File:The Camargue in southern France (Copernicus).jpg

English: This image, acquired on 1 February by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites, shows Camargue, a wetland area in southern France. The Camargue covers more than 85,000 hectares with a multitude of marshes and salt lakes and is home to a broad variety of fauna in a wild and unspoilt landscape. In particular, it is home to Europe's largest colony of pink flamingos, as well as many other priority species listed in EU nature directives due to concerns regarding their population status and sensitivity to habitat alteration. It is also a Ramsar and Natura 2000 site. Climate change is seriously threatening Camargue. As a consequence of global warming and rising sea levels, reductions in the extent of beaches and the number of resident birds, as well as changes in the concentration of salt in the salt marshes, are already visible. The data provided by the Copernicus Sentinel satellites and Services make it possible to extract vital information on the state of implementation of European policies, including those relating to the monitoring of water quality and the protection of critical biodiversity sites.