There was a time when Spain set the goal to eradicate Wetlands. It was established with health such as alibi (attributed to wet areas diseases such as malaria) As a rule to pursue, dry, dry thousands and thousands of hectares of wetlands.
In the course of time, the experience, knowledge and sword of Damocles del Climate change about these essential ecosystemsThey changed the mentality and began to protect themselves, their role as ecosystems and its importance for nature, biodiversity and for us.
Nowadays all Spain knows its value and knows that both Doñana, because the daimiel, Mar Menor or the Delta del Llobregat tables are systems that are systems that are systems They are seriously danger and that must be protected. This was the main theme of the day that was recently performed.
Wetlands need urgent protection
The over -exploitation of their aquifers and the pollution of their waters has not only a negative influence on the Spanish Wetlands, but also “to disappear part of them in danger,” they have warned Half a hundred experts in geology, water and ecosystems from all over Spain.
These specialists, Collected in a day on hydrgeological research as a basis for improving wetland management Organized by the Center for Hydrogeology and the Royal Academy of Sciences of Spain, they warn about the situation of some of these ecosystems and the impact that “do not take urgent measures that would delay their deterioration” on the environment, as reported in a statement.
He Director of the Center for Hydrogeology of the University of Malaga and coordinator of the meeting, Bartolomé Andreohas insisted on the need to reverse the deterioration of these ecosystems, which “are part of the cultural and social -economic heritage of a region”, so “the sustainable use of water is important, always with users’ involvement.”
And An example of this, he indicates, are the Wetlands of Doñana, without which “dew would not be the same” Because even if the pilgrimage route “variations in the landscape would take place.” Water extraction and discharged consequence of human activities – such as farms or urban design – have “changed some wetlands in authentic sewers” as Andreo.
According to experts, to Nowadays, only 10 % of these peninsula spaces such as Doñana have been well studiedRuitera or Gallocanta, while many others “ignore how they originated, the charging area and the way they feed.” That is why the participants ask in the day “Intensify their studies at a time when climate change can endanger its existence.” EFE / ECOTICIA.COM