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The conservation of biodiversity, key to the future of the Catalan economy

During the second day organized by CREAF, the College of Economists and the Department of Territory on the IPBES report it became clear that the estimated cost of protecting biodiversity in Catalonia is 129 million euros per year. year. In Spain, 0.19% of GDP should be invested in the Natura 2000 network. A network that also generates 187,093 direct jobs and 401,906 indirect ones.

Biodiversity Biodiversity conservation Catalan economy Ipbes @en Sustainability

Mountain birds in decline in Europe

CREAF and ICO (Catalan Ornithological Institute) researchers Sergi Herrando and Lluís Brotons have participated in a study that shows populations of birds described as mountain specialists to have fallen by 10% in a decade in Europe. The situation is even more alarming in the Pyrenees and elsewhere in the Iberian Peninsula, where mountain bird populations fell by 21%.

Biodiversity Birds Climate change Ecosystem services Habitat loss Ipbes @en Lluis brotons @en Mountains Population dynamics Pyrenees Sergi herrando @en