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Life+ Natura 2000: Connecting people
with biodiversity
The Life+ Natura 2000: Connecting people with biodiversity calls society
to action so that it gets to know and becomes involved in the
conservation of the Natura 2000 Network. 80 per cent of Spanish
citizens live in a place that hosts a Natura 2000 Network site, but in
spite of its significance and geographical closeness, the Natura 2000
Network is not very well known by society. Several surveys show that
only 10 per cent of Europeans know what it is. The rest have heard of
it or know the name but could not explain what it is.
The Life+ Natura 2000: Connecting people with biodiversity aims at
increasing that knowledge and bridging the information breach. That
is why between 2013 and 2017 very many actions will be undertaken
in different realms in order to bring the Natura 2000 Network closer
to Spanish society and to get society involved in its conservation.
SEO/BirdLife and EFE news agency develop this project, supported
by the European Union. The co-funders are the Ministry of Agriculture,
Food and the Environment of Spain, the Biodiversidad Foundation,
Red Eléctrica Española and the autonomous communities
of Andalucía, Castilla y León, País Vasco, Navarra, Baleares, Castilla-La
Mancha, Madrid and Cantabria.
www.activarednatura2000.org
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