The HSPN participates in the five-year project “Restoration and improvement of Priority Habitat 9370* Palm groves of Phoenix - LIFE PHOENIX-”, which aims to improve the conservation status of Priority Habitat 9370* in the Gran Canaria Island and Crete.
In particular, it seeks:
- The development of an integrated strategy that will include mitigation of the main generic risks, such as drought, forest fires, overgrazing, visitor/anthropogenic pressures, hybridization.
- The restoration of naturally occurring palm trees through appropriate management techniques.
- The prevention and control of pests and IAS.
- The successful reforestation, environmental governance and awareness raising.
The intervention rational of LIFE PHOENIX is based on providing strategic conservation action lines for each of the threats identified in both countries, including a number of cross-cutting actions (e.g., habitat restoration and reforestation, governance, awareness raising) that will help to minimise several threats simultaneously.
The project is coordinated by the Spanish GESPLAN; co-beneficiaries include HSPN, the Ministry of Environment and Energy, the University of Crete, and Homeotech in Greece, and from Spain the Cabildo de Gran Canaria, the General Directorate of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Institute of Agricultural Research of the Canary Islands and the University of Las Palmas of the Canary Islands in Spain.
For more information visit the project website.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or of the granting authority. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
