Biodiversity Week in Santander

He Santander City Council, via the Department of Environment and SEO/Birdlife organize the Biodiversity Week in Santander, an initiative that will take place from 19 to 25 May Within the Santander Natural Capital Project coincides with World Day of the Biodiversity That is commemorated on the 22nd.

“The The nature of the city will be the protagonist of several initiatives such as artistic workshops, botany, theater, forest baths, fauna and flora observation, or a Yincana family“, Margarita Rojo has been advanced, a councilor for the environment.

“The Programming activities is centralized every day in a park to reach the population as a whole, with a varied range of activities ”, Blanca Serrano explains, coordinator of the event and member of the NGO.

Santander with biodiversity

He May 22 is World Biodiversity Day, an Ephemeris designated by the UN, which will mark the start of the activities of the Biodiversity Week in Santander, Organized by the ecologist NGO and the urban department of the environment in the context of the Santander Capital Natural Project.

‘The nature of The city will be the protagonist of several initiatives such as artistic workshops, botany, theater, forest baths, fauna and flora observation, or a Yincana familyR ” – Response Marga Rojo, councilor for the environment.

“Programming The activities are centralized every day in one park to reach the population as a whole, with a varied range of activities“Explains Blanca Serrano, from SEO/Birdlife and event coordinator. For example, the Park of La Vaca will organize an artistic workshop on Friday of Lourdes Berzas- van Loubé and a night safari accompanied by the NGO.

On Saturday the Las Llamas Park will have several Activities offered by Personnel for the organization, such as ringing and observation of birds and observation of orchids. As well as a hotel workshop for insects, in the Mercedes Cacicedo Civic Center, and a cosmetics workshop with wild plants, offered by the Silvestre Yesca.

The activities of the Sunday will focus on Matalñas, with a forest lobby activityTo Cago de Shinrin Yoku Santander, and an activity of Observation of Butterflies at 12.00 in the area of ​​Cabo Mayor, led by the environmental organization.

These activities will be free for the public, earlier registration on the website. Registration will be opened on Thursday 8 May at 9 o’clock in the morning for activities on Friday 23 and Saturday 24, while registration until Sunday 25 will be opened on Friday 9 in the morning.

Yincana in Las Llamas Park

In addition, in a self -managed way, from Monday 19 May to Sunday 25, people who wish to participate in the Yincana can be organized as a reason for the week of the week of the week Biodiversity Through the Lamas Park. For Participate, you only have to have a telephone with internet access and enter the form that you will find available in various posters that have been distributed by the park or on the internet.

Other activities in Santander

Thursday, May 22, Biodiversity Day was chosen to publish the winning snapshots of the I Santander Nature Photography Contest, in which 46 people participated. The jury’s decision will be announced in an award ceremony at 7 p.m. In the Tabacalera Civic Center, which is invited to participate in the citizens of Santander.

On the other side and During the week, the hall of the Faculty of Sciences of the UC will organize the “Connecting with nature” exhibition, organizing, Made in the framework of Santander Natural Capital, which has already covered several places in Santander.

And finally, On Friday 25 in the morning the theater will arrive at Cisneros College from the hand to tell stories and his work “Los Colores”, aimed at school children of children and the first cycle of primary school.

Santander Capital Natural

The Week of the Biodiversity It is celebrated in the context of Santander Natural Capital is a project led by the city of Santander, who has the main goal as the main objective Strengthening the role of the network of urban green areas in the preservation of biodiversity on a local scaleImproving environmental services that help improve the quality of life of Santander’s citizenship. To do this with strategic planning, citizen participation and the involvement of Santander Society.

Santander Natural Capital has the support of The Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (Miteco) Within the framework of the Plan for Recovery, Transformation and Resilience (PRTR), funded by the European Union – NextNernationu