SPW ARNE-DNF : Occurrences of introduced species along roadsides in Wallonia
Citation
Naveau F, Bailly L, Dopagne C (2022). SPW ARNE-DNF : Occurrences of introduced species along roadsides in Wallonia. Version 1.5. Service Public de Wallonie – Département d’Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW – DEMNA). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/xwqbd2 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-14.Description
Wallonia has a very large road network, which shows how important the shoulders, medians, embankments and ditches are for wildlife. In some regions, they are even the last refuges for many organisms. Therefore, within the framework of the European Year of Nature Conservation 1995, the Directorate of Nature Conservation and Green Spaces of the Walloon Region has launched a pilot project for the ecological management of the edges of municipal roads. The objective: to make them more welcoming for wildlife. To date, several dozen municipalities have signed an agreement with the Walloon Region.
Within the framework of this agreement, the Region (Département de la Nature et des Forêts- SPW DNF) carries out a series of biological inventories along the roads. This set of occurrence data is limited to observations of non-native species that have been carried out within this framework.
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Sampling Description
Study Extent
Roadsides are part of the ecological network. In Wallonia, the potential of roadsides is important since there are more than 60,000 kilometers of roads and twice as many roadsides. It is difficult to quantify the exact surface occupied by the roadsides, but it is relatively easy to estimate it at more than 20,000 hectares. Roadside Inventories started in 1998 and are still ongoing.Sampling
Multiple inventories from the Nature and forest direction and other partners.Method steps
- Inventories from different actors.
- Encoding occurrences in the BIOGEONet database (University of Liège -ULg).
- Export and DarwinCore formatting of introduced species records
Taxonomic Coverages
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Plantae (Haeckel, 1866)common name: plants rank: kingdom
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Animaliacommon name: animals rank: kingdom
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
François Naveauoriginator
position: Expert
SPW- Département de la Nature et des Forêts
Avenue Prince de Liège, 7
Jambes
5100
Namur
BE
Luc Bailly
originator
position: Expert
Natagriwal asbl
Quartier Vallée1, Chemin de la Vallée, 4
Liège
B4000
Liège
BE
Claude Dopagne
originator
position: Expert
Natagriwal asbl/University of Liège
Quartier Vallée1, Chemin de la Vallée, 4
Liège
B4000
Liège
Claude Dopagne
metadata author
position: Expert
Natagriwal asbl/University of Liège
Quartier Vallée1, Chemin de la Vallée, 4
Liège
B4000
Namur
BE
email: cdopagne@natagriwal.be
Maxime Coupremanne
publisher
position: Data liaison officer
Belgian Biodiversity Platform - DEMNA
Avenue Maréchal Juin 23
Gembloux
5030
Namur
BE
email: m.coupremanne@biodiversity.be
François Naveau
administrative point of contact
position: Expert
SPW- Département de la Nature et des Forêts
Avenue Prince de Liège, 7
Jambes
5100
Namur
BE
Claude Dopagne
administrative point of contact
position: Expert
Natagriwal asbl/University of Liège
Quartier Vallée1, Chemin de la Vallée, 4
Liège
B4000
Liège
BE
email: cdopagne@natagriwal.be