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Site description (2000 baseline):
Site location and context
The site includes the Escaut and Scarpe Rivers and valleys where human activities include arable farming, cattle-farming, fishing, tourism, recreation and hunting.
This is an important site for wintering waterbirds.
Pressure/threats to key biodiversity
Many factors threaten the site including industrial development of the surrounding area, highway construction,
Populus plantations and conversion of wet meadows into arable fields. Contaminated mud is also stored on the site (`Other' threats, above).
National None
International None
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Vallées de la Scarpe et de l'Escaut (France). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/vallées-de-la-scarpe-et-de-lescaut-iba-france on 23/12/2024.
