Portal de San Pedro del Pinatar
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The Visitor Center Regional Park of Salinas y Arenales de San Javier, has been included in the international network 'Migratory Birds for People' (MBP), to promote awareness and awareness of citizens on the need to protect conserve migratory birds and wetland as habitat for these birds rest.
This recognition is the result of the efforts and actions undertaken by the Ministry of the Presidency, through the Directorate General for Environment, since 2009 in the Visitor Center Regional Park of Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar, in wetland education programs and exchange of expertise.
Thus, the center of the region adds to the 15 visitor centers that make up the international network 'Migratory Birds for People' and work together, to share best practices and develop new approaches in the interpretation and communication on wetlands.
The purpose is to promote the creation of a cohesive network of visitor centers in European wetlands that are part of each of the stops for migratory birds need to reach the end of their journey and thus complete their annual life cycle.
Centers that make up the European migration route stretching from Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Finland, Russia, Denmark and Spain.
In addition to the Regional Park of Salinas y Arenales de San Pedor of Pinatar, this network includes other Spanish as the Empordà Marshes Natural Park, the Parque Natural del Delta del Ebro National Park Doñana.
Improve the protection of migratory birds
The European network, in turn, has contacted three wetland sites in Africa, notably in Mauritania, Senegal and Guinea Bissau, as the next step of the migratory routes of birds that inhabit wetlands.
To improve the protection of migratory birds, the network members 'Migratory Birds for People' will develop a website to collect as much information available, to facilitate the smooth exchange of documentation, encourage the use of webcams and film production in order to diversify the tools of interpretation of bird migration.
The international network 'Migratory Birds for People' is covered by the 'Wetland Link International' (WLI), consisting of wetland nature reserves that have a wide range of visitor facilities, such as environmental education centers, zoos and botanical gardens, and others.
Wetland of International Importance
The Regional Park of Salinas y Arenales de San Javier, which has an area of ​​856 hectares, is home to a wide variety of plants and animals, some endangered.
Included in the List of Wetlands of International Importance Ramsar wetland associated with the lagoon of Mar Menor, the Regional Park is also a Special Protection Area for Birds (SPAs) when breeding area for birds such as avocet common tern common cigüeñela and piconegra Pagaza.
It is also considered as a Site of Community Importance (SCI) and belongs to the list of Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMI).
Source: CARM
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