Regular contact with growers is crucial to the success of the project.

As they dig their own bathing areas, the water buffalo create habitats for wetland wildlife and plants.

Planting of mixed heritage fruit tree varieties.

Extensive grassland in the buffer zones around the low-lying marshland of the Rigoles de Vionnaz nature reserve.

Floral fallow land.

Edge of cropland.

Bushes are vital structures for numerous birds.

Dug-out ponds in extensive areas of grassland along the edges of the Rigoles de Vionnaz peat bog nature reserve.

Information for the public is an important element of this project.

View of the lower Swiss Rhone valley as far as Lake Geneva, with the villages of Vionnaz and Vouvry.