The objective of the Park’s policy on hunt management is to make its rich and varied wild fauna lastingly compatible with profitable human activity, especially agriculture and forestry.
Fauna is common property that belongs to no-one, not the State, nor the landowners, nor the hunters, nor the naturalists. The National Park’s mission, with hunters as its main partners, is to manage the fauna for the common good.
That is why the annual drawing up of measures, terms and conditions, and hunting plans is subject to very broad consultation. 300 to 500 people – farmers, foresters, conservationists, Park users, elected representatives, etc. – may be called upon to express their views on these issues. The final decisions are fixed by one or several decrees of the Ministry responsible for national Parks.
Hunting in the Cévennes National Park – as everywhere else in France and well beyond – is an integral part of a policy to protect both the environment and those activities that contribute to its richness.