Spain becomes the second country in the world with more biosphere reserves.
Spain has 45 areas declared Biosphere Reserve by behind the U.S.A., which has 47 zones.
This has been possible thanks to the 3 new areas, declared Biosphere Reserve, in the heart of the United Nations Organization for Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
This is La Granja and El Espinar, in the Sierra de Guadarrama, (Segovia), the Mariñas Coruñesas and Terras do Mandaean, in Galicia, and the Ebro in Catalonia, which make up the global list of the International Council decision Coordination of the Programme on Man and the Biosphere (MAB).
These three new zones Spain ahead of Russia in the world rankings,
The Granja and El Espinar, which its promoters have begun to call before this declaration in Paris as Biosphere Reserve Sierra de Guadarrama, covers 35,414 hectares, is home to a population of about 14,000 people and is located in the province of Segovia, 50 kilometers north of Madrid.
La Granja, Segovia, Center-North of Spain.
El Espinar, Segovia, Center-North of Spain.
She belongs Valsaín mountain, which is one of the large wooded areas of the country, and that "of considerable value to both ecological, economic, aesthetic and social", said Unesco.
The Paris-based organization stressed that the glass industry, tourism and small-scale farming are economic activities that hosts the site and are installed in the reserve several research centers, which are principally engaged in forestry research.
For booking Galician (Las Mariñas Coruñesas e Terras do Mandeo), the new biosphere reserve covers about 116,000 hectares, has a population of about 190,000 inhabitants and includes the basins of two great rivers, the Mandaean and the Mero, with coastal and mountain ecosystems that give home to a rich biodiversity.
Mariñas Coruñesas.La Coruña, Galice, Northwest of Spain.
Terras do Mandeo, Galice, Northwest of Spain.
It also focuses a great cultural diversity linked to the use of natural resources, which
has made it possible, according to UNESCO, "the maintenance of communities and
conservation of indigenous breeds of cattle."
On the Land of the Ebro, the organization noted that this reserve located in Catalonia,
of 367.729 hectares, has a population of 190,000 inhabitants and covers the delta Ebro
Basin, the largest river in Spain.
Land of The Ebro, Northeast of Spain.
The area has "numerous interior and coastal ecosystems," said the organization.
"Most of the site is dedicated to livestock. Were also developed in him alternative energy (wind, solar or hydro), taking care to respect the environment and the landscape," said Unesco on the Land of the Ebro .
Deputy General Director of the National Parks Autonomous Agency, Montserrat Fernández Sanmiguel, who has attended the event in Paris, which approved the new reserves, said Efe her satisfaction and highlighted the "excitement" with which she has followed the act and that "incorporates 65 new municipalities" with this statement.
The Spanish of the biosphere reserves include such prominent places as Ordesa-Viñamala, the islands of Lanzarote, Menorca and El Hierro, the Sierras de Cazorla and Segura, Monfragüe Park, Picos de Europa, Sierra Nevada and the Upper Basin of the Manzanares , not forgetting Urdaibai Doñana.
Biosphere reserves are places, in consultation with local populations, are experienced innovative practices to reconcile human activity and conservation of the environment, according to UNESCO.
Activities in these areas are concentrated in particular ecosystems: mountains, tropical forest, urban systems, wetlands, islands and coastal and marine areas.
Launched in the early 70s, the program on Man and the Biosphere promotes interdisciplinary research, encourages capacity building and its main objectives to reduce the loss of biodiversity and treat their ecological, social and economic, as Unesco .
Nominations submitted this year, in addition to Spain, China, Ecuador, France, India, Italy, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Republic of Korea and Uruguay.
The World Red Man and the Biosphere has 610 sites spread over 117 countries.
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