Datos principales de España. Espacios Naturales. 'European Nature Information System' EUNIS

Source: EUNIS

Bat populations recovering, according to largest ever European study

Myotis myotis © Jasja Dekker

The EEA report on bats is the most comprehensive study yet made of European bat population trends, studying 16 of the 45 bat species found across the continent. The study is the first to compile data from ten existing monitoring schemes in nine countries, building a prototype European-scale indicator of bat population trends. Surveyors counted and catalogued bats hibernating at 6 000 sites in nine different countries. Overall these species appear to have increased by 43 % at hibernation sites between 1993 and 2011, with a relatively stable trend since 2003.

“It is extremely encouraging to see bat populations increasing after massive historic declines,” EEA Executive Director Hans Bruyninckx said. “It suggests that targeted conservation policies over the last years have been successful. But many bat species are still endangered, so preserving their habitats is still an important priority. Monitoring bats also helps understand changes in wider ecosystems, including climate change, as they are highly sensitive to environmental change.”

European bat populations had previously declined significantly, particularly during the second half of the 20th century, largely due to intensifying agriculture, changes in land use, intentional killing and destruction of roosts. Bat numbers have also fallen as their habitats have shrunk, fragmented and degraded. Additionally, they have been poisoned by timber‑treatment toxic chemicals such as dieldrin, used in roofs.
Bats tend to be long‑lived animals with a slow rate of reproduction, so environmental or human pressures can cause populations to decline very rapidly, and they tend to recover slowly. For these reasons bats should still be considered vulnerable, the report notes.  While signs of increase are positive, conservationists consider that current populations are still likely to be smaller than they were before they declined.

The report brings together for the first time data from, Latvia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the German states Bavaria and Thuringia. The prototype indicator should be interpreted cautiously at this stage, as many species and countries are yet to be represented. It is hoped that this report will lay the groundwork for an even more comprehensive study in coming years, as bats are widely monitored across Europe.

Most of the species studied seem to be increasing or stable in number. Eight bat species increased moderately, including Daubenton's bat (Myotis daubentonii). The Whiskered bat and Brandt’s bat (Myotis mystacinus / brandtii) are so difficult to tell apart that they are counted together.  These were the only species to register a strong increase in numbers between 1993 and 2011, according to the survey. Three were stable, two species were uncertain and only the Grey long-eared bat (Plecotus austriacus) declined, albeit moderately. Nonetheless, many of these species are still rare and vulnerable.

The report states that the apparent population increase of most species may reflect the impact of national and European conservation legislation, species and site protection, targeted conservation measures and widespread awareness‑raising, particularly under the EUROBATS agreement.

Europe’s wildlife is under pressure in many parts of Europe - only 17 % of habitats and 17 % of more than 1 000 animal and plant species assessed under the Habitats Directive (Art.17) have favourable conservation status.

The Bat Conservation Trust (BCT), the Dutch Mammal Society (DMS) and Statistics Netherlands (SN) were key members of the project team behind the EEA report. Other organisations that contributed data and helped to develop the indicator included national bat and nature conservation NGOs, governmental organisations and individuals.  In addition, thousands of volunteer surveyors helped collect the data used.

The EEA report on bats uses a similar methodology to a recent report detailing the dramatic decline of grassland butterflies in Europe. Numbers of these insects almost halved between 1990 and 2011 due to intensifying agriculture and a failure to properly manage grassland ecosystems, the report found.


Source: European Environment Agency

Birds and Habitat Directives sites - NATURA 2000

Habitat and Birds Directives sites. Updated November 2012

Habitat Directive sites

Birds Directive sites

Birds + Habitat Directives sites (own elaboration)

Source: www.eea.europa.eu

La reserva hidráulica española se encuentra al 79,7% de su capacidad total

La reserva  hidráulica española está al 79,7% de su capacidad total. Actualmente hay 44.090 hm³ de agua embalsada, lo que representa un incremento de 1.569 hm³ (el 2,8%) con respecto a los niveles de la semana anterior, con variaciones entre -9 hm³ en Cantábrico y 509 hm³ en Tajo.

La reserva por ámbitos es la siguiente:

Cantábrico se encuentra al 88,9%         

Miño-Sil al 87,8%,

Galicia Costa al 93,4%

Cuencas internas del País Vasco  al 95,2%

Duero al 85,9%

Tajo al 70,4%

Guadiana al 86,9%

Cuenca Atlántica Andaluza al 81,9%

Guadalquivir al 86,6%

Cuenca Mediterránea Andaluza al 66,2%

Segura al 68,3%

Júcar al 50,7%

Ebro al 82,2%

Cuencas internas de Cataluña al 77,8%

Las precipitaciones han sido abundantes en toda la Península. La máxima se ha producido en Santiago de Compostela con 188,0 mm  (188,0 l / m²).

La situación de las cuencas, en hectómetros cúbicos, se detalla en el cuadro adjunto:

AMBITOS	RESERVA TOTAL EMBALSADA
	Capacidad Total	Año Actual	Año Anterior	Media 10 Años
Cantábrico	633	563	569	462
Miño-Sil	3.030	2.661	2.505	2.066
Galicia Costa	684	639	608	453
Cuencas internas del País Vasco	21	20	20	18
Duero	7.507	6.452	3.680	4.691
Tajo	11.012	7.755	5.390	5.947
Guadiana	8.632	7.497	6.333	5.870
Cuenca Atlántica Andaluza	1.880	1.539	1.528	1.250
Guadalquivir	8.101	7.016	6.606	4.789
Vertiente Atlántica	41.500	34.142	27.239	25.546
Cuenca Mediterránea Andaluza	1.177	779	865	573
Segura	1.141	779	642	369
Júcar	3.337	1.692	1.410	1.168
Ebro	7.511	6.171	5.261	4.723
Cuencas internas de Cataluña	677	527	357	446
Vertiente Mediterránea	13.843	9.948	8.535	7.279
Total peninsular	55.343	44.090	35.774	32.825

Fuente: MAGRAMA

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