On July 20 at 12 noon, the LIFE + project “Program of urgent actions for the conservation of the capercaillie (Tetras urogallus cantabricus) and its habitat in the Cantabrian Mountains” will be presented, in an event that will take place in the Assembly Hall of the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (Plaza San Juan de la Cruz, s/n).

On July 20 at 12 noon, the LIFE + project “Program of urgent actions for the conservation of the capercaillie (Tetras urogallus cantabricus) and its habitat in the Cantabrian Mountains” will be presented, in an event that will take place in the Assembly Hall of the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs (Plaza San Juan de la Cruz, s/n). 

The project has the fundamental objective of halting the decline of the subspecies endemic to the Iberian Peninsula, which in recent decades has lost a large part of its population, and offering a last hope for its recovery. This subspecies is listed by the IUCN as critically endangered.

The initiative is 50% co-financed by the European Commission through the LIFE+ funds, and has as partners the Autonomous Communities of Asturias, Galicia, Cantabria and Castilla y León (through the Natural Heritage Foundation of Castilla y León), with the Autonomous National Parks Body, with SEO/BirdLife and with funding from the Iberdrola Foundation. It will be coordinated by the Biodiversity Foundation. It will begin to be executed in October 2010 until September 2014, with a budget of 7 million euros.

Click here to consult the program of the event.