdain Philippe, Siblet Jean-Philippe, Touroult Julien, Herard Katia, Poncet Laurent. L’IQE : un indicateur de biodiversité multi-usages pour les sites aménagés ou à aménager. In: Revue d'Écologie (La Terre et La Vie), tome 68, n°2, 2013. pp. 105-119

    All taxa biodiversity inventory of the Bois de Bouis estate (Var, France): a 10-year public-private partnership

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    This data paper describes the results of a 10-year scientific investigation of a biodiversity-rich private golf estate in south-eastern France in partnership with PatriNat (Office français de la biodiversité/Centre national de la recherche scientifique/Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement). In total, 3,160 species and subspecies, including 1,796 arthropods and 1,049 flora, were inventoried and 65 habitat types were surveyed and mapped. This project is the first All taxa biodiversity inventory (ATBI) in a private property in France with all information available in open data.The 20 datasets of fauna, flora, lichens and habitat types from the Bois de Bouis estate are now publicly available. Between 2012 and 2022, more than 22,000 occurrences were recorded, checked and published in the INPN information system. All this information is available in open access in the French portal OpenObs, operated by PatriNat and in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). This data paper provides an overview of the project, its main results and its contribution to the French National Inventory of Natural Heritage (INPN).This data paper presents a list eight species never previously recorded to France; three Hymenoptera: Charitopes leucobasis Townes, 1983 (Ichneumonidae), Dryinus tussaci Olmi, 1989 (Dryinidae) and Sparasion munitus Kozlov & Kononova, 1990 (Sparasionidae) and five Diptera: Clusiodes apicalis (Zetterstedt, 1848) (Clusiidae), Dicraeus vagans (Meigen, 1838) (Chloropidae), Stilpon intermedius Raffone, 1994, Stilpon subnubilus Chvala, 1988 and Tachydromia undulata (Strobl, 1906) (Hybotidae).It also includes a table comparing the project to 18 All-taxa biodiversity inventories in France and Belgium and published for the first time
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