The Park's biodiversity roadmap is taking shape.

Following on from the meetings organised in December 2025, the Regional Natural Park recently brought together its partners for three thematic workshops aimed at defining the outlines of its future local strategy in favour of biodiversity.

A strategy on the scale of the Périgord-Limousin region

Long committed to the protection and enhancement of natural heritage, the Park has undertaken the development of a local adaptation of national and regional biodiversity policies. This "biodiversity strategy" aims to take into account the specific characteristics of the territory of Périgord-Limousin and to provide tailored solutions to local challenges. It is based on a strong mobilization of stakeholders of the territory and aims to ensure a shared ownership of the strategy at the level of the communities of the Park and their partners.

After a year dedicated to collecting and analyzing data to establish an overview of local natural history knowledge, the Park launched a series of participatory workshops in December aimed at identify the priority issues and define the objectives to be continued. In total, five thematic workshops were organized. The first two, held in December 2025, helped to prioritize the natural environments and species to be preserved. Three additional workshops then took place in January, February, and March 2026.

Conclusion of the consultation cycle

Workshop number 3 took place on January 27th in Champsac. It allowed for a collective reflection on natural areas to be protected, and the regulatory tools to be used to put these protections in place. This meeting also provided an opportunity to begin discussions regarding the obligations of ecosystem restoration relating to the European regulation published last summer. Finally, based on the habitats deemed priorities during workshop 1, heritage criteria were defined.

The fourth workshop was held on February 27 in Pageas. The partners met to identify actions that could be carried out by the Park to supporting 4 economic sectors of the territory (forestry, agriculture, tourism and quarrying) with a better consideration of biodiversity in their activities. The challenges related to climate change and its impact on these sectors were also central to the discussions.

Finally, the workshop on March 24th, in La Coquille, was devoted to issues of awareness, promotion and reappropriation of nature. It brought together 25 participants, including Park staff, elected officials, and technical partners. Initially, participants were invited to share their perceptions of the concepts of "awareness," "promotion," and "reappropriation." Discussions in small groups then allowed for collective reflection on several key questions, including the identification of public still little affected by the actions of the Park, or by actions lacking visibility.

This latest meeting also provided an opportunity to highlight the diversity of teaching tools Developed by the Park—traveling exhibitions, resin animal figurines, quizzes—these are just some of the tools used to raise awareness about biodiversity among diverse audiences. The Park also plans to conduct a survey of residents in order to better understand their relationship to living things, their perception of biodiversity, as well as their expectations and the levers likely to strengthen their involvement on these issues.

These workshops mark the completion of the consultation phase dedicated to defining the issues and objectives of the future biodiversity strategy. These elements will complement the knowledge assessment carried out in 2025 and will be compiled into a document scheduled for publication in the spring. A second phase of work will then begin to define the action plan for achieving the identified objectives.