Tech4Nature partners announce project to study impact of tourism on biodiversity in Spain
BARCELONA, Spain, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Huawei and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have selected Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac Natural Park in Barcelona Province for a new Tech4Nature project to study how tourism impacts the park's ecosystem, notably the Bonelli's eagle.
- BARCELONA, Spain, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Huawei and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have selected Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac Natural Park in Barcelona Province for a new Tech4Nature project to study how tourism impacts the park's ecosystem, notably the Bonelli's eagle.
- The park has seen a clear increase in visitors since the pandemic, reflecting a growing trend of leisure and tourism in periurban natural and protected spaces.
- "It will also bring biodiversity conservation closer to the general public, as videos and other dissemination materials are planned.
- This project exemplifies how cooperation and mainstreaming are the way forward to halt biodiversity loss."