Natural Area of Ecological, Faunistic or Floristic Interest

Natural Area of special Ecological, Faunistic or Floristic Interest (ZNIEFF) which is the subject of a national scientific inventory under the authority of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle/National Natural History Museum (MNHN) on behalf of the Ministry for the Environment. Two types are well identified: type I: areas of outstanding biological interest, areas of type II covering the large natural areas up to date, the ZNIEFF inventory concerns: wetlands, streams, marshes, bogs, moors, for example.