The Secretary of State for the Environment, Pablo Saavedra, presented the Environmental Profile of Spain 2014, together with the general directors of Environmental Quality and Assessment and the Natural Environment, Guillermina Yanguas; of Sustainability of the Coast and the Sea, Raquel Orts; of Water, Liana Ardiles and of the Spanish Office for Climate Change, Valvanera Ulargui.

During this presentation, they detailed the different indicators included in this publication and assessed the progress made so far in the objective of moving towards a low-carbon economy. 

Saavedra explained that the Environmental Profile of Spain, which has been published annually since 2004, has become a benchmark for all those bodies, institutions and citizens who need a rigorous diagnosis of our environmental situation.

The eleventh edition of this report, which collects the most recent data available on the environment and is based on the analysis of 79 indicators, describes the situation in Spain in relation to strategic areas or sectors for the environment.

It is a report for managers, experts and scientists, and citizens in general, which disseminates the progress of our country in the search for sustainability and the improvement of efficiency in the use of natural resources.

This 2014 edition has 18 chapters, among which are environmental areas, such as air, water, soil, nature, waste and the productive or development issues or sectors from which the main pressures on the environment originate, such as agriculture, transport, industry, tourism, among others.  Officials from the General State Administration and the Autonomous Communities, technicians and experts participate in its preparation, making it possible to advance in the model of dissemination of environmental information.

As in previous years, the Environmental Profile will be available on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment and, for the third consecutive year, the Ministry has developed a version for mobile devices for the Environmental Profile, facilitating its access and, therefore, its consultation and use and with the aim of achieving greater dissemination.