The Biodiversity Foundation has participated in the presentation of the LIFE+ Project Conservation of biodiversity in the Iberian West: Azaba Bell Tower Reserve, developed by the Nature and Man Foundation for the preservation and improvement of a large cross-border area of Mediterranean pastureland forest, located between Spain and Portugal.

Based on a recommendation from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the active integrated management of a large farm in this area has been proposed, in order to protect different species that are currently under some degree of threat and to conserve this habitat.

With the support of the Biodiversity Foundation, the Nature and Man Foundation will act on a 522-hectare estate, with the aim of turning it into a biodiversity supply space par excellence, as it is located at the epicentre of other Natura 2000 Network spaces such as Campo de Azaba or Campo de Argañán, in Spain, and Malcata. in Portugal (representing a total of 132,878 hectares).

Specifically, the project contemplates two major actions: one environmental and the other, social. The environmental one seeks to improve populations of large birds (black stork, black vulture and imperial eagle, among others), invertebrates (Cerambyx cerdo or Euphydias aurinia) and other species of maximum conservation interest such as the Iberian lynx, recently extinct in the area, as well as different habitats and ecosystems.

On the other hand, the social axis will be the awareness of the local population, with environmental education campaigns and volunteer programs.