Dataset Direct Download Service (WFS): Directed or integral Cantal Organic Reserve

A directed or integral biological reserve is part of the protected natural areas (ENP) that are designated or managed in an international, Community, national or local framework to achieve specific objectives for the conservation of the natural heritage. A directed biological reserve is a protected area in a forest environment, or in a forest-associated environment (land, ponds, bogs, dunes), in which conservation management for the protection of remarkable or threatened species and habitats is established. An integral biological reserve is a protected area in a forest environment, or in a forest-associated environment (land, ponds, peatlands, dunes), left in free evolution to study the spontaneous dynamics of ecosystems.These statutes apply to forests managed by the National Forestry Office. Biological reserves are part of the priority areas of the Protected Areas Strategy. They fall under IUCN Category IV.Legal References: General NFB State Conventions of 3 February 1981 (on state forest biological reserves) and 14 May 1986 (other forests under the forestry regime). Instruction No. 98-T-37 of 30 December 1998 on Integral Biological Reserves (RBI). National Forestry Office Instruction No. 95-T-32 of 10 May 1995 on Directed Biological Reserves (RBD).