The action has been completed by the Environment area, within the program ‘Fuerteventura, beautiful by nature’.
The Cabildo of Fuerteventura has completed the replacement of nearly 1,000 linear meters of fencing in the Saladar de Jandía, within the program ‘Fuerteventura, beautiful by nature’ of the island Corporation.
The action was carried out by the Department of Environment, with the aim of protecting an area of great environmental value, the only wetland in the Canary Islands that is part of the international convention for the conservation of wetlands Ramsar Network.
The president of the Cabildo, Lola García, stressed the importance of “preserving natural areas with special significance such as the Saladar de Jandía, with an investment of almost 200,000 euros”.
For his part, the Councilor for the Environment, Carlos Rodríguez, highlights the value of “work that has allowed the restoration of 963 meters of perimeter fencing, in order to protect the endemic flora and an ecosystem linked, mostly, to marine birds”.
The visit to the works was also attended by the Councilor for the Environment of the City Council of Pájara, Ángeles Acosta.
The action has been co-financed by the European Union through the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) at 85%, and the guidelines for eligible actions implemented by the Island Councils under the Rural Development Program of the Canary Islands (PDR) for the period 2014-2020.
The works have consisted in the dismantling of the existing wooden fence and installation of new fencing, within ‘Fuerteventura, beautiful by nature’, a powerful program of small works of proximity that promotes the Cabildo, from the Department of Infrastructure, led by Blas Acosta.
The Saladar de Jandía is part of the Site of Scientific Interest Playa del Matorral, in the town of Morro Jable in the municipality of Pájara, and is included in the Natura 2000 Network, with two territorially coinciding protections: Special Protection Area for Birds (SPA) and Special Area of Conservation (SAC). Since 2009 it is also part of the Biosphere Reserve of Fuerteventura declared by Unesco.
In this space, and due to the tidal flow, natural pools of seawater are formed, which floods part of the sandy areas. The Saladar is of great importance for its halophilic vegetation and its value as a bird protection area. It is protected with a wooden perimeter fence to prevent the passage of people to the beach, which can cause the deterioration of the same and the loss of much of the flora of the place.
