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Last weeks’ rains flood only 1.8 % of the Doñana marshes

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.

Santa Olalla, the largest lagoon in Doñana, dries up for the second year in a row

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

World heritage wetland site under threat from new strawberry farming bill

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...

A World Heritage Site in danger: more than half of lagoons in Doñana have disappeared

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...

Doñana y la ley del más fuerte

Escribo estas líneas para desahogarme como ciudadano pasmado por la realidad que día a día nos atropella. Podría hacerlo de manera más técnica, como responsable de la Estación Biológica de Doñana, el centro de investigación del CSIC que, junto con otros actores, consiguieron proteger Doñana a mediados del siglo pasado. Sin embargo, me voy a limitar a mis sensaciones y sentimientos.