Ile Nouvelle

Year Implemented

2010

Project Type

Unmanaged realignment

Country

France

Location

Gironde

Longitude

-0.6811

Latitude

45.1384

Habitat(s) Created

Mudflat
Saltmarsh

Size

265 Hectares

Why Undertaken

Not Known

Project Description Summary

Breached during Storm Xynthia in February 2010.

Agriculture on the island had ceased in 1991.

Documents/References uploaded

References

Lafon et al., 2014. https://www.paralia.fr/jngcgc/13_89_lafon.pdf
https://www.lifeadapto.eu/gironde-estuary.html

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