Tag: national park
Ecologists demand national park status for Sierra Bermeja above Spain’s Costa del Sol in wake of devastating wildfire
HUNDREDS joined a protest held in Estepona last weekend (November 27) to demand greater protection for the Sierra Bermeja in the wake of a...
Campaigners call for Sierra Bermeja to be awarded national park status in wake of devastating wildfire
FOLLOWING the recent wildfire that ravaged nearly 10,000 hectares of the Sierra Bermeja mountains and the Genal Valley, there have been even louder calls...
Sierra de las Nieves: Stunning mountain range in Malaga becomes Spain’s newest national park
AFTER over six years of campaigning, Malaga will finally be getting its first national park.
The Senate approved the future Parque Nacional Sierra de las...
Malaga’s Sierra de las Nieves becomes Spain’s 16th National Park after unanimous vote
MALAGA's Sierra de las Nieves has become Spain's 16th official National Park, gaining the country's highest level protection after a congress vote last week...
WATCH: Spanish national park has first visit from a brown bear in 150 years
A SPANISH national park has had its first reported visit by a brown bear for 150 years.
Cameras shooting a documentary recorded footage of the...
FALLING FOWL: Management crisis puts Andalucia bird sanctuary under threat from drought and wild boar
Donana National Park is Europe's most important wetland, but some birds are at serious risk of extinction
Natural park forest fire in Andalucia stabilized
A FOREST fire at the Parque Natural de los Alcornocales in Cadiz has now been stabilized.
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According to INFOCA, Prevention and Extinction of Forest Fires body...
Sierra de las Nieves could have National Park status by 2019
MALAGA’S Sierra de las Nieves natural park could have National Park status by 2019.
Isabel García Tejerina, Spain’s Minister of Agriculture and Fishing, Food and...
Sierra de las Nieves moves one step closer to becoming national park
The park is home to the largest population of Spanish firs in Andalusia and more than 150 species of birds.
Luxurious Marbella mansion goes up for sale in upcoming auction
The grounds include an infinity swimming pool, jacuzzi, pool house, putting green, ponds, eight-car garage and mountain, lake and ocean views over Gibraltar and Africa.
Spain Government forced to deny ‘unfairly’ slashing funds for Donana National Park
It comes after Andalucia’s PSOE slammed PP leaders for massively reducing Doñana’s state funding from €428,000 in 2016 to just €142,000 this year
Three hundred illegal wells shut down in Donana in bid to stop landowners draining wetlands
Junta officials swooped on the sites which unscrupulous parties had been using to tap an aquifer on which the Sevilla and Huelva-based national park is dependent
Petition launched to turn Costa del Sol mountain range into national park
Over 13,500 people have already signed the campaign on Change.org to grant Estepona’s Sierra Bermeja the status jointly with neighbouring Sierra de las Nieves in Ronda
Andalucia’s ombudsman launches investigation into at risk Donana National Park
Andaluz official Jesús Maeztu wants to give people 'transparent information' on the current situation of the beleagured Sevilla/Huelva zone, which risks being added to UNESCO's list of endangered world heritage sites
Million British birds at risk due to Doñana National Park environmental failures
The WWF has issued a warning about the large number of birds as Spain fails to protect one of only two Andalucian national parks
New national park bid for Andalucian Sierra Bermeja and de las Nieves mountains
Maribel Marin revealed that the Junta de Andalucia is currently considering a new proposal to give Estepona's impressive Sierra Bermeja the status in conjunction with Ronda's Sierra de las Nieves
Doñana National Park in Sevilla on verge of ‘point of no return’
The wetlands are home to around 2,000 different species of animals
Endangered bearded vulture born in Jaen’s Cazorla natural park
This endangered species of vulture is born with a beard
Vulture dies in ‘tremendous pain’ after power line collision
A collision with an electric power line in Los Alcornocales National Park left a vulture in such a state that it had to be put down
Hunters arrested for slaughtering world’s most endangered cat
Three Iberian lynxes were found maimed and riddled with bullets
Red kites up by 50% in Spanish national park
The Junta de Andalucia has recorded sightings of 74 red kite pairs, compared to just 40 in 2011
Donana pipeline ‘viable’
Head of the Balboa Refinery insists the scheme is 'viable' but lacks 'political will'
Andalucia plans to expand protected areas
Proposals receive support from town halls, ecologists, businesses and central and local government
Town hall on board to protect Sierra
Casares council supports campaign for national park status