{"id":122157,"date":"2009-07-22T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T11:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weblogs.madrimasd.org\/\/universo\/archive\/2009\/07\/22\/122157.aspx"},"modified":"2010-01-22T03:52:59","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T02:52:59","slug":"biodiversidad-en-europa-agricultura-intensiva-uso-del-suelo-y-urbanizacion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/2009\/07\/22\/122157","title":{"rendered":"Biodiversidad en Europa, Agricultura Intensiva, Uso del Suelo y Urbanizaci\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">El estado de la biodiversidad en Europa es lamentable, tras haber creado una de las mayores redes del mundo de \u201cespacios protegidos<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">\u201d. Habr\u00eda que preguntarse a que tipo de protecci\u00f3n se refieren las instituciones comunitarias. Hablamos de la Directiva <A href=\"http:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/LexUriServ\/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000L0060:es:HTML\"><FONT color=#800080>Habitat 2000<\/FONT><\/A> y de la <A href=\"http:\/\/www.mma.es\/secciones\/biodiversidad\/rednatura2000\"><FONT color=#800080>Red Natura<\/FONT><\/A>. As\u00ed lo reconoce el \u00faltimo inventario llevado a cabo bajo los auspicios de las sacrosantas autoridades de la UE. Como en Espa\u00f1a, al parecer <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">todos los pa\u00edses del continente firman Directivas y propone espacios a proteger. Empero una vez se ha salido en la foto se olvidan de los compromisos <\/SPAN><\/B>inherentes que tales iniciativas necesariamente acarrean. Al margen de apelar <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">ad nausean<\/I> a los demoledores efectos del cambio clim\u00e1tico, las tres notas de prensa que abajo exponemos, dan cuenta de que <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">la agricultura intensiva, el uso-abuso de agroqu\u00edmicos, el abandono de tierras, la deficiente gesti\u00f3n del suelo y su sellado urban\u00edstico (esta \u00faltima especialmente en las regiones litorales) son responsables del deterioro de la naturaleza en Europa<\/SPAN><\/B>. <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">De haber seguido las normativas<\/SPAN><\/B> que en su d\u00eda firmaron, por ejemplo en Espa\u00f1a, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">la crisis y corrupci\u00f3n inmobiliaria no hubiera surgido, o<\/SPAN><\/B> al menos serian menos graves. <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">\u00bfQuines son los responsables?<\/SPAN><\/B> Al parecer <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">todos<\/SPAN><\/B> y cada uno de <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">los gobiernos<\/SPAN><\/B>, si bien Iberia, como siempre, en el furg\u00f3n de cola. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<IMG style=\"WIDTH: 438px; HEIGHT: 486px\" src=\"\/blogs\/universo\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/42\/files\/189\/o_loss-of-biodiver.jpg\" width=444 height=539><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><A href=\"http:\/\/maps.grida.no\/go\/graphic\/biodiversity-loss-state-and-scenarios-2006-and-2050\"><FONT color=#800080>P\u00e9rdida de Biodiversidad en el Mundo. Fuente: UNEP<\/FONT><\/A><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><!--more--><P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">Las noticias hablan por si solas. <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Todo lo que hace la Uni\u00f3n Europea es firmar en papel mojado<\/SPAN><\/B>. Son tampoco fiables como los \u00faltimos que ha padecido Espa\u00f1a. <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Los devastadores efectos de los agroqu\u00edmicos envenenan la salud del ambiente y de los propios ciudadanos, mientras que la especulaci\u00f3n urban\u00edstica ha arruinado econom\u00edas como la nuestra<\/SPAN><\/B>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/SPAN>Y ahora heredamos un pa\u00eds en ruina total. Nuestros ilustres \u201cpopes\u201d, como siempre, se rasgan las vestiduras, tras haberse inhibido reiteradamente del obligado cumplimiento de las leyes y normativas que firmaron. Sin embargo, a su vez, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">persisten en incrementar la extensi\u00f3n de terreno destinada a la fabricaci\u00f3n de biocombustibles o agrocombustibles<\/SPAN><\/B>. <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Tal iniciativa no har\u00e1 m\u00e1s que fomentar el uso masivo de agroqu\u00edmicos y el despilfarro de los recursos h\u00eddricos<\/SPAN><\/B>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<IMG style=\"WIDTH: 433px; HEIGHT: 376px\" src=\"\/blogs\/universo\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/42\/files\/189\/o_biodiversity-loss2006-2050.jpg\" width=449 height=383><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><A href=\"http:\/\/maps.grida.no\/go\/graphic\/loss-of-biodiversity-with-continued-agricultural-expansion-pollution-climate-change-and-infrastructu\"><FONT color=#800080>P\u00e9rdida de Biodiversidad en el Mundo hasta 2050. Fuente: UNEP<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">Recordemos de paso que<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\"> el abandono de tierras fue propiciado, auspiciado y exigido por los propios responsables de la UE<\/SPAN><\/B>. Hablamos de <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">la antigua PAC (Pol\u00edtica Agraria com\u00fan)<\/SPAN><\/B>. \u00a1M\u00e1s de lo mismo!. Un ejemplo palmario de una hipocres\u00eda nauseabunda y una ineficacia atroz. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p><IMG src=\"\/blogs\/universo\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/42\/files\/147\/o_Sellado%20del%20SueloEu%20ESB.jpg\" width=432 height=422><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><A href=\"http:\/\/eusoils.jrc.ec.europa.eu\/library\/themes\/Sealing\/Images\/Map.jpg\"><FONT color=#800080>Sellado del suelo en Europa. Fuente: ESB<\/FONT><\/A><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">Y mientras tanto, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">esta ruina de pa\u00eds intenta frenar el paro laboral<\/SPAN><\/B> (el m\u00e1s alto de Europa, de lejos)<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\"> generando m\u00e1s infraestructuras, sellado y construcci\u00f3n de vivienda, cuando entre 0,5 y 1 mill\u00f3n de las \u00faltimas est\u00e1n desocupadas<\/SPAN><\/B>. \u00bfUstedes lo entienden? Obviamente, se alegar\u00e1 que se trata de<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/SPAN>una medida de urgencia. Reiterar\u00e1n que no hay m\u00e1s remedio. Sin embargo, inexorablemente,<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\"> hablamos de estrategias que no significan m\u00e1s que \u201ccomida para hoy y hambre para ma\u00f1ana\u201d<\/SPAN><\/B>. Nos encontramos ante un<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\"> c\u00edrculo vicioso (retroalimentaci\u00f3n positiva)<\/SPAN><\/B> que su incompetencia y falta de neuronas les impide atajar.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">Las dos primeras noticias las he extra\u00eddo de <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Terradaily<\/SPAN><\/B> por lo que vienen escritas en suahili. La \u00faltima procede la <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">agencia EFE<\/SPAN><\/B>, estando pues redactada en espa\u00f1ol castellano. Mientras aquellas inciden en el \u201cestado del arte\u201d a nivel europeo, la \u00faltima hunde el dedo en la llega de las miserias de Espa\u00f1a. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<IMG style=\"WIDTH: 424px; HEIGHT: 324px\" src=\"\/blogs\/universo\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/42\/files\/147\/o_europe-soil-sealingEEA.gif\" width=330 height=254><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.geoville.com\/apps\/landcovermapping\/land-cover-mapping.php\"><FONT color=#800080>Sellado del suelo en Europa. Fuente: EEA<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/A><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">Durante este tiempo, se han denunciado los reiterados <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">abusos y corruptelas en la construcci\u00f3n de viviendas que han afectado a zonas protegidas por la Directiva Habitat<\/SPAN><\/B>, <A href=\"http:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Convenio_de_Ramsar\"><FONT color=#800080>Convenio RAMSAR<\/FONT><\/A>, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">v\u00edas pecuarias, procomunes municipales, etc. etc<\/SPAN><\/B>. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN>Y mientras tanto, los gobiernos nacionales, auton\u00f3micos y locales, cuando no se han inhibido, han sido c\u00f3mplices y corresponsales de estos lamentables sucesos. Tan solo tras la crisis econ\u00f3mica, el Presidente del Gobierno Espa\u00f1ol, acaba de reconocer la gran responsabilidad que<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/SPAN>en tal hecho han tenido los pelotazos inmobiliarios. Habr\u00eda que recordarle que lleva gobernando los suficientes a\u00f1os como para haberse percatado de las acusaciones vertidas por la prensa y obrado en consecuencia. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN>En este blog lo hemos venido denunciando, una y otra vez desde 2006. \u00bfEstamos mejor informados? \u00bfSomos m\u00e1s Listos?. Todos sabe\u00eds que no. El asunto es mucho m\u00e1s grave. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<IMG style=\"WIDTH: 432px; HEIGHT: 283px\" src=\"\/blogs\/universo\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/42\/files\/147\/o_almeria_greenhouses.jpg\" width=495 height=315><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.greenopia.com\/image\/news\/almeria_greenhouses.jpg\"><FONT color=#800080>Invernaderos Almer\u00eda. Fuente: Greenopia<\/FONT><\/A><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; COLOR: #cc0000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">Juan Jos\u00e9 Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.seeddaily.com\/reports\/Intensive_farming_hits_European_animal_habitats_survey_999.html\"><FONT color=#800080>Intensive farming hits European animal habitats: survey<\/FONT><\/A><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>by Staff Writers; <\/SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>Brussels<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB> (AFP) <\/SPAN><st1:date Year=\"2009\" Day=\"13\" Month=\"7\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>July 13, 2009<\/SPAN><\/st1:date><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>Intensive farming is damaging the habitats of hundreds of species of European animals<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>, the European Commission warned Monday, and urged EU member states to redouble their efforts to protect them. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>The warning came with the publication of <\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>what the commission said was <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">the most comprehensive survey of EU biodiversity ever undertaken,<\/SPAN><\/B> looking at 1182 species in 216 habitats from 2001 to 2006. \u00ab<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Only a small proportion of these vulnerable habitats and species have achieved good conservation status<\/SPAN><\/B> and member states will need to strengthen their efforts if this situation is to improve,\u00bb a commission statement said. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\">The report found that the condition <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">of grasslands, wetlands and coastal habitats were particularly poor, with only seven percent of those checked deemed to be up to scratch<\/SPAN><\/B>. <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>The problem was blamed on <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">intensive agriculture, the abandonment of land and poor land management.<\/SPAN><\/B> <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\">The survey also said that wetlands and mountain glacier regions were being damaged by global warming.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>Last month, the commission said it planned to <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">take <\/SPAN><\/B><\/SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>France<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB> to <\/SPAN><\/B><st1:place><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>Europe<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>&#8216;s highest court for failing to protect the great hamster of <\/SPAN><\/B><st1:State><st1:place><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>Alsace<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>, a species threatened with extinction. The rodent requires around 240,000 hectares of protected land to thrive, but the species has been shoe-horned into under 3,500 hectares in eastern <\/SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>France<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB> mainly due to farming, reducing its food supply. <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Once considered a pest for farmers in the region of <\/SPAN><\/B><\/SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>Alsace<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB> &#8212; where around 80 percent of land is used to grow corn &#8212; the hamster has been protected since 1993 and is considered one of the most threatened mammals in <\/SPAN><st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>Europe<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\">Its numbers have plummeted from over a thousand in 2001 to fewer than 200 in 2007, and have continued to decline over the last two years. The commission survey was not all negative. It found that species like the wolf, Eurasian lynx, <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.terradaily.com\/reports\/EU_report_seeks_action_on_biodiversity_999.html\"><SPAN style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB><FONT color=#800080>EU report seeks action on biodiversity<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/A><\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>by Staff Writers; <\/SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>Brussels<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB> (UPI) <\/SPAN><st1:date Year=\"2009\" Day=\"15\" Month=\"7\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>Jul 15, 2009<\/SPAN><\/st1:date><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB> <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB><BR><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Herbicide diversity keeps Roundup working A <\/SPAN><\/B><\/SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>U.S.<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB> agriculture scientist says using a diverse herbicide application strategy may hike production costs, but will reduce herbicide-resistant weeds<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>. A Purdue University study showed <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">excess usage of glyphosate-resistant crops has led to weeds, such as marestail, that are also resistant to glyphosate<\/SPAN><\/B>, the herbicide used in Roundup. But, Purdue Professor of weed science Bill Johnson said <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">changing management practices can result in nearly eliminating resistant marestail and its viable seeds in the soil. \u00abAnother herbicide application is expensive, and it means more trips across the field<\/SPAN><\/B>,\u00bb Johnson said. \u00ab<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: green\">But we can reduce the population and density of resistant weeds, which increases the crop yield potential<\/SPAN><\/B>.\u00bb The results of the five-year study were published in the journal Weed Science. (AFP ReportH)<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>The EU environment commissioner warned action is needed to save species and habitat types the have been placed under EU legal protection<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/SPAN>Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas, in a release issued Monday, said the overall tenor of the report on conservation status indicates <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">habitats and species \u00abhave not achieved good conservation status<\/SPAN><\/B>.\u00bb He added, however, protection steps are having some positive impact. The report, which covers data provided for the 2001-06 period, is required to be delivered to the European Council and European Parliament under <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Article 17 of the Habitats Directive<\/SPAN><\/B>. Covering 216 types of habitats and 1,182 species, it is considered the most comprehensive survey of EU biodiversity.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">&nbsp; <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">\u00abOnly a small proportion of these vulnerable habitats and species have achieved good conservation status<\/SPAN><\/B> and member states will need to strengthen their efforts if this situation is to improve,\u00bb a release on the report said. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>Changes in methods of agriculture, tourist development and climate change have left grasslands, wetlands and coastal habitats under the greatest threat<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>. The report said just<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"> 7<\/B> percent of habitat types associated with agriculture were assessed as \u00abfavorable,\u00bb compared with a 21 percent \u00abfavorable\u00bb assessment for non-agricultural habitats<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">.<\/B> \u00abThis <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: green\">is due to shifts toward more intensive agriculture, abandonment of the land and poor land management. Wetlands are being converted to other uses<\/SPAN><\/B> and are also suffering the effects of climate change, as are habitats associated with mountain glaciers. <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: green\">Coastal habitats are under increasing pressure from tourism<\/SPAN><\/B>,\u00bb the report said. Dimas said the report \u00ableaves no room for complacency\u00bb in regards to stopping the loss of biodiversity. He said, however, the data along with EU nature legislation would allow for the expectation of \u00absignificant improvement\u00bb over the next 20 years. \u00ab<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: green\">Europe&#8217;s biodiversity is still under serious pressure and faces grave risks<\/SPAN><\/B>,\u00bb said University College London Professor Jacqueline McGlade, executive director of the European Environment Agency. \u00abAlthough we will miss the target of halting the biodiversity loss in <\/SPAN><st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>Europe<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB> by 2010, some progress is being made. \u00abAs the commissioner said recently in <\/SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>Athens<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>, the post-2010 target should be ambitious, measurable and clear. It should <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">maintain the emphasis given to the intrinsic value of biodiversity while also recognizing the value of healthy and resilient ecosystems and the services they provide<\/SPAN><\/B>.\u00bb The Environment Commission&#8217;s report said some habitat types and species are starting to recover. Species such as the brown bear, the wolf and the beaver have been determined to have re-established in many areas. \u00abThis means that the right habitats are available and that <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">negative pressures such as hunting and pollution <\/SPAN><\/B>have been reduced,\u00bb the report stated. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>The Habitats Directive requires EU members to maintain a number of designated habitat types and species at favorable status at selected sites agreed with the European Commission<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB>. Together with sites from the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Birds Directive<\/SPAN><\/B>, these sites become part of <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Natura 2000<\/SPAN><\/B>, the biggest ecological network in the world. Nearly 22,000 sites, covering 13.3 percent of EU territory, are designated under the<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\"> Habitats Directive<\/SPAN><\/B>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB\" lang=EN-GB><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><A href=\"http:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/informacionidi\/noticias\/noticia.asp?id=40107&amp;origen=notiweb\"><FONT color=#800080>Espa\u00f1a desconoce el estado de sus h\u00e1bitats naturales<\/FONT><\/A><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\">E<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">ntre el 40 y el 85% de los h\u00e1bitats naturales de la Uni\u00f3n Europea y del 40 al 70% de las especies de inter\u00e9s se encuentran en malas condiciones de conservaci\u00f3n<\/B><\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\">, reconoci\u00f3 la <A href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/\" target=_blank><FONT color=#699671>Comisi\u00f3n Europea<\/FONT><\/A>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\">FUENTE | <A href=\"http:\/\/www.efe.es\/\" target=_blank><FONT color=#699671>Agencia EFE<\/FONT><\/A> <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><o:p>&nbsp;<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #3366ff; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\">Espa\u00f1a, en concreto, no pudo determinar el estatus de dos tercios de sus h\u00e1bitats, seg\u00fan<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"> un informe que eval\u00faa 1.182 especies y 216 tipos de h\u00e1bitats durante el per\u00edodo 2001-2006.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><BR><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">S\u00f3lo un 17% de las especies y h\u00e1bitats en peligro est\u00e1n bien conservadas, y varios pa\u00edses de la UE presentan serias lagunas en sus datos a pesar de<\/SPAN><\/B> tener la obligaci\u00f3n legal de recabar informaci\u00f3n y tomar medidas de protecci\u00f3n, seg\u00fan el estudio.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><BR>Adem\u00e1s de Espa\u00f1a, tampoco dieron informaci\u00f3n de la conservaci\u00f3n de cerca de la mitad de las especies amenazadas en sus territorios, Grecia, Chipre y Portugal. Esta circunstancia preocupa a organizaciones ecologistas como <A href=\"http:\/\/www.wwf.org\/\" target=_blank><FONT color=#699671>WWF<\/FONT><\/A>, para quien \u00ab<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: green\">Europa no lograr\u00e1 cumplir su objetivo de reducir la p\u00e9rdida de biodiversidad en 2010&#8243;<\/SPAN><\/B>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><BR>Los 25 pa\u00edses que aportaron datos -todos los Estados miembros menos Bulgaria y Ruman\u00eda- calificaron de \u00abdesconocido\u00bb el estatus del 13% sus h\u00e1bitats naturales y un 27% de las especies regionales. <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">En cuanto al medio marino, la CE reconoce que<\/SPAN><\/B> existe un problema espec\u00edfico, ya que los pa\u00edses no concretaron la situaci\u00f3n de hasta un 57% de las especies y cerca del 40% de los h\u00e1bitats. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><BR>Desde Bruselas, el mensaje es claro \u00ab<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">los Estados miembros tendr\u00e1n que redoblar sus esfuerzos para mejorar esta situaci\u00f3n\u00bb, destaca la CE en un comunicado<\/SPAN><\/B>. <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: green\">Las zonas m\u00e1s amenazadas son costas, prados y humedales, y entre las especies en peligro<\/SPAN><\/B> de extinci\u00f3n aparecen algunas como la cabra montesa en Espa\u00f1a, p<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: green\">rincipalmente por pr\u00e1cticas como los modelos de agricultura tradicionales, el desarrollo del turismo y el cambio clim\u00e1tico<\/SPAN><\/B>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><BR>El estudio subraya q<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: green\">ue las costas acusan el impacto del turismo y los humedales el del cambio clim\u00e1tico. Asimismo, apunta que la conservaci\u00f3n de zonas relacionadas con actividades agr\u00edcolas est\u00e1n especialmente deterioradas -por el paso a una agricultura m\u00e1s intensiva, al abandono de la tierra y a la mala gesti\u00f3n del suelo<\/SPAN><\/B>-, de manera que <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">s\u00f3lo un siete por ciento present\u00f3 un estado de conservaci\u00f3n favorable, frente al 21% de los h\u00e1bitats no agr\u00edcolas.<\/SPAN><\/B><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><BR>La Comisi\u00f3n destaca que, a <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">pesar de estos datos, tambi\u00e9n se han producido ciertos progresos<\/SPAN><\/B>, por ejemplo, en relaci\u00f3n a la conservaci\u00f3n del lince ib\u00e9rico, el castor, el lobo y la nutria, que \u00abest\u00e1n volviendo a colonizar partes de sus \u00e1reas de distribuci\u00f3n tradicionales\u00bb.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><BR>\u00abEstamos comprometidos en detener <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">la p\u00e9rdida de biodiversidad en Europa<\/SPAN><\/B>\u00ab, se\u00f1alo en una nota el <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">comisario europeo de Medio Ambiente, Stavros Dima<\/SPAN><\/B>s, quien asegur\u00f3 que las normas comunitarias de protecci\u00f3n de la naturaleza y la<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: green\"> red Natura 2000 son \u00abelementos fundamentales\u00bb para cumplir los objetivos de biodiversidad de la UE<\/SPAN><\/B>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P> <P style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 9pt\"><BR><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">La directora ejecutiva de la <A href=\"http:\/\/www.eea.europa.eu\/\" target=_blank><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #3366ff\">Agencia Europea de Medio ambiente<\/SPAN><\/A> (EEA), Jacqueline McGlade, afirm\u00f3 que Europa no va a alcanzar el objetivo de detener la p\u00e9rdida de biodiversidad para 2010. La UE cuenta en su red Natura 2000, de zonas protegidas, con m\u00e1s de 25.000 zonas protegidas, que suponen un 17% del territorio de la UE<\/SPAN><\/B>. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El estado de la biodiversidad en Europa es lamentable, tras haber creado una de las mayores redes del mundo de \u201cespacios protegidos\u201d. Habr\u00eda que preguntarse a que tipo de protecci\u00f3n se refieren las instituciones comunitarias. Hablamos de la Directiva Habitat 2000 y de la Red Natura. As\u00ed lo reconoce el \u00faltimo inventario llevado a cabo bajo los auspicios de las sacrosantas autoridades de la UE. Como en Espa\u00f1a, al parecer todos los pa\u00edses del continente firman Directivas y propone espacios a proteger. Empero una vez se ha salido en la foto se olvidan de los compromisos inherentes que tales iniciativas\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[594,586,591,605,593,585,606],"tags":[],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":4}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122157"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134956,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122157\/revisions\/134956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madrimasd.org\/blogs\/universo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}