Local Courses s REPORT

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Local Course’s Report

DEPUTATION OF GRANADA 1

Project cofinanced by European Regional Development Fund

Project cofinancé par le Fonds européen de développement régional

1G-MED08-515

“Sustainable Water Management

through Common Responsibility enhancement in

Mediterranean River Ba

sins”

April 2012

Local Courses’s

REPORT

“

Impact on agricultural activities, tourism and recreation

of

Dreissena polymorpha

. Prevention and control”

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Introduction

In the frame of component 1, phase 4 “Capitalization of Project’s results” of WATERinCORE project, two formative actions were held in Granada Province: a course to explain the problem with an exotic specie present in Genil river,

Dreissena polymorpha, and a technical seminar to discuss about different

strategies to the development and conservation of Genil river.

The aim of the formative actions was the dissemination – capitalization of project results as well as of different issues regard the Water Management. Both actions were addressed to the staff of governance, local authorities, institutional bodies, associations and universities’ graduated students.

The seminar about the prevention and control of Dreissena polymorpha was attended by an expert on biological quality in aquatic means and the technical seminar about Genil river by four teachers and researchers from the University of Granada and a technician expert in rural development. The actions were organized by Deputation of Granada.

The seminar about Genil river was organized in cooperation with the department of Urban and regional planning of the University of Granada. The title of the

seminar was “Development and Conservation strategies for Genil river”.

In the following paragraphs the programmes, the participants, the material distributed and photos of the formative actions are presented.

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Programme

The Project management team decided to celebrate two seminars with the following programme:

 “Impact on agricultural activities, tourism and recreation of Dreissena polymorpha. Prevention and control”.

21st February 2012. From 16:30 to 18:30 h.

Place: OAL Huétor Tájar (pilot area), Granada Spain. Speaker: Pablo Jáimez, Hydraena, S.L.L.

Programme:

Characteristics of the specie. Vital cycle. Natural dispersal. Damage to biodiversity and ecosystems.

Economic damage: agricultural, tourism and recreational activities. Preventive solutions.

Reactive solutions.

 “Development and Conservation Strategies for Genil River”. 6th March 2012. From 9:00 to 14:00 h.

Place: CIE, Deputation of Granada, Spain

Programme:

9:00 h Wellcome and presentation of the technical seminar.

D. José Francisco Tarifa Sánchez. Deputy of environment.

9:15 h What is and what are the commitments of the Water Framework Directive after the analyse of the ecological status of pilot area selected in Genil river in Water in Core project.

D. Javier Alba Tercedor. Zoology Department. University of Granada.

10:00 h Local Agenda 21 as a challenge and opportunity for integrated water-land management.

D. Luis Miguel Valenzuela Montes. Urban and regional planning Department. University of Granada.

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11:00 h Identification, assesment and restoration of Genil river vegetation in the Vega of Granada.

D. Francisco Valle Tendero. Botany Department. Faculty of Science. University of Granada.

11:40 h Planning strategies and participative restoration Project in Genil River and the Vega.

D. Alberto Matarán Ruiz. Urban and regional planning Department. University of Granada.

12:20 h Mean strategies of development in the west of the province of Granada.

D. Antonio Muñoz Guarnido. Sustainable development association of the west of the province of Granada.

13:00 h Question time.

13:40 h Closure of the seminar.

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Dissemination and Participants

For the dissemination of the seminars, two flyers were created and sending by e-mail to a wide list of stakeholders identified for the Water in Core project. Posters of the seminar of Genil river were produced and placed in several faculties of the University of Granada. Also leaflets with information of each formative action were designed and produced.

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Image 2. Flyer “Conservation and development strategies of Genil River seminar”.

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Prevention and control of Dreissena polymorpha seminar.

The participants were agricultures, local environmental technicians, members of associations, fishers, competent authority for Guadalquivir river basin, local development group technician, among others.

Development and conservation strategies for Genil river seminar

The assistants were students of several university degrees, members of associations related with conservation of environment, water and ecosystems, technicians from environmental companies, technicians from local authorities, etc.

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Proceeding and material

Prevention and control of Dreissena polymorpha seminar.

Pablo Jaimez is an expert in biological quality of aquatic ecosystems. He knows well the problem that this exotic specie represents for Genil river and its economic activities. He began describing the characteristics of the specie, its vital cycle and its natural dispersal.

He highlighted that this specie represents a serious danger to biodiversity and ecosystems because it can break the balance of an ecosystem. Also economic activities can be affected like irrigation and water infrastructures because this specie has an exponential reproduction coming, in four-five years, to clog and fill channels, pipes, filters and other structures.

Finally, the seminar was aimed to provide measures to agricultures, associations, companies, fishers and authorities in general to prevent the problem, to avoid to infect new water bodies and to try to control the problem. In addiction, some reactive solutions to remove the larvae from deposits and utensils were provided. Leaflets with basic information about the specie, the dangers and measures to the prevention and control were edited and distributed in the seminar and in the pilot river basin.

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Image 4. Leaflet about prevention and control of Dreissena polymorpha.

Development and conservation strategies for Genil river seminar The seminar run according with the scheduled programme.

The seminar was aimed to establish a framework to discuss the possibilities of environmental development of Genil river in the province of Granada and to establish strategies to reconcile their conservation with socioeconomic development.

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Local Course’s Report - Measures to achieve the objectives of the ecological status established under the Water Framework Directive by 2015 in Genil river. D. Javier Alba presented the results of the update of the ecological status of Genil river and described the mean objectives of the water framework Directive, highlighting the deadlines set in it for the achievement of the good status of water ecosystems.

- Identification, assessment and Restoration of Vegetation Genil River in the Vega of Granada. D. Francisco Valle presented a guide made by botany department that permits identify the autochthony species of each riparian ecosystem in function of the distance from water.

- Strategies for planning and participatory project to restore Genil river. D.

Alberto Matarán described a participative experience to regional planning in the

Vega of Granada developed some years ago.

- Metropolitan ecological corridor Loja-Granada and integration of Agenda 21 in municipal policies. D. Luis Miguel Valenzuela analyzed the Agenda 21 process and its integration in regional planning.

- Main strategies of rural development to the west of Granada. D. Antonio

Muñoz Guarnido presented the public participation procedure that the rural development local group followed five years ago to draft an Action Plan for rural development in the west of the province of Granada.

Material delivered to the participants consisted of a folder, a notebook and a usb memory with the documents provided by the speakers as well as information of Water in Core project.

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Photos

6th_{of March 2012. Genil River Seminar.}

Photo 1: Seminar and participants Photo 2: Prof. Javier Alba and Myriam Prieto.

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21st_{February of 2012. Seminar of prevention and control of Dreissena polymorpha.} Photo 5: Prof. Alberto Matarán Photo 6. Technician Antonio Muñoz

Photo 7: Question time in seminar. Photo 8: Participants

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List of participants.

6.1. Genil River seminar.

APELLIDOS NOMBRE DNI

Álvarez Muñoz Sandra 74639837F

Béjar Poveda José Daniel 30945464-E

Benítez Maribel 24175153-Z

Cáceres Santiago Paco 24110981-N

Cañadillas Mathías Manuel 24181870-S

Contreras Domingo Eva Mª 76624356-V

Delgado Contreras Isabel 75129171 Q

Díaz Cabello Eva 44294281F

España Villanueva Mercedes Rosa 15430435 B

Fernández Caldera David 74.670.340-N

Fernández Jiménez Elena 14633780-F

García Martínez Francisco Javier 76022197-A

Giraldos Pérez María 75.132.488-K

Hidalgo Guindo José Carlos 45717548 B

Jáimez Cuellar Pablo 74.647.488-E

Jiménez Rodríguez Benjamín 24259807-M

León Galindo Laura 80151744-X

López Calahorro Macarena 24.278.782-M

López Rodríguez Patricia 15425637 C

Luzón Ortega Julio Miguel 44.270.106-M

Máñez Martínez José Luis 24279589f

Márquez Hitos Verónica 74.680.452-G

Martínez Rojas Marta 76.653.781-W

Masachs Fernández Marta 77.339.505-G

Otiñar Morillas Pedro 77366609-Z

Ortiz Miguel 73989077-D

Peña Ramos Alberto 24275436-V

Pérez Pérez Belén 74649477-X

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APELLIDOS NOMBRE DNI

Ramos Santana Marta 76.652.080-A

Reina Fernández Juan Carlos 28463913-X Requena Galipienso Alfredo 48.363.092A

Rodríguez Contreras Emilio 24162865-P

Román Sánchez Raquel 74654388-E

Ruiz Valero Caridad 74.511.818-Y

Sánchez José Francisco 14627726-W

Soriano Díaz José Antonio 74686451-T

Vida Manzano Jerónimo 25310409-J

Sánchez Molina Alberto 75171215-Q

Rodríguez Ferández José Manuel 76438567-V

Cano Márquez Ana María 24171318-C

Liceras Rodríguez José Luis 44256731-Q

Molina López Lorena 74693359-P

Martín Jiménez Eduardo 24203893-Y

Beltrán González Lorena 76634066-K

Madrid Jiménez Víctor 75925712-K

Ramos Garrido Alejandro 24295996-S

Nebot Sanz Borja 27303633-B

Blanco Tamargo Manuel 26802157-G

García Martínez José 24062106

Nitselle Michael 97475075 9

Cano Ruiz Francisca 50606937-Z

Garrido Clavero Juan 30810206-G

Ocaña López Pablo 14633792-L

Villegas Pérez Jesús 75171120-J

Egea Rodríguez Mª Reyes 14273059-H

Palma Varo Javier 34027092-H

Mesa González Verónica 26049282-B

Ramírez Ruiz Belén 45309510-Q

Romero Ramírez Laura 50611578-D

Carpio Vera Ángel 76432946-J

Martínez Fajardo José Luis 74636615-M

Rassmann López Richard 74685281-A

Moriana Miguelez Rosa Mª 47506600-P

Villena Ruiz Mª José 53371799-T

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