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Ecologists in Action shows its strong rejection of the intentions of the City of uncataloged Abarán of over 600 hectares of public woodland in the Sierra de la Pila.
The Autonomous Community finally dealt a proposal in which 373 hectares are uncataloged.
The local government had also requested a reduction in the scope of the Regional Park and the discontinuation of all public mountain not being part of the protected area, but these other two requests have been denied by the Environmental Authority.
Ecologists in Action wants to publicize its concerns at the insistence of the City of uncataloged Abarán in a wide area of Public Utility Monte No. 40, in the Sierra de la Pila.
In 2006, the environmental organization got cancel the discontinuation of almost 400 hectares of this surface, which were leased for harvesting and cultivation.
Now the Consistory Abaranero try again with a new proposal descatalogación, as stated in the letter to the General Directorate of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity of the Autonomous Community, with the resolution adopted by the Local Government Board on 12 February 2009, on the request, the discontinuation of an area of 388.1134 hectares of existing land lease, it was annulled in 2006.
But this time, also calls for the change in the scope of the Regional Park of the Sierra de la Pila, cutting it to 18.9485 hectares (nearly 190,000 m2) and what is worse, requested the discontinuation of all areas of Mount Public Sierra de la Pila found outside the Regional Park boundary.
The sum of these three descatalogación requests far exceeds 600 hectares.
According to the spokesman for Ecologists in Action Abarán Hector Quijada, "the latest request is the most ridiculous and unjustifiable, and reveals the intentions of the current municipal government are aimed at complete elimination of these surface mount, after possible sale and reclamation, which would be a new full-scale confiscation.
These mountains, even with large areas of scrub, play an important role in soil protection and the hydrological cycle, preventing erosion, maintaining biodiversity and therefore wildlife protected area, to be excellent natural corridors as well as being key elements of the landscape of this northern part of town. "
He adds that "it is precisely because they are in an environment with activities become very aggressive towards the natural environment as conventional agriculture is intensive land reclamation and reservoirs, so it makes more sense to keep these forest areas are managed within the catalog Public Utility, which gives them some protection. "
For Ecologists in Action, the good news is that according to the report of the Director General of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity, Pablo Fernandez, Regional Administration will not grant the last two requests, ie, no reduction will be the perimeter of the Regional Park, nor descatalogación of public forest areas outside the protected space that are not leased.
The government itself acknowledges that there are "eminently forest areas, with the presence of values that play a role of vegetation mosaic beneficial for wildlife, full custody and thus were kept fully in the public domain status."
Yes will be processed in this case the attempt to overthrow the ecological association got four years ago, namely the discontinuation of 373 hectares of public forest lands are currently leased for agricultural use.
Therefore, Ecologists in Action prepares submissions to this process, which seek to safeguard this entire area of Public Monte Sierra de la Pila, being caught around the mountain areas relatively recently, (authorized by ICONA 1981) y que en un futuro, de no ser rentable la actividad agrícola, podrían ser reforestados, devolviéndole su carácter forestal previo. En este caso, el uso agrícola se podrá seguir manteniendo, por lo que no hace falta descatalogar parcelas para posteriormente venderlas y privatized, as claimed by the City Council Abarán.
Source: Ecologistas en Acción
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