{"id":5241,"date":"2021-03-11T11:21:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T11:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m.fundacionosopardo.org\/?p=5241"},"modified":"2022-04-20T15:14:26","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T15:14:26","slug":"presentation-of-the-bears-with-future-life-project-march-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m.fundacionosopardo.org\/en\/presentation-of-the-bears-with-future-life-project-march-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentation of the \u201cBears with Future\u201d LIFE Project. March 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

The \u201cBears with Future\u201d LIFE Project<\/a>, with the objective of facilitating the adaptation of the brown bear to climate change, was presented to the media on 11th\u00a0March. The project\u2019s actions, co-financed by the European\u00a0LIFE<\/strong>\u00a0program, will be undertaken in\u00a08 protected areas of the Natura 2000 Network<\/strong>. These are the reserves of\u00a0Pe\u00f1a Ubi\u00f1a, Caldoveiro, Montovo-La Mesa, Fuentes del Narcea, Dega\u00f1a e Ibias and Somiedo in\u00a0Asturias<\/strong>\u00a0and the Alto Sil and Sierra de los Ancares in\u00a0Le\u00f3n<\/strong>\u00a0for the western Cantabrian brown bear subpopulation, and in the Monta\u00f1a Palentina reserve in\u00a0Palencia<\/strong>\u00a0for the eastern subpopulation.<\/p>\n

Science has shown us that\u00a0climate change will particularly affect the brown bear during its hibernation period<\/strong>, which will tend to shorten given the increasing temperatures, but that\u00a0it will also impact on the production of wild fruits<\/strong>\u00a0on which the bear feeds<\/strong>, some of which, such as the bilberry, have already shown irregular fruiting success over the past few years. Additionally, greater mobility of the bears in winter may increase interactions with hunting activities and with other outdoor recreational and sporting activities which are undergoing an important surge in mountain areas.<\/p>\n

Planting, restoration and research<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Project plans to plant, in various phases, 150,000 fleshy fruit producing native trees and shrubs in 225 copses, occupying a total surface area of 155 hectares. A further 25,000 sweet chestnuts, grafted with native varieties, will be added in 75 groves covering 55 hectares and, as for the former,\u00a0strategically located in areas selected considering the predicted climate change impact<\/strong>. Researchers from the universities of Oviedo, Valladolid, Cantabria and Extremadura will be participating in these and other project actions undertaken. The restoration of abandoned sweet chestnut groves is also contemplated, using treatments to improve both their fruiting yield and resilience to climate change.<\/p>\n

In addition to the planting program,\u00a0a study of the vulnerability of the most sensitive areas for brown bear conservation to climate change will also be carried out<\/strong>, which will be evaluated by two work groups of the regional administrations implicated for its future application.<\/p>\n

The project\u2019s actions will also present\u00a0an opportunity to promote rural development and the creation of jobs<\/strong>\u00a0linked to wildlife conservation actions and adaptation in the context of climate change, with strong potential for being copied across the entire area with Cantabrian brown bear presence and also other areas facing similar challenges.<\/p>\n

Information and awareness campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n

The other main line of actions is directed\u00a0towards those groups that undertake activities in the mountains in the Cantabrian bear territory in winter<\/strong>, fundamentally those related to hunting and mountain sports. An intensive campaign will be carried out with over 100 hunting and winter sports associations to explain the new scenarios arising from climate change and to raise awareness of the implications of this on bear activity. The campaign will be accompanied by audiovisual materials, explanatory leaflets and other information and awareness raising materials which will also be distributed among the tourism establishments across the bear areas.<\/p>\n

A coordinated project<\/strong><\/p>\n

The \u201cBears with Future\u201d Project, co-financed by the European Union LIFE Project, will be carried out until 2025. It is coordinated by the\u00a0Brown Bear Foundation<\/strong>\u00a0in partnership with the\u00a0Biodiversity Foundation<\/strong>,\u00a0Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge<\/strong>, and the\u00a0Natural heritage Foundation of the Castilla y Le\u00f3n<\/strong>\u00a0regional government<\/strong>. The\u00a0Government of Asturias<\/strong>\u00a0is the co-financer, via the Directorate General for the Environment and Rural Planning, of the Department of Rural Development, Agriculture and Fisheries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The \u201cBears with Future\u201d LIFE Project, with the objective of facilitating the adaptation of the brown bear to climate change, was presented to the media on 11th\u00a0March. The project\u2019s actions, co-financed by the European\u00a0LIFE\u00a0program, will be undertaken in\u00a08 protected areas of the Natura 2000 Network. These are the reserves of\u00a0Pe\u00f1a Ubi\u00f1a, Caldoveiro, Montovo-La Mesa, Fuentes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3472,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.fundacionosopardo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.fundacionosopardo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.fundacionosopardo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.fundacionosopardo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.fundacionosopardo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/m.fundacionosopardo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5612,"href":"https:\/\/m.fundacionosopardo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5241\/revisions\/5612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.fundacionosopardo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/m.fundacionosopardo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.fundacionosopardo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m.fundacionosopardo.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}