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The President of the State Agency of Meteorology, Daniel Cano, has said this morning that body to support the candidacy Murcia led to the declaration of the Biosphere Reserve of the Sierras and Murcia Golf by UNESCO.

The Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, thanked the support received at a meeting held this morning with Daniel Cano, which was also attended by the Councillor for the Environment, Adela Martinez-grip, and is responsible for regional coordination AEMET Cayetano Torres.

The geographical area comprising the bid, qe exceeds 50,000 hectares, 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) "Carrascoy and The Valley "and the Special Protection Area for Birds (SPA)" Monte El Valle and saws and Escalona Altaona ".

The World Network of Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO recognized currently consists of 610 reserves in 117 countries, of which 43 are in Spain, although none in the region of Murcia and in the Mediterranean Levant.

Thus, the Biosphere Reserve of the Sierras and Murcia Golf will make a decisive contribution to the network level Spanish UNESCO world and particularly to the Mediterranean Basin.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia