The Council of Ministers gave the authority to appoint 90 million euros for the environmental restoration of areas degraded by mining, for which 89 rehabilitation actions will be undertaken Which contamination sources will be eliminated in these settlements, they will become naturalized and become carbon sinks.
The agreement includes distribution criteria and regional distribution of aid to recover areas degraded by mining in the past. According to MITECO, the actions will reduce the risk to nearby populations and wildlife. remove pollution sources and naturalize restored areas and turn them into natural carbon sinks.
Specifically, the plan gives priority to closed and dangerous mining facilities Actions that can realize 50% of the funds included in the inventory created by Royal Decree 975/2009 and awarded before June 2023.
The agreement, which was presented to the Sector Commission on 13 May without objection from any autonomous community, will now be submitted to the Environment Sector Conference to continue the fund transfer.
More allocations for Andalusia, Castilla y León and Cantabria
by autonomous communities, Andalusia will receive the most awards with 29.4 million euros, followed by Castilla y León with 17.1 million euros and Cantabria with 10.8 million euros.. The Region of Murcia was not included in the agreement due to the unique treatment given to the mining basins around the Mar Menor, with the 40 million receivable determined by Royal Decree 27/21.
The 90 million aid is added to the 698 million already transferred in 2021 under Component 4 of the PRTR allocated 1.642 million to ensure good conservation of ecosystems through ecological restoration and reverse biodiversity loss. to guarantee the sustainable use of natural resources and the protection and improvement of ecosystem services.
Special, Agreement commits to rehabilitate at least 50% of 20 mining sites before July 2023 and complete restoration of at least 30 former mining sites before July 2026, including soil decontamination, morphology recovery, and restoration and naturalization.
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