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What are the management plans?
In Spain, each site must have a management plan or tool that establishes
which are the conservation objectives and the appropriate measures for
keeping it in a favourable conservation status.
Who must approve the management plans?
It must be the autonomous communities who create the management
plans through social participation and public surveys, except in the case
of marine sites that have no ecological continuity with a land site, in
which case it´s goverment that has powers. It must be an open and
participative proccess in which all social and economic sectors involved
can defend their interests and needs.
Which projects must be evaluated before being developed
in a Natura 2000 Network site?
Any that can affect species or habitats included in Natura 2000 Network,
even if they are outside a Natura 2000 site. For example, transport and
water infrastructures, new real estate developments or changes in use of
large areas.
Are there farming, agricultural, forestry or fishing traditional
activities that will be banned within the Natura 2000
Network?
As long as this does not hinder the conservation status of the habitats
and species of the site, with reference to the conservation objectives of
that space, this activity will not be affected. In fact, it could even receive
economic support for its continuation if its specially beneficial for the
natural environment.
It is the management plan of each site, approved by social consensus, that
will establish which activities can or cannot be carried out.
What will happen if any activity should cease in order to
guarantee the conservation of any species or habitat?
In case someone working in farming, agriculture or forestry hast to stop
partly or totally their traditional activity, in some cases they could even be
compensated by the public authorities for the reduction in income, that is,
for the ceasing of the activity.
Is property loss possible if it falls within the Natura 2000
Network?
No. The Natura 2000 Network does not change property status. It could
put a limit to some uses if they are not compatible with the sustainable
management of the territory. At the same time, it will promote other, new
uses that will help rural development.
Do you receive funding from the European Union for being
within the Natura 2000 Network?
No funding is received for the simple fact of having a property within this
network. Some funding from public administrations could be received for
the development of a project that helps achieving the objectives of the
network: the conservation, improvement, recovery or restoration of natural
habitats included in the two directives that form the basis of the Natura
2000 Network.
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