this rural abandonment increase in migration to cities, neglect of crops, and natural disasters such as fires exacerbate the effects of global warming. In a deadly combination, depopulation and climate crisis feeding each other, According to experts. The latest Greenpeace report on the subject shows that rural municipalities contribute 34% less to climate change and up to twenty times more to preserve biodiversity than urban ones. Along these lines, they underline that only 16% of the population in Spain “looks” at 85% of a key area in an ecological emergency. The vast majority of unpopulated areas are often surrounded by huge areas of forest, the true carbon sink for emissions produced in megacities.
With 74% of Spain’s territory is exposed to drought and therefore at higher risk of desertificationThe Ministry of Ecological Transition and Demographic Struggle points out that one of the reasons for this soil erosion is the abandonment of rural areas and agricultural lands, as well as the lack of forest management that comes with this abandonment.
Many autonomous communities are beginning to face the dual challenges of depopulation and climate change comprehensively. This is the case of the Valencian company, which, in its draft Law on Measures Against Depopulation, recognizes the role played by the small and desolate interior regions in the struggle to prevent the mountains from turning into powder kegs in the summer. Fire is the first step towards irreversible erosion of plant bark.Especially with the arrival of heavy autumn rains, as the Mediterranean Center for Environmental Studies (CEAM) warns.
It is a disease shared in Spanish territory. The high recurrence rate of fires in Asturias, averaging 1,411 per year, was highlighted by the abandonment of villages., increase in temperatures and increase in biomass. With more than 10,000 properties absorbed by the forest, the risk of fire and spread is multiplied. Loss of agricultural activities often entails the extinction of native cultivars accustomed to the soil and associated wild species.
At the Parc Natural de la Serra d’Espadà in Castellón, the Connecta Natura collective has been working on saving fruit trees for years. such as almond or plum trees native to the region and therefore more likely to adapt to more extreme climatic conditions or water stress.
from Alicante to Lugo
Surveillance of the area through environmental groups or non-profit organizations is one of the formulas for restoring high ecological value lands or restoring ecosystems and returning lost biodiversity. Created by Enrique Montoliu Montoliu in 1996, Fundem extends its tentacles throughout the Valencian Community., from the Sierra de Bernia, Benimantell or La Vall de Gallinera in Alicante to the Mijares river valley or Penyagolosa in Castellón. But they are also starting to grow in other parts of the Spanish territory. He works in Ulloa (Lugo) and through the Quercus Sonora group to replace the exotic invading eucalyptus. (Eucalyptus L’Her) by species very important to forest fauna such as oak (Quercus robur), Chestnut (castania sativa), Birch (betula alba), nuts (Corylus avellana) or cherry trees (plum bird).
In the central highlands of La Rioja, Catalonia and Aragon, the Life Mid Macc project is exploring different landscape management measures. promoting adaptation to climate change. According to the study, the area’s lack of management and maintenance is one of the main reasons driving vulnerability to the effects of global warming.
Forest land multiplies
The loss of human existence automatically means restoring the ground lost by nature. What can be understood positively in principle is not so positive if these thousands of hectares gained by forest are not properly managed each year.. Spain’s forest area has grown at a rate of around 200,000 hectares per year over the past fifty years and now occupies about 60% of the total. so a danger uncontrolled increase in biomass triggers so-called sixth generation fire riskAs periodically alerted by the Spanish Network for Rural Development (REDR).
The European Commission launched an initiative last year to achieve a stronger, more connected, resilient and prosperous rural world before 2040. Covering 80% of the European Union’s surface and providing 37% of the population, these areas hold the key to achieving climate neutrality of essential services for the proper functioning and health of ecosystems. It is therefore noted these regions should play an important role in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal, it seeks greater environmental resilience and less exposure to increasingly extreme events.
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Environment department contact address:crisclimatica@prensaiberica.es
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