Portal de San Pedro del Pinatar
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The Minister of Water, Agriculture and Environment, Adela Martinez-Cache, visited the regional park Salinas and Arenales of San Pedro del Pinatar, a natural area with an area of ​​856 hectares, about six kilometers of Mediterranean coastline and four kilometers of coastline on the Mar Menor.
The space extends along the coast forming a rich environmental complex regional park declared by Law 4/1992, of July 30, Management and Protection of Natural Resources in the Region of Murcia.
In this context, the regional head said "the creation of the path of the Tarays, which will be an alternative to Butte Landmark able to show the real attraction of the salt reserve without harming the birds present and the fragile ecosystem."
Martinez-Cache also advanced that "the new road will connect directly with the path of 'weirs' enormous environmental and scenic value, and the north beach area of ​​the demolished tower, avoiding overcrowding in the south" .
Thus, the Ministry will continue with projects to improve regional park of Salinas and Arenales of San Pedro del Pinatar.
Thus, it is planned to undertake conditioning parking Demolished Tower and Visitor Center, so that both are more accessible to users;
it will continue with the project to improve the dunes of the beach of the demolished tower (started in 2002), and silvicultural treatments on the mass degraded Aleppo pine in the Pinar de Coterillo also performed.
In terms of wildlife selective control of yellow-legged gulls and other opportunistic species will be performed.
It will also continue with the design work of the Network of Terrestrial Habitats of Community Interest of the regional park, where a total of 13 monitoring plots habitat of interest will be established.
Revitalization and landscaping
"The recovery and landscape integration of access to mud baths in the park is another objective of the Ministry," Martinez-Cacho said and stressed that "it is planned to carry out a series of improvements to facilities for access to the baths known as pond sludge, in order to boost tourism in the area and increase the protection of natural values. "
The regional park has a Visitor Service Centre where informative material such as maps, guides and brochures are provided.
It also has a living interpretation.
Throughout the year the service serves about 9,000 people.
Las Salinas de San Pedro are the most important wetland complex of the Mar Menor environment, mainly consisting of extensive areas for the saltworks and adjacent ecological systems, both characteristic of marshy areas and other sedimentary coastal lagoon ecosystems such as reed beds, salt marshes , and sandy beaches.
These include the set of 'weirs' area of ​​great singularity in the context of coastal wetlands and coastal ecosystems generally Murcia.
The diversity and richness of its ecosystems, flora and fauna and cultural elements have allowed him to enjoy special protection.
The space is in the list of Wetlands of International Importance of the Ramsar Convention by the lagoon of the Mar Menor is Special Protection Area (SPA) and Area Wildlife Protection (APFS).
Moreover, it is a Site of Community Importance (SCI) and is part of the Specially Protected Areas of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMI-Barcelona Convention).
Also, Salinas and Arenales of San Pedro has a Plan of Arrangement for Natural Resources (PORN) approved by Decree in 1995.
Key element, not only for this protected but for the Mar Menor own space is the area 'weirs' considered pseudomareales Everglades water exchange with the Mediterranean, giving them a singularity.
It is an area of ​​biological transfer to allow entry and exit of the species has led to a fishing system that gives its name to the area.
Source: CARM
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