The seas for the Sensitization about the ecological value of protected marine spaces, their benefits and the opportunities it offers. This is the purpose of a new campaign that last Friday the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (Miteco) And with which he will travel through 10 zones integrated into the Natura 2000 network.
A journey of conscience and sustainable distribution will end on June 6 It is part of the European project Life A-Mar, knowing and loving the marine spaces of the Natura 2000 network to protect them.
This campaign will not only take place in Spain and Italy these weeks at the same time, but all collected data will also be shared with other countries that give the Mediterranean, such as Malta, Albania, France and Greece.
Biodiversity Foundation starts an informative campaign to appreciate marine spaces
In coordination with the General Directorate Biodiversity, Forests and Desert Forming and the autonomous communities involved, Biodiversity Foundation has launched an informative navigation campaign that will travel in the Mediterranean until 6 June 10 Marine Spaces of the Natura 2000 network. Ecological value, the benefits and opportunities offered by protected marine spaces, and in which citizens are involved in their responsible and sustainable use.
The campaign, which started a few days ago and the costas From the Murcia region, the Valencian community, Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Andalusia, it is part of the European project Life A-Mar, to know the marine spaces of the Natura 2000 network and to love them to protect them, from which the Biodiversity Foundation is a member. This project is coordinated by the Italian Federation of Nature Parks and Reserves (Federparci) and has been developed in parallel in Italy and Spain. Moreover, the results will be transferred to other countries of the Mediterranean Sea area such as Malta, Albania, France and Greece.
The seven protected marine spaces of the Natura 2000 network in which they will be performed activities They are Calblanque, Monte de Lasizas and Peña del Águila, in the Murcia region; Montgó cap from Sant Antoni, in the Valencian community; SES SALINES D´EIVISSA I FORTERA and SA Dragonera, on the Balearian Islands; Parc Natural del Montgrí, Les Medes I the Baix ter and Delta de l’Ebre, in Catalonia; As well as Cabo de Gata-Níjar, in Andalusia.
Moreover, the sailing boat trip will also pass through many other areas They will make images and make fauna observationsSuch as the spaces of the Balearic Islands Canal de Ibiza, Badies de Pollença I Alcúdia (Mallorca) and Costa Sud Menorca – Costa Nord de Ciutadella (Menorca) as well as the Canal de Menorca.
Stops in protected marine ports: activities
The nautical intersection started in the port of Cabo de Palos (Murcia) and will end in the port of San José, in Cabo de Gata (Almería). It will be held in a sailing catamaran that makes eight stops in ports in protected spaces or very close to them. These activities are carried out in coordination with Autonomous communities and with the general directorate biodiversity, forests and desert formation of mitecus, Competent in the management of each of these spaces.
They are offered on every scale Guided visits To publish the natural values of the marine spaces of the Natura 2000 network. Participants receive informative material about the visited natural space and the Natura 2000 network. In addition, training and participatory sessions will be performed with social -economic agents and the locals.
Natura 2000 Red and the protection of marine spaces in the Mediterranean Sea
The Natura 2000 network is the network of protected spaces of the European Union. The aim is to ensure the long -term preservation of priority species and habitats for Europe, and to contribute to stopping the loss of biodiversity, while an economic development is guaranteed that respects for this Important natural values.
The Spanish Mediterranean Sea consists of 128 maritime or maritime terrestrial spaces that are more than 4 million hectares. In total, these spaces cover 16% of the Spanish waters in this marine region, in which they are riffPraderas of Posidonia, sea turtles and cetaceans, including habitats and marine fauna.
One of the details of this protection figure is that specific protection and management measures are determined in these spaces, so that the human activities that are carried out are compatible with the preservation of a favorable condition of the natural heritage. The protection of these maritime spaces also generates several services that contribute to PUT -Being, including the Climate regulation, oxygen release, food, knowledge generation and maintenance of biodiversity, among other things.
The LIFE A-Mar project is coordinated by the Italian Federation of Nature Parks and Reserves (Federparci-Europe Italy) and its Triton Research Partners, the Biodiversity Foundation of Miteco and Lipu. The CO finances are the Asinara National Park, the National Park of the Toscano Archipel and the Cinque Terre National Park. It has the financial contribution of the European Union’s life program.
Within the framework of this European project, they will also be developed, Until September, 15 workshops for civil sciences, as well as new training activities. The versions in Spain of the Life A-Mar project are promoted by the Biodiversity Foundation.