RESTORATION IN SPAIN

State of the Art

Source: http://earthtrends.wri.org/searchable_db/variablenotes_static.cfm?varid=700&theme=9

17 Autonomous Governments +

1 National Government

• Climate Change • Natural Heritage • Rural Development • Water • Biodiversity

DESERTIFICATION FOREST RESTORATION

At the national scale – Ministry of Agriculture and Environment

Plan on Hydrologic and Forest Restoration, Erosion control and fight against Desertification

Identification of priority areas for restoration

18.4 Mha

(five levels)

Determination of specific actions

3.5 Mha

Reforestations, conversion of agricultural areas to forest lands, silviculture, reinforcement of grasslands and shrublands, restoration of river courses

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JEC

TIV

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Priority 1 : 2,0 Mha (11 %) Priority 2 : 3,4 Mha (19 %) Priority 3 : 6,5 Mha (35 %) Priority 4 : 5,5 Mha (30 %) Priority 5 : 1,0 Mha ( 5 %)

Specific issues

1. Prevention and restoration of areas affected by forest fires

2. Restoration of agricultural land

3. Mitigation of desertification

4. Restoration of ecological connectivity of land (Natura 2000 network)

5. Restoration of areas with invasive species

6. Restoration of landfill sites located in grasslands and meadows

7. Restoration of roadsides

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1. Prevention and restoration of areas affected by forest fires

137.500 ha

2. Restoration of Agricultural land Sustainable land management.

Types of soil management. Source: Ministry of Agriculture, data 2012

23%

66%

Vineyards mouldboardplowminimum tillage

spontaneousveg. Coversown cover

inert cover

no maintenance

12%

42%

Olive groves

Second tool: Spanish National Action Plan against Desertification (NAPD)

ARIDITY DESERTIFICATION RISK

3.- Mitigation of desertification

There are ca 37.5 Mha of drylands (arid, semiarid and dry-subhumid) in

Spain showing desertification risk, more than 18 Mha with a medium to very

high desertification risk

Promotion of protective plant covers as well as the research in restoration

techniques in drylands

Encourages the use of organic amendments to soils and traditional systems

of soil and water conservation in croplands and grasslands

LUCDEME project (Fight against Desertification in the Mediterranean)

LUCDEME Objectives: - Analysis of desertification drivers - Restoration techniques - Training Main outputs: - Soil maps (1:100.000) - Network of stations for the monitoring of erosion and desertification

Third tool: Spanish Strategy for Vegetal Conservation 2014 -2020 (approved 9 June 2014)

Foster all inititatives aimed at conservation, sustainable use and

restoration of vegetal diversity in Spain

Ecological corridors –NATURA 2000 Network

Ecological Restoration (interactions and processes): to generate self-

maintaining systems (primers of SERI)

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