Loose Wetlands are areas where water is the most important factor for environmental controller And of plant and animal life (biodiversity) that is connected to it. Wetlands thrive only in places where the earth is covered with water or where the water table is at the earth’s level or the neighborhood.
Given that Wetlands are areas that remain in flood conditions or have their saturated soil With water for considerable time periods there is a specific biodiversity that is attached to it, the existence of which depends on the health of these habitats.
Biodiversity in Galicia
The Xunta de Galicia emphasizes the role of existing wet areas in the community To maintain biodiversity and the environment And strives to improve its value as a natural climate reserve available for neighbors and visitors. This was emphasized this morning as Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Ángeles Vázquez, during a visit to the Cachamuíña reservoir, in the City Council of O Pereiro de AgiaR, coinciding with World Wetlands Day.
To emphasize that in 2025 the motto with the Sememora was this event at an international level to protect the Wetlands for our common future, the autonomous responsible person emphasized the need to work on all, public administrations, entities and society in general, a conscience collective about the importance of this kind Natural spaces to preserve biodiversitythe environment and the planet.
Along the same lines, he explained that places like what he visited today are the natural habitat for many species that depend on these agents to survive, such as amphibians, Species that are especially sensitive to climate changeOr water birds that develop their life cycle in these types of spaces.
Galicia currently has 646 wet areas, which are a total of 45,141 hectares. This especially stand out The six spaces included in the Ramsar listAn international record that integrates the most important wet areas in the world because of the ecological importance and for the preservation of biodiversity.
They are specifically the Ribadeo -Eestuary; de Rías de Origueira and Ladrido; Laguna and Arenal de Valdoviño; the corrubedo complex; The intention of Umia-O Grove; and the maritime terrestrial national park of the Atlantic Islands, six spaces that make Galicia the fourth Spanish community With more Wetlands included in this list.
Finally, the minister has influenced the essential role that these ecosystems play for the maintenance of life in general, which underlines the importance of maintaining water stocks and avoiding their decline for threats such as climate change, so there is the international convention that the recovery of Wet terrestrial areas must be a priority to guarantee a sustainable future.