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The whole plenary voted yes to that Murcia is the Owl Country.

The Municipal People, the Municipal Socialist and United Left UPyD have approved "positively assess the application to UNESCO for the declaration of the Biosphere Reserve and Golf Murcia Sierras"

This will be done, according to the joint motion, "according to the guidelines, methodology and procedures established by the international organization and according to state law on the subject, which includes a public participation process and the commitment to develop the Plan Action Biosphere Reserve allowing the socioeconomic development of this area in the context of the conservation of natural and cultural heritage and landscape. "

Thus, "the city of Murcia, in collaboration with the Autonomous Region and the municipalities of Alhama and Fuente Alamo, wants to present to Unesco an application for declaring the Biosphere Reserve of the Sierras and Campo de Murcia, to incorporate the natural areas of Murcia and its surrounding mountains. The application includes Carrascoy Regional Park and El Valle and two spaces that are part of the Natura 2000 European network: the Site of Community Importance (SCI) and Carrascoy Valley and Special Protection Area for Birds (SPA) "Monte El Valle and saws and Escalona Altaona".

The motion says that "this whole area including the World Network of Biosphere Reserves will make a decisive contribution to the network level Spanish UNESCO world and particularly for the Mediterranean", adding that "with the statement UNESCO zone interesting benefits will be obtained in both the conservation and the social and economic development ".

It also includes that "in the field of conservation, Biosphere Reserves promote all policies aimed at improving the environment and quality of life of the population. Meanwhile, in the socio Biosphere Reserves promote economic activities and sectors that are environmentally friendly, feature a prominent boost to rural tourism sector, are a stimulus for research, training and awareness, and involve an interesting image quality for farmers and entrepreneurs in the zone ".

In the motion include "environmental values ​​of the area of ​​the Biosphere Reserve of the Sierras and Murcia Golf are of great importance. The area is noted for its importance for vertebrate wildlife conservation worldwide, and includes a of the most important nesting raptors and dispersion Mediterranean, highlighting the high density of pairs of owls, the highest known in the world today. A plant level, the area is noted for its outstanding botanical values ​​endemic species-rich e iberoafricanas, harboring populations of 4 species on the Spanish list of species endangered or vulnerable. Likewise in the area have been identified 27 types of habitats of Community interest from those in the Habitats Directive of the European Union "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia