Objective
The Arribes del Duero are the greatest complex of river canyons in the Iberian Peninsula. Located along the central axis constituted by the Duero river in the west of Spain, they form a natural frontier between it and Portugal over nearly 100 kilometres in the provinces of Salamanca and Zamora. The Spanish part has been designated SPA and contains two flagship species - Bonelli's eagle (Hieratis fasciatis) and black stork Ciconia nigra) - which, under the Birds Directive, require special conservation measures.
These two species are very sensitive to disturbance and to the degeneration of their habitat. In the project area they find a refuge where it is possible to keep the threats which have made their populations dwindle elsewhere in the EU, under control. Bonelli's eagle is exposed to hunting pressure, to nest disturbance and to collisions with electric power lines. The black stork suffers from the disturbance caused by water sports near the cliffs where it nests and it is also vulnerable on account of the small number of individuals which return each year from Africa, where the species winters.
This LIFE project seeks to improve habitat conditions to ensure the two species' breeding success. Monitoring, surveillance and control activities will be carried out at the nesting sites. In parallel, rabbit and pigeon populations - the eagle's prey species - will be boosted, while pools will be dug so that the black stork can forage there for amphibians and small fish.
The project will be flanked by a PR campaign which will include the dissemination of information material and the organisation of public meetings with the inhabitants of the district. At these meetings, the importance of conserving these two species and their links with the maintenance of certain traditional activities, will be expounded.
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47004 Valladolid
Spain
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