Inventory of Sensitive Natural Spaces (ENS) in Occitanie

A Natural Sensitive Space (ENS) is a remarkable site in terms of natural heritage (fauna, flora and landscape), both for the richness and scarcity of the species it houses. The departments are competent to develop and implement a policy of protection, management and openness to the public (with the exception of the fragility of the natural environment) of sensitive natural areas, wooded or not, in order to preserve the quality of sites, landscapes, natural environments and natural fields of expansion of floods and to ensure the preservation of natural habitats. These spaces are classified as IUCN Category V as a protected land or marine landscape. The departmental councils can create areas of preemption (dpens) of natural spaces in their territory, in order to facilitate their acquisition, to respond to the landscape, ecological and prevention of the risks of flooding identified on these spaces. This inventory is a first version listing the Sensitive Natural Spaces (ENS) in Occitanie at 01/01/2022. The following departments are covered: Aveyron, Gard, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Hérault, Lot, Lozère, Tarn and Tarn and Garonne. It is extracted by OPenIG from the National NSE Layer carried out by the Support and Research Unit PatriNat. This national layer results from the compilation of partial raw datasets, retrieved from the departments. It should be noted that the data can be incomplete, that it does not meet the standard Natural Protected Spaces (ENP) and requires standardisation work. In addition, OPenIG makes available the ENS model of the standard Protected Natural Spaces (ENP) as well as the standard.