National Forestry Council and the State Council of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity: Preservation of numeria and participatory policy: it is the body of public participation in the field of preservation and sustainable use of natural heritage and biodiversity, which will inform the standards and state plans of state level that is related to the levels of state Natural heritage and biodiversity.
He Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (Miteco) celebrated this Thursday, for the first time together, the meeting of the National Forestry Council and the State Council of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity.
This call represents a milestone in the environmental management of our country and confirms the The use of Spain for the preservation of the natural environment and the promotion of integrated and participatory policy.
The meeting, chaired by the vice president of the government and minister of the Ecological transition and demographic challengeSara Aagesen, took place in the Auditorium of the Ministry of Energy, within the framework of the Open Administration Week.
The meeting was attended by representatives of all administrations, professional organizations, trade union, agricultural producers, private owners, industries, scientific organizations and non -governmental organizations. The agenda includes both issues of common interest and specific issues of each of the advice.
An investment that has never been seen for biodiversity and forests
“In recent years, an unprecedented investment for the preservation and repair of ecosystems has been made. Thanks to the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience (PRTR) plan, an investment of 1,642 million euros within component 4 has been mobilized.
These economic resources have been invested both by the general government administration and the autonomous communities, which have 850 million, ”said the vice -president during her speech.
One of the most important trade lines is striking:
- 551.6 million for preserving biodiversity, both country and navy
- 551.5 million for ecological restoration and urban respect
- 401.1 million intended for sustainable forest management
- 137.8 million in digitization and improvement of the knowledge of the natural heritage
These figures are added to the increase in the regular budget of the general directorate of biodiversity, forests and desert formation, which expired from 200 million in 2021 to more than 330 in 2024, which represents an increase of 65%.
Digiitalization and participation
One of the prominent milestones is the implementation of the Integrated Biodiversity Information System (SIIB)A highly automated pioneer tool, for the improvement and management of knowledge about the natural heritage that unites, standardizes and modernizing the collection, organization and distribution of data on the natural heritage of Spain. The system, already accessible in its beta version via the portalAlso encourages citizen participation.
Likewise the National Nature Restoration Planrequired by the new European recovery regulationsWith a participatory approach that, in addition to the coordination of the three administration levels, more than includes 120 NGO representatives, agricultural, business and academic sector.
Regulations and planning
During the meeting of Thursday, he informed about the progress of important instruments such as the plan for the implementation of the national strategy to combat desert formation (2025-2027) or the Spanish forest strategy and the Spanish forest plan 2022-2032, which is considering the establishment of three new working groups: on Bosbiomassa.
The international deployment of Spain
He Miteco He has re -confirmed his international leadership with important contributions to the bottom of the global biodiversity framework and the recovery of mangroves, in addition to the Ratification of the Marine Biological Diversity Convention in areas outside the national jurisdiction (Convention of the high seas or BBNJ).
Spain continues to work actively within the framework of European regulations for the marketing of free deforestation products (EUD), and promotes its harmonized application throughout the EU.