Line of action:

Urban environments

Status:

En ejecución

Location:

Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Barcelona (Catalonia)

Execution date:

2022

Duration:

01/07/2022-31/12/2025

The City Council of Santa Coloma de Gramanet undertakes, with the support of the Biodiversity Foundation, the renaturalisation of spaces in the Besós River Park within the framework of the Preliminary Project for a Biodiversity Refuge in the Besos River, drawn up by the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) in 2019. On a large scale, it aspires to generate an ecological connector between two protected natural areas, Collserola and the Serralada de Marina.
The space where the action is being carried out was subject to environmental recovery at the end of the 90s, opening a new public green area to the city. The total area of the action in the area of Santa Coloma de Gramenet is 134,875 m2 and is carried out in phases. Phase I is already being executed, with this project being the one that will implement its Phase II.

The objective now is to advance its condition as a reservoir of biodiversity and an ecological connector. To this end, the renaturalisation of the river area is planned by applying nature-based solutions aimed at increasing the complexity of spaces, generating new biotopes, managing the threat of invasive species and making public use subject to the promotion of biodiversity.

It is a proposal for the original renaturation of a river area by applying nature-based solutions aimed at increasing the complexity of spaces, generating new biotopes, managing the threat of invasive species in the river area and making public use subject to the promotion of biodiversity.
Aware of the difficulty of this last point, the City Council will launch a robust communication and awareness program for education and change of attitudes and perceptions of the space. Complementing this objective and to ensure the participation of all the agents in the territory, there is a governance plan, which takes advantage of the existing structures, using the dynamics of work in the technical commission of the drafting of the latest strategic plans of the Besòs, where there are specific advisory groups and participation structures already consolidated.