ITTECOP 2014 - 2017: Linear transport infrastructure, biodiversity and landscape : an original partnership
The 2014 ITTECOP (Land transport infrastructure, ecosystems and landscapes) call for research project proposals was initiated thanks to the alliance of the Linear Infrastructure and Biodiversity
Club (CILB), the French Ministry of Ecology (MEDDE) and the Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB). It is an opportunity to reaffirm the importance of coordinating research and action in relation to linear transport infrastructure of people, goods and energy (also called LTI), with biodiversity (ecosystem dynamics, synergies between LTI of different types, etc). This shared commitment aims to make research available as a technical and critical tool for public policies and project developers (improvement and transfer of knowledge to operational stakeholders, developers and decision-makers).
7 research projects selected from the CRPs in 2014
TGB
Between grey and blue belts: the reciprocal impact of linear land transport infrastructure and river corridors on the structure and dynamics of plant biodiversity
UMR 5245 ECOLAB, CNRS, Université Toulouse III
RENATU
An analysis of renaturation processes in dense urban areas in connection with urban linear transport infrastructure: the example of the Métropole du Grand Paris
UMR – LGP 8591 Laboratoire de Géographie Physique
CIRFE-CUMUL
Multiple linear land transport infrastructures and ecological functional relationships
POLLINEAIRE
Using verges in land transport infrastructure to preserve and spread wild pollinators
Ifsttar
COMPILSA
Compensation and linear infrastructure: strategies and scenarios for action
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Centre d’écologie et des Sciences de la Conservation (UMR 7204)
INEDIT
Incorporating ecology and biodiversity into public decision-making on transport infrastructure
DYNARP
The dynamics and management of Japanese knotweed from a landscape perspective: impacts and observations
Irstea Grenoble - EMGR
7 exploratory research projects selected from the CRPs in 2014
ANIMAL-ILTe
Using necrophagous arthropods as indicators of animal mortality connected with linear transport infrastructure
Université Lille 2 – Unité de taphonomie médico-légale
IRCC
Cultivated road-field interfaces: does the adaptive management of roadside verges create self-propagation problems in cultivated fields?
PEP
Combining landscaping practices and ecological knowledge to implement a regional biodiversity project: the example of areas covered by linear transport infrastructure and their expansion
Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Nature et du Paysage (ENSNP)
InfraLin-Dynpop
The population dynamics of fauna in areas bordering linear land transport infrastructure
Cerema DTer SO
SERV-ECO
Can evaluating the ecosystem services of green verges in linear transport infrastructure help when developing biodiversity measures that are adapted to project managers’ budget constraints and social uses?
Egis Structures et Environnement
SCOP-SAGNE
Correcting disruptions to water flows supplying wet zones: current knowledge and practices
Scop SAGNE
RHIZU
Managing heavy runoff around a rail network to help create wet zones with ecological potential
Irstea