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TERRAS DO MIÑO |
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| General Description | Terras do Miño located in Galicia, is a traditional cultural landscape with many highly important natural habitats and erosive accumulation of terraces systems associated to specific sections of the Río Miño. The Miño river network drains southwest Galicia in the Iberian Hercynian Massif. The zone is the transition area between the Western and the Northern continental edges characterized by deeply entrenched streams. It plays an important role in hydric regulation of the whole region. It comprises evergreen sclerophyllous forests, woodlands and scrub, lagoons and matorral, forests and alluvial forests, blanket bogs, raised bogs and fens. It also includes wetlands in the plains and valleys, agricultural land and mountains. More than 160,000 inhabitants live in the biosphere reserve comprising 25 rural municipalities with one urban center. They are mostly engaged in cattle grazing, commerce and traditional agrosystems in a particular form of ancient agrarian organization. Various prehistoric and middle age sites are declared as World Heritage sites, such as the ‘Muralla de Lugo’ and the village of ‘Lucus Augusti’ founded in 25.a.C. Some ancient fortifications and castles are found, as well as civil architecture. Membership in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves entails official UN recognition of local and national efforts to meet global concerns on environmental sustainability. The biosphere reserve has developed a regional sustainable development plan, in which socio-cultural development plays an important role . | |||
| Major ecosystem type | Evergreen sclerophyllous forests, woodlands or scrub | |||
| Major habitats & land cover types | Lagoons; matorral characterized by Cytisus striatus, C. scoparius, C. ingramii, Genista polygaliphylla, Ulex europaeus etc.; sclerophyllous forests with Quercus robur, Q. pyrenaica, Castanea sativa etc.; alluvial forests (Querco-Fagetea and Alnetea Glutinosae); blanket bogs, raised bogs and fens; wetlands of the plains and valleys; agricultural lands | |||
| Location | 43°10’34"N; 07°33’16"W | |||
| Area (hectares) | ||||
| Total | 363,669 | |||
| Core area(s) | 35,505.1 | |||
| Buffer zone(s) | 79,934.5 | |||
| Transition area(s) when given | 248,229.3 | |||
| Altitude (metres above sea level) | +100 to +1,215 | |||
| Year designated | 2002 | |||
| Administrative authorities | La Diputación Provincial at Lugo, with the autonomous organization INLUDES (Instituto Lucense de Desarrollo Economico y social )) | |||
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| Brief description |
Meteorology Permanent monitoring of water volumes and physical-chemical parameters in rivers Water quality Monitoring of hydrological and climatological parameters Study and modelization of soil characteristics in relation to planned irrigation and drainage Study and modelization of hydrological variables Utilization of nonconventional water resources Inventory and evaluation of biotic components in the area Characterization and ecology of wetlands Ecological studies of natural habitats Modelization of the dynamics of biological processes Structure and functioning of peat bogs Dynamic plant-animal interactions Landscape inventorying Anthropogenic impacts Landscape modelling and standards for the protection of nature Selection of indicators of change in ecosystems Indicators of sustainability in relation to economic activities Development of socioeconomic structures GIS Conservation of genetic resources Conservation of species and habitats Sustainable use |
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| Abiotic | n.a. | |||
| Biodiversity | n.a. | |||
| Socio-economic | n.a. | |||
| Integrated monitoring | n.a. | |||
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| Contact address |
Laura Vázquez Reserva de Biosfera Terras do Miño Ronda da Muralla, 140 27004 LUGO Spain |
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| Telephone | (34.982) 26 53 58 (34.982) 26 53 61 |
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| Fax | (34.982) 243006 (34.982) 265361 |
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laura.vazquez@diputacionlugo.com |
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| Last updated: 27/02/2007 |
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