Case study:Bird Reserve “Tancat de la Pipa” (Valencia)
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Project overview
Status | In progress |
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Project web site | http:///www.seo.org/reservas-ornitologicas/ |
Themes | Environmental flows and water resources, Habitat and biodiversity, Land use management - agriculture, Monitoring, Social benefits, Water quality |
Country | Spain |
Main contact forename | Anna |
Main contact surname | Valentín |
Main contact user ID | User:SEO BirdLife |
Contact organisation | SEO BirdLife |
Contact organisation web site | http://www.seo.org |
Partner organisations | SEO BirdLife, Acció Ecologista-Agró, Confederación Hidrográfica del Júcar, Ajuntament de València |
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Project summary
The proyect has two main objectives: 1) Improve water quality of water input to Albufera’s lagoon 2) Improve biodiversity by habitat restoration and management
Monitoring surveys and results
Water and biodiversity monitoring each 10 days, specially waterbirds. Restoration and management have boosted local endangered waterfowl populations and eased the colonization of new species for the Albufera wetland. Breeding populations of othe species than birds have established (reptiles and insects).
Lessons learnt
The management through landstewardship agreements and a participatory (universities, volunteering, citizen science), approach have facilitated the integrated management of the wetland and awareness raising. Socio economic improvement of local business (i.e. navigation) has been launched through collaboration with navigators for public use purposes.
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MonitoringHydromorphological quality elements
Biological quality elements
Physico-chemical quality elements
Any other monitoring, e.g. social, economic
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