The Adapto project is conducting territorial planning actions relative to the approval of the Multi-Risk Prevention Plan (PPR). The planning activities also include the Local Urbanism Plan (PLU) revision as part of a relocation project of a bicycle path.  

Finally, this action is deployed in the context of a local strategy for integrated management of the shoreline at the hydro-sedimentary sub-cell level. It is carried out by three Public Establishments of Intercommunal Cooperation (EPCI): Intermunicipalities of the Nacre coast; Urban Community of Caen la Mer and intermunicipalities of Normandie Cabourg Pays d’Auge.

The knowledge available on this site shows that maintaining these polders in their current condition is not the only way to approach the future of this land. The recovery of salt marsh vegetation in the Terrains François area encompasses several economic, biodiversity and landscape interests. The Orne, heavily channelled, lacks flood expansion space, thus bringing up the possibility of decompartmentalizing the adjacent polders and marshes to adapt to climate change.

The project foresees the creation of a gutter in a first rank dike. This environmental compensation for the extension of the port of Ouistreham should help restore estuarine habitats by depoldering, thus controlling the volume of incoming water while maintaining the continuity of the coastal path on the Terrains François land (Sallenelles). 

As part of the Adapto project, the Conservatoire du Littoral is deploying a series of educational actions:

• Development and deployment of an educational programme for primary and secondary school classes 
• Raising awareness and developing tools for the department’s rangers
• Creation of an exhibition on the evolution of the Orne Estuary by 2100

The project is also committed to organising events to report and communicate the results of the project to practitioners, elected officials and the general public at the local and regional levels. Consultative workshops are regularly held among the population. 

It also participates in national actions to capitalise on and put into perspective the other Adapto sites’ experiences. 

The Conservatoire du Littoral is carrying out on-site research actions such as historical and prospective analysis of the evolution of the landscapes; hydraulic studies on the saltwater ridge; mapping of the natural habitats and their prospective evolution; economic assessment of the different coastal management scenarios; updated analysis of the social perception of the users; as well as developing decision-making tools (economic and multi-criteria analyses) around possible long-term evolution scenarios.

It is also working on the implementation of an ecological quality indicator. This research project, carried out in partnership with the National Museum of Natural History as part of the Adapto project, aims to develop an ecological quality indicator tailored for natural coastal environments. This indicator should allow the qualification of the impact of reconnection projects on the ecological quality of natural coastal areas and the monitoring of their evolution. It is pivotal for the Conservatoire du Littoral and its managers that intend to improve the environmental quality of the coast. It also entails the provision of answers to the concerns expressed by various environmental stakeholders about the potential negative impacts of marine reconnection on species relying on these ‘soft’ environments.