Yesterday, the Ministry of Environment presented the draft Strategic Plan Natural Heritage and Biodiversity. It was highly anticipated because, after the Heritage Act Nature and Biodiversity, is one of the key documents to reverse the negative trend is biodiversity in Spain. This Plan is defined in Articles 12 and 13 of the Law of PN and B and I can assure you that are more cost items out of the whole law is because in this Strategic Plan should define the objectives and actions to be carried out by all ministries to meet the objectives of the Act and must also also affect the Autonomous Communities. As you can imagine such approaches are not very popular among the circles of power in the whole world in his department wants to make her a frock coat. But finally, after much work of environmental NGOs and the courage of the team went ahead Minister Cristina Narbona.
Cibeles The conclusions resulting from the Madrid Conference in January this year, boosted by the English government made it clear that biodiversity issues are not environmental policies, but in sectoral policies (agriculture, fisheries , industry, transport, urban planning, etc..). It is therefore important This was achieved in the Law of PN and B, which cascade writing a strategic plan with targets for all ministries and regions, and measures for all general administration, and then some sectoral plans in explicit how each ministry will carry out these actions and how to meet those goals.
However, the document submitted by the Ministry of Environment, only refers to the powers of his ministry. There is a lot of biodiversity and some agriculture and some fishing. Ie more of the same. It is unclear whether development, industry, etc. Have given him a bang in the face of Environment, or Environment was not has dared to knock on his door. And to the Autonomous Communities and the mint, lest they get upset. Thus, the Strategic Plan has been a simple plan of work of the Directorate General for Biodiversity and some contributions from some DG "friend."
That does not mean that the document has no positive aspects. Have them and many, but from the point of view that does not solve the problem of biodiversity and that does not comply with the law says, because there is little to talk about its virtues. Only
for instance, fighting fires is about 65% of the Strategic Plan does anyone think that fires account for 65% of biodiversity issues? And we talk and a point on which most of the powers of the Autonomous Communities are not affected by the current text. Much
this text will be improved in order to be supported by environmental NGOs, and I can assure you that this situation would be as severe as the law did not support SGAE Sinde.
course, the Strategic Plan will focus my comments on the blog in the coming weeks and months.
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