On the small island of Padda outside Nordstrand, in the middle of bathers and rocky cliffs, there are over a hundred unique and endangered species. These grow in what is known as open shallow calcareous soil in the boreonemoral zone. More simply explained, a limestone-rich area, right inside the rocks where we swim in the summer. Space is tight on the chalk-rich soil. Photo: Live Marie Hagen Wold / news – Here you have a unique combination of lime, heat and light, which provides good growth opportunities for endangered species, says Karsten Butenschøn from the State Administrator. But this habitat, i.e. the home of these species, is highly threatened. Now the Norwegian Environment Agency has drawn up a plan to save it. Grow again The calcareous soil is only found in a narrow strip along the coast in southern Norway. Among other things at Padda. Butenschøn points towards the ground, which is covered in iridescent green plants. Gravbergknapp lies like a blanket over the rock. Photo: Live Marie Hagen Wold / news – This is gravestone, a garden plant that should not be here. It pushes out the other species, he explains. The biggest threat is overgrowth and degradation. Where someone builds a terrace for the cottage in the beach zone, the home of the endangered species becomes smaller and smaller. – The calcareous soil has been halved from 2011 to 2018. It is problematic, he says. Will fight the alien species On the other side of the small island, a large green tarpaulin is spread out on the ground. It may actually look like rubbish, which someone has forgotten to take with them. Ida Glemminge, senior advisor in the Norwegian Nature Conservancy, promises that the plastic has a function. Ida Glemminge explains that they are well underway with the rescue operation. Photo: Live Marie Hagen Wold / news – This is one of the most important things we do. Before we put the tarpaulin here, we removed all the unwanted species, she says. The plastic will remain there for several years, until the alien species die. The aim is for the endangered species to take back their place. The Norwegian Environment Agency has also come up with revised action plans for three other habitat types: hayfield, hayfield and coastal heath. It may look like rubbish at first glance, but the plastic has a function. Photo: Live Marie Hagen Wold / news – Now it is important that the municipalities, the state administrator and other administrative authorities sit in on the action plans and follow up on the measures, says Ellen Hambro, director of the Norwegian Environment Agency.
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The Norwegian Environment Agency will save endangered nature around the Oslofjord with an action plan – news Oslo og Viken – Local news, TV and radio
