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Achieving the coordinated and joint implementation of actions between Spain and Portugal in order to promote and protect the good status of shared bodies of water of the Minho-Sil, Douro, Tagus and Guadiana river basins and their associated ecosystems.
The Albufeira Project was created at the 3rd Conference of the Parties to the Albufeira Convention to face the challenge of managing shared bodies of water and to meet the needs detected by the European Commission when monitoring the Water Framework Directive (WFD).
Working together we are going to achieve…
GOALS
Promoting a greater understanding of the status or the ecological potential of bodies of water and the entire planning process
Increasing our coordination by optimising working methodologies and tools to manage natural resources jointly
Spreading information and raising awareness about the significance of water resources and its species and habitats
shared bodies of water to be studied:
river basin districts
rivers, reservoirs and transitional waters
hectares
of protected areas integrated in the Natura 2000 Network in Spain and Portugal
How are we going to protect and value our bodies of water in an economic and sustainable way?
Harmonising methodologies to evaluate the status or the ecological potential of shared bodies of water:
A working group analyses procedures and tools
Developing a joint methodology to monitor the status or the ecological potential of shared bodies of water
Seguimiento del estado o potencial ecológico de las masas de agua para la valoración conjunta:
Experimental plan aimed at monitoring transboundary bodies of water
Implementation report of the evaluation programme
Improving the coordination and integration of the environmental objectives of the Water Framework Directive and the Habitats Directive:
Forming the transboundary technical team
Transboundary georeferenced inventory of habitat types and species (flora and fauna) associated with the aquatic environment of the Natura 2000 Network
Comparing the environmental objectives of the Water Framework Directive to the additional objectives of the Natura 2000 Network
Official monitoring network of invasive alien species associated with the aquatic environment
We share river basins. We have to protect and learn about this joint source of wealth.
AWARENESS-RAISING ACTIONS
Upgrading the skills of people responsible for evaluating and managing bodies of water and their habitats
Discovering the significance of water courses within Sustainable Development
Discovering the bodies of water and the species and habitats of our environment
3/22/22
2/20/22
School activity CEIP Virgen de la Luz (Alconchel) Flow Why does it vary? (5th and 6th grades)
2/19/22
School activity CEIP Virgen de la Luz (Alconchel) Responsible Consumption (6th grade) + Gymkhana
2/18/22
School activity CEIP Virgen de la Luz (Alconchel) Responsible Consumption (5th grade) + Gymkhana
A way to make Europe
Co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)
through the Interreg VA Spain-Portugal Programme (POCTEP) 2014-2020
