Spanish organisations launched an alliance for nature restoration as Spain prepares its national plan under the EU Nature Restoration Regulation.
Several Spanish organisations have launched an Alliance for Nature Restoration as the country prepares its National Restoration Plan under the EU Nature Restoration Regulation. The alliance is focused on turning restoration from a general ambition into a structured public priority.
The European regulation requires member states to plan the recovery of degraded ecosystems, and Spain must set out how that work will happen across land, rivers, coasts and seas. The new alliance argues that restoration should become a structural policy rather than a short campaign.
That distinction matters. Nature restoration is often popular in speeches but complicated in reality. It touches farming, fisheries, water management, coastal planning, protected areas and local livelihoods. A national plan has to connect those pieces or it becomes another document without enough force.
The Spanish alliance has presented a declaration of priorities to help shape the plan. Its message is that ecosystems can be repaired, but only if restoration is treated as public infrastructure and not as an optional extra after economic decisions are made.
The result is still ahead, but the timing is important. Spain has many damaged habitats and also a large scientific and conservation community ready to work on them. The alliance gives that work a common voice before the national plan is finalised.
Source: Oceana Europe