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The Natural Areas
Department of Barcelona Council is promoting a LIFE project,
co-financed by the European Union, consisting of a sustainable
local planning proposal for the Barcelona metropolitan area.
The partners in this project are: Barcelona Provincial Council,
Santa Coloma de Gramenet Council, Mollet del Vallès Council,
and the Agricultural Park Consortium of Baix Llobregat.
This LIFE project includes three pilot initiatives (a restoration
programme for periurban areas in Serralada de Marina park; the
Europa arboretum in the municipality of Mollet del Vallès;
and an arboretum with traditional varieties of fruit trees in
the Baix Llobregat Agricultural Park) and a programme to promote
the project and its results.
Approval of this LIFE project represents recognition and support
by the European Union and the Barcelona Provincial Council for
the management and protection of the Nature Reserve Network
of which Serralada de Marina Park and the Baix Llobregat Agricultural
Park form part.
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Objectives
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The overall objective of the LIFE-GREEN
BELT is to promote balanced use of land and
the environment in the Barcelona Metropolitan Region, and, in
particular, actions that affect the organisation of land not
earmarked for development in the region, consisting of natural
areas and periurban agriculture.
The LIFE-GREEN
BELT project, developed within the framework
of the Nature Reserve Network managed by the Barcelona Provincial
Council, meets the need to protect land in the face of intense
and widespread development by integrating the environment
and sustainable development within local regulations.
The LIFE-GREEN
BELT project develops three restoration initiatives
for degraded periurban areas, which mitigate development pressure
and enhance the quality of the landscape in densely populated
areasl.
The initiatives are aimed at consolidating
natural and agricultural areas which, despite their biological
potential, have been subjected to environmental stress in recent
decades. This has prevented any natural regeneration.
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Project description
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The LIFE-GREEN
BELT project consists of three pilot projects
and an initiative to promote the programmatic and managerial
aspects of the Nature Reserve Network of Barcelona Provincial
Council.
Three areas were chosen within the Barcelona Metropolitan Region
for implementation of these three pilot initiatives: 1.
Ecological restoration to minimise the impact of human pressure
in periurban areas of Santa Coloma de Gramenet.
2. The Europa
arboretum. Replacement of development land with a periurban
green space in the municipality of Mollet del Vallès.
3. Establishment
of an arboretum and a nursery to recover traditional species
and varieties of fruit trees in the Baix Llobregat Agricultural
Park.
Starting with these experiences, the LIFE-GREEN
BELT project aims to make these areas into a
point of reference for limiting the growth of built-up land,
and at the same time guarantee increased biodiversity of the
landscape and give them a social and productive function. A
further objective regarding the Agricultural Park, is to strengthen
elements of the landscape to deal with degradation arising from
widespread development.
Specifically the initiatives aim to:
- increase the amount of water
in the soil (by using waste water resources and replacing the
most fragile vegetation) in order to encourage natural regeneration;
- consolidate green areas which
act as a buffer to development;
- recover traditional species and
varieties of fruit trees.
The project includes a detailed programme for publicising the
experiences.
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Expected results
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- Consolidation at the
local level of the experience of the Nature Reserve Network
of Barcelona Provincial Council as a local planning system.
- Landscape restructuring applicable to almost the whole area
of the Barcelona Metropolitan Region
- Application of a model to de-fragment the metropolitan landscape
and contribute to the establishment of compact land use.
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