A total of 50 large-format images, by prestigious nature photographers, narrate the complex processes that make the Earth a habitable place and invite us to think about what it would mean to stop having the services provided by ecosystems.

The director of the Biodiversity Foundation, Ana Leiva, today attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition “Biodiversity in Spain”, in the Alameda Park, located in Santiago de Compostela.

Organised by the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry of the Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs and the José Manuel Lara Foundation, the tour is supported by 50 large-format images that convey the complexity of life in its various facets. The aim is to raise awareness about the responsibility of human beings in the dangerous decline of species.

The open-air tour of the exhibition, which has been produced by Lunwerg Editores, takes the visitor to know the many faces of life, with the comments of renowned scientists and the selection of the popularizer Joaquín Araujo.

“Biodiversity in Spain” narrates in striking images specific stories, such as the reason for the terror that snakes usually inspire or why bears or primates are so attractive to us.

Five sections constitute its structure: “What is life, do we know how to live?”; “The vital systems of Spain (endemism). Our multiplicity”; “Uses and abuses”; “Rescue operations” and “Towards coexistence with life. Liveliness as a model”.

The idea, in short, is to bring the public closer to the rest of the inhabitants of this world and to learn about the enormous efforts made by all these species to stay alive, and thus be able to contribute to mitigating, as far as possible, the irreversible loss that the extinction of species entails.

This stopover in Santiago de Compostela ends on August 15, in the Alameda Park.