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On the occasion of the commemoration of WORLD WETLANDS DAY, which takes place on Sunday February 2, the City of Molina de Segura, along with the Directorate General Environment of the Region of Murcia, the global campaign adds the Ramsar Convention and the FAO Wetlands and Agriculture: together for growth, to raise awareness of the importance of wetland conservation and especially wetlands declared Ramsar site.

Molina de Segura account since 2011 with a wetland of international importance (Ramsar site) wetland Campotéjar Lagoons, second in importance by the presence of waterfowl, after the Mar Menor lagoon.

The Councillor for the Environment and Urban, Juana Carrillo, emphasized that "since 2002, when the lagoons Campotéjar are classified as wetland, are working with irrigation communities to reconcile agricultural use of treated water, which is stored in lagoons, with the conservation of protected species of aquatic fauna that inhabit them. believe that this collaboration has been essential to the completion in 2011 of the international recognition of Campotéjar Lagoons Ramsar site ".

Currently the Ministry of Presidency and the city of Molina de Segura are developing the project LIFE09/NAT/ES/000516 Oxyura leucocephala conservation in the Region of Murcia, Spain, funded by the European Commission, which is basically the enhancement of headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala), a water bird in danger of extinction worldwide, which nests from ten years ago and lives in the wetland Campotéjar Lagoons.

On the occasion of this celebration, the City has molinense distributed among teachers of secondary schools municipality informative material published by the Ramsar Convention, such as brochures, posters and stickers, and the ability to apply CAMPOTEJAR Talk The GAPS, Agriculture and Water , which provides the Department of the Environment and Urban in the framework of the Ramsar campaign, following the objectives of the LIFE project awareness.

The Department is also developing in the framework of the LIFE project, several environmental education programs aimed at schools, social organizations and local people, with various activities, including lectures, guided tours and interpretive tours around the wetland Campotéjar Lagoons.

Juana Carrillo explains that "from the Department of the Environment and Urban consider fundamental disclosure of the values ​​of our natural heritage as essential for conservation and proper management tool, so I hope the materials and activities we offer in this Day Wetlands are of interest to all centers, groups and citizens of the municipality. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Molina de Segura