Spain: Estany de Sils (XCT)

Site fact file
Natura 2000 Ambassador for the Natura Network Initiative... Representative of FUNDACIÓ NATURA
Enric de Roa Bonel
 
Country Spain
Natura 2000 site location Catalonia, Mediterranean
Nearest urban settlements Sils
Natura 2000 site name Estany de Sils (XCT)
Natura 2000 site number ES 5120017
Size of site (hectares) 31.4 ha
Key Species types Rinolophus ferrumequinum
Emys orbicularis (one of Catalonia's most important populations)
Mauremys leprosa
Barbus meridionalis
Cerambyx cerdo
Lucanus cervus
Marsilea quadrifolia
Key Habitat types temporary Mediterranean pools
Fraxinus angustifolia forests
residual alluvial forests (Alnion glutinoso-incanae)
mixed forests: oak-elm-ash trees
Key management issues Regeneration of permanent lagoon, sanitation of the basin, construction of treatment to feed lagoon, reintroduction of hydrophytes, recovery of humid fields through land properties purchase and management, riverside plants plantations, installation of birds' nest boxes, scientific ringed for birds and biodiversity following up, adaptation of public use installations and environmental education.

 

Natura Network Agreements
Organising at least one Green Days event per year 1 event hosted: Bird Festival: making nests for birds.
Involved in European networking / Twinned with other site for knowledge exchange We belong to Land Stewardship Network of Catalonia - Xarxa de Custòdia del Territori (XCT).
Involving local stakeholders in the management planning process - creating a local area partnership Our management plan includes "local involvement and socio-economic development" which foresees the involvement of local stakeholders. In fact, the project has involved local stakeholders' participation, as well as land owners, a local organization on environmental education and the local hunters society.
Promoting the Natura Network Initiative (NNi) at the local level This site makes use of the Eurosite Natura 2000 Green Days Toolkit to provide information on Natura 2000 to visitors.
Agreeing to become an NNi ambassador Enric de Roa Bonel (FUNDACIÓ NATURA) boscos(a)fundacionatura.org is an NNi Ambassador.

 

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Site contact Enric de Roa Bonel (FUNDACIÓ NATURA) boscos(a)fundacionatura.org