A new study reveals the existence of an ancient coastal plain today located between the towns of Rota, Sanlúcar de Barrameda and Chipiona in the province of Cadiz, in southern Spain. The landscape in Late Plaistocene, when sea levels were 7-8m above the current one, could be similar to Doñana

These values are slightly below average for these dates. The areas with the greatest flooding are El Rocío and los Sotos.
The recovery of the Santa Olalla lagoon is slow, with only 9,6% of its surface area flooded.

Since the Doñana Biological Station has kept records, the lagoon has never dried up two consecutive summers. Severe drought and overexploitation of the aquifer are the causes of the serious situation of the Doñana dune lagoon system

Scientists from the University of Leeds and the Spanish National Research Council say urgent protection is needed for the fragile Doñana wetlands in Andalusia as the result of the bill which sanctions illegal strawberry production in its immediate vicinity. The bill, which was approved by the regional government without any parliamentary debate, allows intensive irrigated strawberry farming on land originally devoted to forestry or rain-fed agriculture. 80% of the strawberries grown in the...

The Doñana Participation Council meets to analyse the proposed law that aims to extend legal irrigation in the Doñana region. Spain is sentenced by the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to fulfil its legal obligations towards the World Heritage Site Doñana.
Eloy Revilla, director of the Doñana Biological Station - CSIC, presents scientific data to illustrate the critical situation of Doñana, an emblematic natural area in south-western Spain, and gives some proposals to...