Plan
Theoretical framework, case studies and methods
Land acquisition, a necessary step to maintain ZECs on agricultural plots?
1. Acquire plots to reconcile agriculture and the environment: Île Saint-Aubin
Reconciling agriculture and risk management, through agreements and easements: the Oudon
Land control systems with direct effects on the local governance of ZECs
1. Being an owner to access decision-making spheres: Île Saint-Aubin
2. Regularly renegotiate agreements and compensation mechanisms: the Oudon
Conclusion
Since the adoption of the European Flood Directive (2007) and even more so following the definition of the National Flood Risk Management Strategy (2014), the question of the place and role to be played by the activity agriculture in flood management and prevention projects has gradually become a matter of course in France. At the national level, the first institutional publications sought to understand how to improve consideration of the value of agricultural spaces and activity in this field of public environmental action, and in particular, their role to be played in the preservation and proper functioning of natural flood expansion areas (Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 2018).
These reflections are part of a more global context where the flood risk management policy places more and more emphasis on so-called “mitigation” projects (Fournier et al., 2016), going through the preservation…
