UNESCO warns that Doñana might stop to be a World Heritage Site with the Andalusian Irrigation Law


Thus, it has indicated that the rising drying of the earth’s water plenty “straight impacts the populations of aquatic birds” UNESCO has warned that the legislative modifications proposed on the regional stage by the Junta de Andalucía to this plan are, for Therefore, “opposite to the requests of the CommitteeThe subsequent session of the World Heritage Committee (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 10-25 September 2023) will look at the state of conservation of the positioning

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has warned that the Irrigation Law challenge of the Junta de Andalucía “might jeopardize” the popularity of the Doñana National Park as Heritage of The humanity.

UNESCO, in an announcement collected by Europa Press, has recalled that, in recent times, the World Heritage Committee (governing physique of the World Heritage Convention, made up of 21 of the 195 States Parties to the Convention), has warned periodically about “the overexploitation of the aquifer and its doable impacts on the positioning”.

Thus, he identified that the rising drying up of the earth’s water plenty “straight impacts the populations of aquatic birds and is aggravated by the latest distinctive drought, which places the distinctive biodiversity of the Doñana National Park at severe danger”.

After a follow-up mission by specialists from UNESCO, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, the World Heritage Committee requested Spain in 2021 to proceed with the pressing implementation of the ‘Plan Strawberry’ in its present type.

For this motive, UNESCO has warned that the legislative modifications proposed on the regional stage by the Junta de Andalucía to this plan are, subsequently, “opposite to the Committee’s requests”.

The subsequent session of the World Heritage Committee (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 10-25 September 2023) will assessment the state of conservation of the positioning and resolve on the required measures.

These measures embrace, amongst others, a brand new reactive monitoring mission and, as a final resort, the chance to inscribe the positioning on the List of World Heritage in Danger if the World Heritage Committee considers that the important options of the positioning “are threatened by decided, particular and instant risks”.

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