Spain wants to protect 25% of the marine space

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He preliminary scheme proposed by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) includes 18 new marine spaces that have extensive scientific endorsement for their possible inclusion in the Natura 2000 Network. Spain is thus moving towards the objective of improving the conservation of the marine environment and reaching 30% of protected and well-managed marine surface in 2030. Mytec The vice president and minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, has announced that Spain will protect 25% of the marine surface by 2025. She did so during the World Oceans Day celebration event, in the Royal Garden Botanical Garden of Madrid, which has had the participation of a large panel of experts in marine conservation at a national and international level.

The preliminary proposal proposed by MITECO, which is Albania Email List based on a broad scientific consensus, identifies spaces of high ecological value that can be protected to comply with the Government's objectives in terms of marine conservation. Currently, the protected marine surface in our country amounts to just over 12% of the waters under national jurisdiction, although Spain aims to improve the conservation of the marine environment and reach 30% of protected marine surface in 2030. This initiative will allow progress towards this milestone, aligned with the 2020 Climate and Environmental Emergency Declaration and the European Union Biodiversity Strategy for 2030.



Spain wants to be at the forefront of countries that promote the protection of the ocean and the conservation of marine ecosystems as a basis for sustainable development, health and social well-being,” the vice president stressed in her speech. NEW PROTECTED MARINE SPACES This scientific approach to adapt the Natura 2000 Network in Spain has been developed within the framework of the LIFE INTEMARES project, coordinated by the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO).