Dénia will host, between the 21 and 24 of May, the XIII Week of Biodiversity, an initiative of the Department of Agriculture that aims to increase knowledge of flora and fauna species in the territory. This week is celebrated annually in different locations, and in 2018 the chosen place has been Dénia.
Biodiversity Week will bring to the capital of the Marina Alta to more than a hundred researchers, who during those days will carry out an exhaustive census of the different species that exist in our area, an area rich in biodiversity that currently occupies the 12th position in the ranking of species records in the Valencian Community.
Precisely, improve the position in that ranking is one of the challenges pursued this week. And, if there are currently around 25.000 records of fauna and flora, during the Biodiversity Week it is expected to reach the 35.000 records. Regarding the species detected, the objective is to reach the 2.600, compared to the 2.253 that currently exist. If these objectives are met, Dénia would be positioned among the five municipalities with the most species records.
The data extracted from the work carried out during this week will be incorporated into the Biodiversity Data Bank of the Valencian Community, the largest open access data collection platform that currently exists in Spain.
Complementary activities
Parallel to these technical works, both the City Council and the Ministry have scheduled a series of complementary activities open to the public.
El Monday, May 21, at 19: 30 hours, the presentation will be held Emergency work against the massive mortality of Pinna Nobilis, by José Rafael García March, of IMEDMAR-UCV. It will be in the auditorium of Marina de Denia.
El Tuesday, 22 of May, will be held at the IES María Ibars, at the 17: 00 hours, the Conference on traditional varieties, by the Service of Ecological Production, Innovation and Technology of the Department of Agriculture and the participation of local producers and chefs.
El Wednesday May 23, the Ministry of Infrastructures will offer, in Hotel Los Angeles, a talk about the Status of the LIC l'Almadrava management project, At 20: 00 hours.
El Thursday, May 24, César Bordehore will talk about Aquifers, coastal fertilization and biodiversity in the House of Culture from the 20: 00 hours.
For Friday, May 25, a release of birds of prey has been programmed to the 11: 00 of the morning in the House of the Iryda, in the Scientific Station of the Montgó. From 16: 30 to 19: 00 hours there will be workshops for biodiversity in the Bosc de Diana; and the 19: 30 hours the book will be presented Encara is not tard, by Andreu Escrivà, at the Casa de Cultura.
EL Saturday, May 26, there will be a guided tour by catamaran through the Cabo de San Antonio Marine Reserve at 9:00 in the morning. In the afternoon, from 17:30 p.m. to 20:30 p.m., there will be a visit to discover urban biodiversity, with a tour from the castle from Dénia to the Bosc de Diana, where a bird ringing will take place.
The activities will finalize the Sunday, May 27, With the III Conference Discover the ghost inhabitant of our beaches. Kentish plover. It will be from 9: 30 to 12: 30 hours, with output from the Maritime station of Dénia. In the afternoon, from 17: 00 to 20: 00 hours, there will be children's sea and mountain games in the Bosc de Diana.
The XIII Week of Biodiversity was presented in Dénia by the mayor, Vicent Grimalt; Councilman Environment, Josep Crespo; the General Director of the Natural Environment and Environmental Assessment, Antoni Marzo; the deputy director general of the Natural Environment, Josep Cabot; and the director of Natural Park MontgóJoseba Rodriguez.
