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25-03-2024, 07:51 PM
Noticias:
Fuerteventura studies innovative formulas for the management of natural spaces and the development of the blue economy.
Technicians from the Biosphere Reserve have participated in two European academic meetings on sustainable and efficient management of the natural and marine environment in tourist destinations
The team of the Biosphere Reserve and Blue Economy of the Cabildo de Fuerteventura has participated in two meetings of experts and academics at European level on the management of visits and conservation of protected natural areas and on the necessary sustainable balances between the protection of marine biodiversity and the development of the blue economy in tourist destinations.
In Las Palmas and Tenerife, the Cabildo of Fuerteventura participated in the study and debate meetings on the reality and problems in various tourist destinations, the changes that are taking place and the future forecasts regarding visits to natural areas, paying special attention to the role of technology. and assessing the implications of these changes for the conservation of biodiversity and the management of leisure in nature, within the framework of the international MOBICON Project (http://wwwtides.ulpgc.es/mobiconproyect), coordinated by the Institute of Sustainability Sciences of the University of Helsinki, in collaboration with the University Institute of Tourism and Sustainable Development Tides of the ULPGC.
At the same time in the city of Zandvoort, in the Netherlands, Fuerteventura also participated in the meeting of members of the MARINE SABRES project, which studies and proposes formulas to improve the balance between social aspects, the development of the blue economy and the necessary conservation of resources and biodiversity of the marine environment and which in a very specific way analyzes the conservation of marine ecosystems in sensitive areas such as Fuerteventura with A special emphasis on the impact of offshore wind activity and mining.
Fourteen countries and regions from all over the world participate in the Marine Sabres (http://www.marinesabres.eu/) project, is funded by the European Union and is also being developed in the macaronregionthanks to the participation of the ULPGC, the ECOAGUA Institute and several research centres in the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores.
The Minister of Tourism, Biosphere Reserve and Blue Economy, Marlene Figueroa, has pointed out that "it is convenient to participate and know what and how things are being done in other territories similar to ours, because Fuerteventura is currently in a very interesting and complex moment in which we must face great challenges. One of them is to consolidate our tourism industry, intelligently, betting on quality, while diversifying our economy by offering a future to the next generations, and all this must be done in a balanced and sustainable way naturally and socially, because this is what being a Biosphere Reserve is all about".
For his part, the Minister of the Environment, Carlos Rodríguez, wanted to underline that one of the greatest attractions of our island, even as a tourist destination, is precisely our fragile biodiversity and it is essential that we implement public policies that allow a better knowledge and revaluation, guaranteeing its protection and conservation.
Fuerteventura studies innovative formulas for the management of natural spaces and the development of the blue economy.
Technicians from the Biosphere Reserve have participated in two European academic meetings on sustainable and efficient management of the natural and marine environment in tourist destinations
The team of the Biosphere Reserve and Blue Economy of the Cabildo de Fuerteventura has participated in two meetings of experts and academics at European level on the management of visits and conservation of protected natural areas and on the necessary sustainable balances between the protection of marine biodiversity and the development of the blue economy in tourist destinations.
In Las Palmas and Tenerife, the Cabildo of Fuerteventura participated in the study and debate meetings on the reality and problems in various tourist destinations, the changes that are taking place and the future forecasts regarding visits to natural areas, paying special attention to the role of technology. and assessing the implications of these changes for the conservation of biodiversity and the management of leisure in nature, within the framework of the international MOBICON Project (http://wwwtides.ulpgc.es/mobiconproyect), coordinated by the Institute of Sustainability Sciences of the University of Helsinki, in collaboration with the University Institute of Tourism and Sustainable Development Tides of the ULPGC.
At the same time in the city of Zandvoort, in the Netherlands, Fuerteventura also participated in the meeting of members of the MARINE SABRES project, which studies and proposes formulas to improve the balance between social aspects, the development of the blue economy and the necessary conservation of resources and biodiversity of the marine environment and which in a very specific way analyzes the conservation of marine ecosystems in sensitive areas such as Fuerteventura with A special emphasis on the impact of offshore wind activity and mining.
Fourteen countries and regions from all over the world participate in the Marine Sabres (http://www.marinesabres.eu/) project, is funded by the European Union and is also being developed in the macaronregionthanks to the participation of the ULPGC, the ECOAGUA Institute and several research centres in the Canary Islands, Madeira and the Azores.
The Minister of Tourism, Biosphere Reserve and Blue Economy, Marlene Figueroa, has pointed out that "it is convenient to participate and know what and how things are being done in other territories similar to ours, because Fuerteventura is currently in a very interesting and complex moment in which we must face great challenges. One of them is to consolidate our tourism industry, intelligently, betting on quality, while diversifying our economy by offering a future to the next generations, and all this must be done in a balanced and sustainable way naturally and socially, because this is what being a Biosphere Reserve is all about".
For his part, the Minister of the Environment, Carlos Rodríguez, wanted to underline that one of the greatest attractions of our island, even as a tourist destination, is precisely our fragile biodiversity and it is essential that we implement public policies that allow a better knowledge and revaluation, guaranteeing its protection and conservation.