Line of action:

Terrestrial ecosystems

Status:

En ejecución

Location:

Cantabria, Basque Country, Asturias

Geographic scope:

España

Execution date:

2024

Duration:

01/01/2024 - 31/12/2025

Typology:

Development and diversification of forestry uses and harvests

Total budget:

1,576,660.08 euros

Amount of aid from the Biodiversity Foundation:

1,497,827.08 euros

Bosques Flotantes is proposed as a project that integrates the environmental and socioeconomic approaches. The creation of the Monte Moro Municipal Reserve is proposed, with official approval by the City Council Plenary. The lines of action are directed towards the forest recovery of the areas, with the appropriate treatment of the holm oak groves present in the Monte Moro Reserve, as well as the recovery of the Atlantic forest. These are the two challenges posed for an area where deforestation has left an indelible mark with more than 10 million trees cut down to build the floating forests.

The connection between the recovery and current forest management with the recovery of the industrial heritage linked to the deforestation of the XVII and XVIII centuries mark a milestone of great attraction to transform the vision and the tourist sale of these Pasiega mountains. This project will provide an ecotourism product linked to the strict forestry area, which due to its uniqueness will help to maintain jobs and rural businesses in an area affected by depopulation, with extreme cases such as the municipality of San Roque de Rio Miera and other surrounding areas, in the heart of the Pasiega Mountains.

Reverse the historical deforestation process in the Eastern Mountains, implementing actions in favor of forests, biodiversity and people, stimulating a new rural development model harmonized with the bioeconomy, adaptation to climate change, fire prevention, revaluation of nature and the historical industrial forest heritage, paying special attention to the Cantabrian oak and deciduous forest, and actively involving society and management agents in the initiatives.

• Characterization of the Cantabrian holm oak forest in the Basque-Asturian strip.
• Promotion of the bioeconomy focused on the interpretative ecotourism of the Floating Forests.
• Reverse the historical deforestation process, restoring degraded areas with mycorrhizal species.
• Alternatives for use in the Cantabrian prairie.
• Improvement of forest habitats in the archaeological-forest industrial heritage environment.
• Network of farms to strengthen the agroforestry and livestock fabric.
• Creation of the Monte Moro Reserve, and restoration of the sclerophyllous forest, biodiversity and ecosystems in the eastern mountain.
• Management of allochthonous and invasive vegetation.
• Improvement, increase and maintenance of elements for public use and interpretation of the Monte Moro Reserve.
• Intermediation for the adequate management of fire in the natural environment.
• Conservation and characterization of avifauna communities in the eastern mountains.
• Communication and awareness plan.