The new protected areas arrive at the request of their inhabitants

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The

Andalusians increase when there is

popular demand.

The recent declaration of

as a national park was initially promoted by the association of municipalities and has culminated with widespread satisfaction.

And what will be the 25th Andalusian natural park, Sierra de la Sagra (Granada), is currently being processed with the approval of the mayors.

The

Natural Park

will have 46,000 hectares, somewhat smaller than, for example,

. It is deployed by two municipalities, Huéscar and Puebla de don Fadrique, and the initial intention of the Junta to expand the already existing

natural park

met the opposition of its mayors: they wanted their own 'brand' although they will be contiguous parks. The mayor of Castril also preferred to stay as is, not to add two other municipalities to a space that right now only occupies its own municipal term.

It is a region that includes the highest peak in Andalusia (2,900 m) after the

massif

, ecosystems with endemic flora and fauna species, and great geobotanical interest. A wooded mountain range surrounded by a steppe environment, within the Granada geopark. It also has the unique sequoia grove, the only one in Andalusia. Raúl, nature guide in Cronos, highlights the large influx of ecotourists to climb the peak of La Sagra, a classic of hiking and mountaineering.

"The figure of the natural park has had the greatest fortune of all those that exist, it has won the public favor for being the one that most clearly supports conservation and development," says

, responsible for processing the new figures in the Ministry for decades of Environment. "In the case of La Sagra, it is striking that it enjoyed a European figure, a Special Conservation Area, but the mayors insisted on being declared a natural park even if only on a regional scale," he adds.

Support for the new park will be based on the allegations received by its creating law, the Plan for the Management of Natural Resources (PORN). For Silva, it is clear that without prior support it is not possible to create natural parks, "the opposite is to create a conflict." The last declared, that of the Strait, suffered the lukewarm position of the City Council of

for some urban developments that it wanted. But the support of

, Universities and ecologists made the process smooth.

The two municipalities of La Sagra are governed by the PP, such as the Ministry of Agriculture and Sustainable Development. In the case of

was until summer, when the agreed alternation took place and the mayor's office was assumed by Ciudadanos. The new mayor,

, considers that they achieve a "historic claim" of the people, since the natural park will add a "great attraction" for its economic development, and a "revulsive for the territory."

His counterpart in Puebla de Don Fadrique,

(PP), has described the Board's decision as "very successful."

The "brand" of the natural park will contribute to the knowledge of locally made products such as cheeses, wines, bread, or sausages, contributing to "agri-food development".

It will also mean "a boost in the promotion of the territory's tourism sector, by positioning itself as a destination within the network of natural parks."

The critical voice so far is

.

He is against by the limitation that it presupposes to the cattle activity.

For the agrarian employers there is no "social consensus", and they point out that by being included in the Natura 2000 Network, the level of protection "is already high enough."

Las Navas does want to leave his park

There are discontents, and in all natural parks.

The most significant is flagged by the City Council of

, which processes a referendum before the Ministry of the Interior to vote its exit from the Sierra Norte park in Seville.

The mayor,

(PSOE), does not know if the result will be binding and the Board should change the park law to exclude Las Navas, but he is sure that the thesis he defends will win, "it is the general feeling."

"And not only here, but throughout the natural park," he tells EL MUNDO.

"The park burdens in terms of infrastructures and collaborates in depopulation, in addition to being managed from Seville", he affirms admitting that environmental protection has positive aspects, but

and the feeling that "who is in charge of your lands is the park "are added to the critical arguments.

To the mayors of the future Sierra de la Sagra park, he recommends leaving "the economic development aspect in the documentation well reflected, the declaration must be accompanied by financing."

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