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NOUVELLES JURA
DE BOISSET
1ST SEMESTER
2024

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Hedges and a pond to promote biodiversity
The initial hedgerow planting programme launched The estate is also involved with the Observatoire
in 2020 will be extended to a larger scale in 2024, Agricole de la Biodiversité* (National Agricultural
with an additional 7 hectares will be planted in Observatory for Biodiversity) programme, participating
Sorbief and Barodottes. Over 450 m of hedges in a series of counting initiatives: earthworms,
consisting of 10 to 80 plants of different species butterflies, wild bees and bats, some of which are
will be represented among which dog roses, indicators of how ecosystems operate, while others
buckthorns, viburnums, black elders, hawthorns, are invaluable in protecting vineyards.
blackthorns, dogwoods, European spindles, wild * www.observatoire-agricole-biodiversite.fr
pear and apple trees and pussy willows.
The lower part of the plot will be landscaped with
a pond to accommodate amphibians and other
fauna, once again contributing to the biodiversity
of the estate.

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