global biodiversity continues to decline due to human activity up to a thousand times faster than it would be the natural rate. In addition, most ecosystem services are severely damaged.
global biodiversity continues to deteriorate at an accelerated rate because of humans. Already more than a third of Todal animal species threatened with extinction and it is estimated that 60 percent of the world's ecosystem services (such as pollination bees, for example) have deteriorated in the last 50 years. This was explained by the deputy head of the Directorate General Environment European Commission, Claudia Olazabal, during the presentation in Spain of the European campaign 'Biodiversity. We are all part ' to avoid this situation, raise awareness of the need to halt biodiversity loss in the EU, and also coinciding with the UN designation of 2010 as the ' Year of Biodiversity ' . In this line, Olazabal said that the main problems facing biodiversity are the lack of information society, the lacunae in the field, the failure of existing legislation, among other things. Thus, stressed that human activity causes loss by the change in land use, over-exploitation, unsustainable practices, pollution and invasive species, which cause the destruction of habitats and species, fragmentation and degradation and climate change.
The EU Eurobarometer published last week reflected that of the 27,000 English respondents, 30 percent have never heard about what biodiversity is, 69 percent did not feel sufficiently informed on the subject, 87 percent after know know it's a problem serious or very serious, and 24 percent are concerned after meeting.
"25 percent of Spain is protected and 84 percent of the population has never heard of the Natura 2000 network, an aspect which is putting much emphasis and investment" he said Olazabal, while explained that the European environment ministers discussed a new biodiversity target in mid-March and agreed to stem the loss and degradation of ecosystem services and their recovery as far as possible by 2020.
also made an outlook for 2050, when the biodiversity should be protected, valued and properly restored, and argued that the objectives of biodiversity is integrated more clearly into several policies and strategies of the EU. EU leaders endorsed the conclusions of the Council on 26 March. EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN
This campaign, for which the EC has invested about five million, has two phases. First, the web has www.weareallinthistogether.eu , film, public relations, street art and advertising in print media, with the idea of \u200b\u200brebuilding "crime scene" for species disappearing.
The second phase, starting in mid-May, will show people what they can do, how they can contribute to stop the loss of biodiversity, and especially involve social networking sites such as Facebook, where you create multiple platforms become a 'friend' of animals that are endangered, as in the case of the European red squirrel.
Specifically, it will run until the end of 2010 with a special interest in countries where the action is considered particularly useful (Spain, Holland, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and Italy). In Spain, explained la subdirectora general de Biodiversidad del Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino (MARM), Marta García Pérez, la campaña nacional ha costado unos tres millones de euros, se presentó a comienzos de año, y de momento ha contado con varios spots publicitarios así como faldones en medios impresos, a la espera de ser aprobada una segunda fase del proyecto.
LA BIODIVERSIDAD EN ESPAÑA
Según datos facilitados por la Comisión Europea, España tiene una "muy rica y variada diversidad biológica" con un alto porcentaje de especies que no existen en ningún otro lugar del mundo (endémicas), aunque existen fuertes amenazas, como la creciente urbanización and transport infrastructure, the intensification of irrigated agriculture and the increasing use of water scarcity.
Spain has almost 600 Protection Areas for birds (SPA, for its acronym in English) and 1,448 Sites of Comunitacria (SCI, by its initials in English), covering about a quarter of the territory. The country is home to the world amenzazado feline, the Iberian lynx, as well as significant populations of bears and wolves.
typical habitats in Spain include, among others, the pastures, a vast wooded grasslands, rich in wildlife and economically productive, covering approximately 50 - 60,000 square kilometers of the Iberian Peninsula, north of Andalusia and Extremadura, and the steppe plains and large tracks of Mediterranean forests.
Finally, conservation coordinator Seo / BirdLife, Juan Carlos Atienza warned of concern in the matter to see that we are losing biodiversity. In this regard, said that it is part of the natural heritage of each and every time you lose an element of the whole society is impoverished.
fact, indicated that 25 percent of birds in Spain are threatened with extinction, 20 percent of common birds such as sparrows, are near the threat of extinction, and 75 percent of the areas for the protection of birds are in poor condition.
(*) Source of news: IRIN
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