In 2023, the Principality of Asturias has invested almost half a million euros in improvement actions in the Ponga Natural Park and Biosphere Reserve through RENA. what it has meant important improvements for this protected space.
The Government of Asturias invested 480,000 euros in different improvement actions in the Ponga Natural Park and Biosphere Reserve in 2023, executed through the Asturias Natural Network (RENA), which have allowed roads and paths to be maintained, recover natural and ethnographic heritageadapt infrastructure and condition access to localities.
Improvements in the Ponga Natural Park and Biosphere Reserve
The general director of Territorial Custody and Interior, David Villar, has recently chaired the meeting of the board of the natural park and the social participation forum of the biosphere reserve, meetings that the general director of Administration has also attended Local, Olmo Ron, and in those investments have been analyzed.
Part of the initiatives developed, for an amount of 300,000 euros, allowed for carrying out maintenance of paths, roads and route markingsas well as offering better service to the people who visited this space.
Another 120,000 euros were allocated to the recovery of natural and ethnographic heritage, as well as the adaptation of infrastructure for tourist use such as parking, viewpoints and paths. These funds are part of the first call for extraordinary aid for biosphere reserves, which aims to enhance the territory and improve the conditions of those who live in these areas of special protection. The total volume of these resources, financed with funds Next GenerationEUexceeded 2.4 million for the seven community biosphere.
Furthermore, within the framework of another item of 800,000 euros of European funds for improve access to the seven biosphere reserves of AsturiasIn Ponga, 60,000 were invested to renew access to the town of Víboli, which houses the largest set of Beyusco granaries in Asturias. The works made it possible to adapt the pavement, create safety sidings and build a rest area with parking.
On the other hand, the meeting reported on the impact of direct aid from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that more than a hundred livestock farms receive for carrying out their activity in the natural park. These subsidies grew in 2023 to 1.5 million, mainly due to the lines of support for areas with natural limitations and the directly linked to Red Natura 2000.
Some actions carried out through the RENA have consisted of the maintenance of roads and paths, the recovery of heritage or the improvement of access to Víbolithe town that houses the largest set of Beyusco granaries in Asturias. in the aforementioned protected area of Ponga.